Competent, reliable - and creative. This is particularly true of the tax lawyers at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner.
Our aim when advising on tax law is to recognise and avoid pitfalls in tax law, to find solutions and structures that are optimal not only, but also, from a tax perspective, to avoid risks and to make the most of opportunities. We advise and assist our clients from Germany and abroad on all matters concerning German and European corporate tax law, on developing a concept for company and group structures and on the complex structuring and drafting of contracts. In M&A transactions we are involved from the very beginning - from the tax and financial due diligence through planning the deal structure to drafting and structuring the contracts. We thereby work hand in hand with our firm's corporate and transaction lawyers. On business successions as well as private inheritance solutions we work in a team together with our lawyers specialising in inheritance law. More and more often across international borders.
We have an excellent rapport with the tax authorities; this helps us, and our clients, whenever there is any doubt or conflict. We help with audits by the tax authorities and also represent our clients in proceedings before the fiscal courts. We work closely together with the accountancy firm bws GmbH on year-end audits, company valuations, in connection with questions concerning IFRS accounting or on developing transfer price systems.