Gerald Schachner

Practice Areas

Tax Audit; Tax Litigation; Corporate Tax; International Tax Planning; Corporate Reorganisations; Private Clients; Corporate/M&A.

Career

Gerald is partner of bpv Huegel and head of the firm’s tax practice group; admitted as Attorney in Austria since 2007; admitted as Certified Public Tax Advisor in Austria since 2004; prior Arthur Andersen; Deloitte & Touche; Herbst Vavrovsky Kinsky; Norton Rose LLP, London.

Professional Memberships

Tax & Legal Excellence – Head of Lounge Vienna; IFA; IBA; Vienna Bar Association; Austrian Chamber of Certified Public Accountants.

Publications

Gerald is author of numerous publications on tax law such as the Austrian chapters of

• Corporate Tax (Chambers Global Practice Guides)

• Tax Controversy (Chambers Global Practice Guides)

• M&A (IBFD)

• Tax Country Comparative Guide (The Legal 500)

• The Corporate Tax Planning Law Review (The Law Reviews)

• The Tax Disputes and Litigation Law Review (The Law Reviews)

• The Transfer Pricing Law Review (The Law Reviews)

• Tax Controversy (Lexology Getting the Deal Through)

Work Highlights

• Family-owned holding company on the sale of its majority stake in legendary Austrian food producer WOJNAR Group and on entering into a strategic partnership with VIVATIS

• “Ring” International Holding AG on the disposal of the Helios Coating Group together with the investors GSO (Blackstone group) and Franklin Templeton to Kansai Paint Co

• ATX listed IMMOFINANZ AG on the EUR 337.5 million increase of its stake in S IMMO AG to a majority stake of 50% plus 1 share

• IMMOFINANZ AG on the competing takeover bids of CPI Property Group S.A. and S IMMO AG. This bidding contest was also a premiere on the Austrian market with the first competing takeover bids since 1999 takeover rules came into force

• dogado GmbH, a German Triton portfolio company, on the acquisition of 100% in easyname GmbH

• heidelpay Group, a German technology company for international payments, with KKR as investor, on the acquisition of the Paysafe Group’s Pay Later business (payolution GmbH)

• IMMOFINANZ AG on a EUR 356 million combined share placement and the first-to-market issue of subordinated mandatory convertible notes

• Constantia Flexibles on the EUR 50 million settlement upon the squeeze-out compensation for Constantia Packaging shareholders

• Representation of several groups of companies in tax litigations (including fiscal criminal law) relating to debt push down structures, goodwill deprecation within tax groups, abuse of civil law, offshore payments, IP transfer and royalty payments and reorganisations.

• International industrial and banking groups on Brexit related tax matters including the obtaining of rulings

• Information service provider (private equity group) on an internal investigation in tax law and financial criminal law matters

• International logistic group on a multiple (cross-border) reorganisation including the obtaining of advance rulings and implementation under company law

• Group of investors resident different EC member states and third countries on the implementation of a double-HoldCo-structure and tax neutral transfer of shares

• Tax-neutral separation of a family-owned group of companies

Languages Spoken

German, English

Education

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