Recent challenges for inbound PE structures in Germany

June 30 2012

Stephan Eilers and Alexander Schwahn of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer provide a brief overview of a classic structure for a private equity investment in Germany, and they critically analyse the efforts of both the tax authorities and the legislature to place restrictions on debt push-down structures.

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