Tax
Europe Guide 2024 : Austria
Band 2
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+43 1 514 350About
Provided by CERHA HEMPEL
CERHA HEMPEL provides integrated tax and legal advice.
We strive to provide our clients with optimized tax solutions whilst taking into account all other legal aspects.
We offer our clients comprehensive expertise on the tax-optimised structuring of transactions, especially with respect to mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructurings, as well as group taxation, holding structures, inbound and outbound investments, debt and equity financing and the taxation of financial instruments. Our dedicated tax litigation team handles all aspects of tax disputes.
Our goal is to deliver tax advice that adds value to our clients' commercial success.
The practice does not only cover classic fields of tax advice, such as M&A, banking and real estate related (transactional) tax advice, but also genuine tax advice, such as tax litigation, fiscal criminal law, international tax law, tax driven reorganizations, and private client and non-profit related tax advice.
Chambers Review
CERHA HEMPEL boasts a solid team with a strong reputation across a broad range of corporate tax work including matters relating to M&A, restructuring and real estate. The team's clients hail from major financial institutions, investment funds and gaming companies. The practice offers additional expertise advising on the tax aspects of private wealth management matters. CERHA HEMPEL is also renowned for its due diligence advice and litigation practice.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"CERHA HEMPEL's lawyers are highly professional and organised, and a pleasure to work with. The team was on top of the issues and highly available."
"They are very responsive and are able to analyse complicated matters and suggest possible solutions. In terms of the timeline and quality of work, they never fail to deliver."
"CERHA HEMPEL have always provided excellent advice and follow-up action in an effort to establish our organisation on a firm and favourable legal footing."
"CERHA HEMPEL's lawyers are highly professional and organised, and a pleasure to work with. The team was on top of the issues and highly available."
"They are very responsive and are able to analyse complicated matters and suggest possible solutions. In terms of the timeline and quality of work, they never fail to deliver."
"CERHA HEMPEL have always provided excellent advice and follow-up action in an effort to establish our organisation on a firm and favourable legal footing."
Notable Practitioners
Benjamin Twardosz is very well received in the Austrian tax arena, advising clients on a variety of corporate tax mandates, including M&A transactions and restructurings. He also shows expertise in gambling and betting tax mandates, as well as providing tax advice on private wealth management matters.
"Benjamin Twardosz is a pleasure to work with and is always on top of all of the issues."
"He provides extremely good support for tax claims."
Johannes Prinz offers a solid tax practice with a focus on M&A and capital markets transactions. He is also active in restructurings, disputes and stamp duty matters.
"Johannes Prinz has been a very strong service provider and adviser for several years."