SKW Schwarz expands Tax practice with Partner joining its Frankfurt office

SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte extends its Tax practice to Frankfurt. Effective January 1, 2019, 46-year-old lawyer, tax advisor, and civil law notary Stefan Skulesch will join the firm as a Partner, coming from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Stefan Skulesch advises on tax issues in the context of multinational M&A transactions and reorganizations. He advises companies on complex matters relating to income tax law, corporate income tax law, and trade tax law, as well as in VAT law, real estate transfer tax law, and foreign tax law. He is also experienced in transfer pricing, tax audits, and tax criminal law. He further advises his clients, including medium-sized family businesses and global corporations, on succession planning. Since June 2017, Stefan Skulesch has also been licensed as a civil law notary.

“Stefan Skulesch will support us in offering our clients full service advice in business law and tax law from our Frankfurt office now as well,” said Michael Wahl, Head of SKW Schwarz’s Frankfurt office.

Heiko Wunderlich, Head of the Tax Law Department, added: “With Stefan Skulesch, we are supplementing our expanding Tax and Private Client practice with a peer who is experienced in the entire range of national and international tax law and in complex succession planning. We are very glad to have him join our firm.”

Tax law at SKW Schwarz features seven specialized lawyers and tax advisors who, in addition to ongoing advice and transaction support, have made a name for themselves particularly in the Private Client segment.