Dr. Dirk Pohl is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP where he heads of the Munich office and the German Tax Practice.   He is also a member of McDermott´s Tax Executive Committee.  Dirk’s practice focuses on international tax law, tax litigation, corporate tax law (including group taxation, transfer pricing, corporate finance) and estate planning.   He was named a leading tax lawyer by Chambers Europe 2009 and also in the highly rated German JUVE Handbuch 2008/2009.  He is also listed as a leading tax litigator in the International Tax Review.

Representative clients and projects include:

• Business restructuring/transfer pricing (IT, Pharmaceuticals, Automotive suppliers)
• Global reorganisation of construction equipment manufacturer
• Tax structuring of inbound investment vía Luxembourg and Switzerland (various US multinationals).
• Successful representation of Bertelsmann/CLT UFA S.A. media group in the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg (C-253/03)
• Successful representation of Shell Oil in the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg (C-293/06)
• Recent victories in the German Supreme Tax Court, verdicts as of February, 11th 2009, I R 67/07 and as of Februar, 19th 2009, II R 61/07
• Estate Planning for family foundations

Dirk has extensive experience in dealing with the tax issues of multinationals.  He frequently lecturers on international tax law and has written numerous articles and several books on tax issues.  He is a guest lecturer at the Bundesfinanzakademie (i.e. the federal university of the German tax administration) and the author of the Tax Management Portfolio “Business operations in Germany”. In 1997, Dirk received the Gerhard-Thoma Award from the Institute of Tax Advisors, Cologne for his Ph.D thesis.

Dirk is a member of the Munich bar for attorneys-at-law (Rechtsanwälte) and for tax advisors (Steuerberater).

Practices & Industries

• Germany
• International Private Client
• International Tax
• Private Client
• Tax
• Tax - Germany

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