Milbank advises across the full spectrum of national and international tax law, including M&A and private equity tax matters, tax structuring, tax audits, and tax-related litigation. Rolf Füger, Thomas Kleinheisterkamp and Matthias Schell jointly lead the team from the Munich office. Füger covers all areas of corporate taxation in the private equity sector, with a focus on the developing and implementing innovative cross-border acquisition and financing structures. Kleinheisterkamp handles corporate restructuring and transaction-related tax matters, while Schell brings extensive experience in tax litigation and arbitration. Arne Hammerich is also a key member of the team.
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- 'Rolf Füger, Arne Hammerich and Matthias Schell have entrepreneurial thinking and give clear advice based on given facts.'
- 'The Milbank tax team is one of the most renowned, qualified and experienced tax teams for private equity transactions in the German market.'
- 'The clear stand-out of the Milbank tax team is partner Matthias Schell. Matthias impresses not only with his deep technical tax and legal know-how, but also with his very commercial mindset, always keeping the client's interests at the centre of his actions. He is also a very skilled negotiator, who quickly understands different positions of opposing sides and finds ways to come to an agreement.'
Key clients
- Advent International
- Apollo
- Axel Springer
- CVC
- EQT
- General Atlantic
- HENSOLDT AG
- Oakley Capital
- Otto Group
- ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE
- The Carlyle Group
Work highlights
Advised Oakley Capital on the strategic combination of its portfolio company WindStar Medical with Merz Lifecare.
Advised Altor on the acquisition of a majority stake in F24 from Hg Capital.
Advised a consortium led by CVC Capital Partners on the intended acquisition of global logistics company DB Schenker.
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Thomas Kleinheisterkamp
Practice head
Rolf Füger; Thomas Kleinheisterkamp; Matthias Schell
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Arne Hammerich