Transaction tax

We’re an international team and ready to assist you with our tax due diligence services. We identify the opportunities and risks concerning tax in your transaction. In coordination with the vendors, we’ll help you structure the upcoming purchase process. To get a better overview of the scope of the transaction and the companies concerned, we compile tax fact books, as they’re called, or complement our work with a risk assessment in the form of vendor tax due diligence. From the buyers’ side, there is the need of buy-side tax due diligence to estimate the risk profile of the targets, to be able to manage them with contracts at given points in time and if need be, negotiate with warranty and indemnity solutions and banks. We coordinate closely with our colleagues from the other due diligence disciplines and create for you the best basis for all the steps of your transaction to be successful (calculation of the transaction price, negotiating the contract, etc.).  

Based on the results of due diligence and taking account of the particular features of the transaction or needs of investors, our international team works out a transaction configuration that is optimised for tax. We work hand-in-glove with all the necessary specialist departments (e.g. operational advisory, legal due diligence). Independently of acquisition, our international team gives advice on optimising existing or historical group and financial structures for tax. This can be part of restructuring and reorganisation (distressed M&A). Here, too, we pursue a holistic approach and involve all the experts necessary from other specialist areas (e.g. legal services). To structure tax and model your transaction we also support you with financing that has been optimised for tax. Here, we work closely with our colleagues from financial advisory.

Taking the results of the tax due diligence into account and as part of the structuring process, we develop practical tips for you on aspects of tax of all the contracts to be concluded as part of a planned transaction, particularly on tax exemptions and tax guarantees as part of company purchase agreements.

We’ll answer all your questions on tax concerning the financial model you need, by drawing on the information from tax due diligence, the structuring process and the share purchase agreement. We’ll also be glad to offer your other services, e.g. assistance with creating a flow of funds model.

Our team is at your side for all your short- and long-term needs after a transaction. Besides assistance with implementing the transaction structure, this can include working on and resolving areas of risk identified during due diligence and taking on all your tax affairs.

We offer transaction tax advisory in all the stages described above that is individualised to the particular requirements of the real estate and financial markets. Teams specialised in real estate tax and tax on financial institutions are available at all times.