Présentation
Annette Keller focuses her practice on the following:
- Real estate transactions
- Group reorganizations
- Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) / acquisition structuring
- Tax audits
- Tax litigation before tax courts and the German Supreme Tax Court (Bundesfinanzhof)
Previously, Annette worked for another US law firm in Frankfurt and Munich in their Tax Department. She is a licensed tax specialist (Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht), as well as a regular speaker and author on tax issues.
Results
- Advised SIGNA on tax matters in connection with the purchase of Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH, Karstadt Sports GmbH and Karstadt Premium GmbH
- Advised SIGNA on tax matters in connection with partial sale of Karstadt Premium GmbH
- Advised a multinational media group regarding corporate reorganizations, including issuance of a binding ruling
- Advised SIGNA in connection with the purchase of a retail real estate portfolio )including the KaDeWe in Berlin) and single retail real estate assets (e.g., the Alsterhaus in Hamburg) and the finance structure
- Advised SEB Investment GmbH on the sale of a pan-European real estate portfolio (more than €1 billion)
- Advised an international real estate enterprise on the purchase of a high-rise office building in Frankfurt am Main
- Advised a multinational media group in the tax audit and before tax courts, including the German Supreme Tax Court
- Advised a US-based multinational in the tax audit and before tax courts, in particular regarding tax matters in connection with a corporate reorganizations
- Advised a German based retail multinational on the reorganization of the holding structure for the foreign subsidiaries and in the tax audit, in particular regarding transfer pricing issues
- Advised a multinational pharma group in the tax audit, in particular regarding transfer pricing issues, and in competent authority procedures
Community
- International Fiscal Association
Credentials
Formation
Licensed Tax Specialist, 2013
Higher Regional Court of Bamberg, deuxième examen d’État, 2007
University of Würzburg, premier examen d’État, 2004