

Tax
A cutting-edge expertise
As a trusted tax adviser to many of the world’s leading corporations and financial institutions, we are innovative, practical and commercially aware.
In the German tax practice our lawyers and tax advisers work closely to bring about successful domestic and cross-border transactions and reorganisations. They are frequently involved in novel and high profile transactions in the corporate and financial markets.
Whatever your requirements
We provide our clients with an integrated range of global tax advisory services, whether on a stand-alone basis or as part of the full legal services offered by Allen & Overy.
Partner Dr Gottfried E. Breuninger is commonly ranked as top tier lawyer in the German tax arena.
Our Tax offering
Asset Finance
We have experience in all areas of tax based asset finance, including aviation, shipping, rail and commercial property.
We advise many of the world’s leading financial institutions and corporations on domestic and crossborder transactions.
Banking & Finance
Many of the world’s leading banks and financial institutions turn to Allen & Overy for help with their most important and innovative deals. Our international Tax group has a great deal of expertise and advises on a rage of products from bilateral and syndicated loans, to leveraged acquisition and project finance
Corporate
We advise on corporate reorganisations and restructurings as well as commercial transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, demergers, capital raising, joint ventures, tax efficient holding company and financing structures and permanent establishment issues. Our client base includes corporations involved in banking and finance, energy, insurance, manufacturing, retail, technology, media, public utility, construction, shipping, aircraft, transport, property and engineering.
Indirect tax
We have indirect tax expertise, in particular value added taxes, across sectors – from the ever-changing financial sector, through asset finance and corporate, to not for profit and private client.
International Capital Markets
Allen & Overy is one of the world’s leading International Capital Markets practices and tax plays a key role in this work. Our international Tax team is involved in the full range of transactions including debt capital markets, derivatives, equity capital markets, Islamic finance, securitisations, structured finance and structured retail products.
Investment funds
We offer cross-border expertise on regulated funds, hedge funds, infrastructure funds, private equity funds, real estate funds and structured funds. Our work covers the structuring of new funds and reviewing fund structures for prospective investors. We also advise managers about ongoing tax issues.
Real Estate
Tax considerations are important in real estate transactions, particularly those that are complex and innovative. We work with our real estate colleagues, providing expert tax advice on every type of real estate transaction.
Restructurings and insolvencies
Our restructuring practice operates at the forefront of a changing market. We provide tax advice to distressed companies, insolvency practitioners, banks and funds.
Structured finance
Frequent changes of law make this a very innovative and challenging area and we are one of the few tax departments that are trusted by clients to advise on and implement their ideas.
Tax investigations and disputes
News & insights

News: 08 APRIL 2021
Allen & Overy sees strong growth with four new partners across three offices in Germany
Allen & Overy significantly strengthens its German set-up, adding four new partners to its offices in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Hamburg. German partnership grows by almost ten percent…
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Publications: 29 MARCH 2021
Need to amend existing profit-and-loss transfer agreements under revised section 302 AktG
By circular dated 24 March 2021, the German Federal Ministry of Finance granted a period at the latest until the end of 31 December 2021 for amending profit-and-loss transfer agreements concluded or…
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Publications: 12 FEBRUARY 2021
Rights granted abroad – Will withholding tax still be due in Germany after all?
BMF performs another U-turn with its government bill of 20 January 2021 and now intends to uphold limited tax liability.
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News: 29 JANUARY 2021
Allen & Overy advises SAP on the acquisition of Signavio
Allen & Overy has advised SAP SE on the acquisition of Signavio GmbH, a leading company in the enterprise business process intelligence and process management space.
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Allen & Overy LLP's tax practice is 'professionally excellent'.
Legal 500 Germany, 2019