Overview

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.

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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

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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

Admission
Germany

Langues
Anglais
Allemand

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