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2026 Edition
General corporate tax
Tier 1
45 firms ranked
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Deloitte
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EY
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Flick Gocke Schaumburg
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Freshfields
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KPMG
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Kirkland & Ellis
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PwC
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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A&O Shearman
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Baker McKenzie
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Bird & Bird
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Bödecker Ernst & Partner
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DLA Piper
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Eversheds Sutherland
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Forvis Mazars
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Gleiss Lutz
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Hengeler Mueller
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King & Spalding
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Linklaters
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Oppenhoff & Partner
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Poellath
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WTS
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Tier 3

Baker Tilly
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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Clifford Chance
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Dentons
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Ebner Stolz
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Grant Thornton
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Latham & Watkins
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Mayer Brown
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Milbank
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Noerr
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White & Case
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Tier 4

BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
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CMS Hasche Sigle
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GLNS
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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Lemaitre Professionals LP TAX
6 practice areas
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Luther
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O & R Oppenhoff & Rädler
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Simmons & Simmons
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Streck Mack Schwedhelm
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Watson Farley & Williams
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Indirect tax
Tier 2
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Deloitte
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EY
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Flick Gocke Schaumburg
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KMLZ
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PwC
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Baker McKenzie
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Bödecker Ernst & Partner
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DLA Piper
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Dentons
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Eversheds Sutherland
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Forvis Mazars
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KPMG
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Oppenhoff & Partner
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WTS
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Tier 3

Bird & Bird
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Other notable

Gleiss Lutz
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Tax controversy
Tier 2
22 firms ranked
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Deloitte
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Flick Gocke Schaumburg
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Baker McKenzie
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DLA Piper
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Dentons
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EY
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Eversheds Sutherland
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Forvis Mazars
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Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
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KMLZ
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KPMG
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Linklaters
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Oppenhoff & Partner
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PwC
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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WTS
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Bird & Bird
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CMS Hasche Sigle
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GLNS
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O & R Oppenhoff & Rädler
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Transfer pricing
Tier 2
16 firms ranked
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Baker McKenzie
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Deloitte
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EY
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Flick Gocke Schaumburg
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NERA
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PwC
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DLA Piper
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Dentons
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Eversheds Sutherland
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Forvis Mazars
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Freshfields
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KPMG
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Oppenhoff & Partner
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WTS
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Grant Thornton
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Luther
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Overview

KPMG Germany’s Tax team provides comprehensive advisory services across corporate, international, and indirect tax, supporting clients with compliance, restructuring, digital transformation, and dispute resolution. The team combines deep expertise with advanced technology and interdisciplinary collaboration. Key leaders include Ulrich Ackermann, Member of the Managing Board and Head of Tax, and Ija Ramirez, Managing Partner and Head of Tax. 

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Ethics seems to be playing a subservient role to an entitlement culture borne out of a pervasive ‘revenue at all costs’ mentality at the big four
PwC Australia’s response to its tax leaks scandal could give KPMG a useful case study, but so far there’s little sign of positive lessons learned
Australia’s Department of Finance will also commission an independent review of KPMG’s governance, culture, ethics and integrity frameworks, it has revealed
The scandal has come just three years after the PwC tax leaks controversy and has prompted KPMG’s Australian chief executive to resign
Belt and Road Initiative countries face tax incentive conundrums due to pillar two, but relatively few countries would seek to scrap the project, ITR has heard
As part of an exclusive global alliance, KPMG will become one of Anthropic’s ‘preferred consultants’ for private equity
Following Richard Houston’s switch to the newly formed Deloitte EMEA, Graves has the opportunity to bring Deloitte’s tax practice up to speed with its rivals
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