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Key practice areas
General corporate tax
Indirect tax
Tax
Tax controversy
Transfer pricing
Firm overview

LeitnerLeitner and LeitnerLaw have a long tradition of offering their clients high-quality advice in Austria and CEE/SEE countries. Our lawyers, tax advisors and auditors offer a wide range of services in the areas of tax, corporate, civil and commercial law, accounting, auditing and corporate finance matters. Creating integrated and multi-disciplinary one-stop solutions is the main element of the client-focused approach when approaching the needs of private clients, SMEs and corporate groups on general and specific questions. Tax and legal questions and daily compliance work are addressed with equal care and passion as sophisticated structures or complex M&A transactions.

Key practice areas
  • Tax
  • Audit
  • Financial Advisory Services
  • Accounting
  • Payroll Services | Global Mobility
  • VAT | Customs | Excise Duties
  • Criminal Tax Law | Procedural Tax Law
  • Litigation
  • Dispute resolution
  • Real Estate
  • IT | Digitalization | Compliance
  • Sustainability
Address:
LeitnerLeitner GmbH, Wirtschaftsprüfer und Steuerberater
Schwarzenbergplatz 14
1040 Wien
Tel:+43 1 718 98 90 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.leitnerleitner.com/en/at
2026 Edition
General corporate tax
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Binder Grösswang
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Deloitte Tax
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Ernst & Young
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KPMG Austria
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LeitnerLeitner
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PwC
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TPA Steuerberatung
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bpv Hügel
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CERHA HEMPEL
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Dorda
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Freshfields
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Grant Thornton Austria
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ICON
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Schönherr
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Wolf Theiss
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BDO Austria
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Kinstellar
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Schindler Attorneys
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Aigner Buzanich
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Althuber Spornberger & Partner
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DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach
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Diwok Hermann Petsche
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PHH Tax
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Indirect tax
Tier 1
11 firms ranked
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Deloitte Tax
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Ernst & Young
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LeitnerLeitner
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TPA Steuerberatung
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Binder Grösswang
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Grant Thornton Austria
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ICON
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Schindler Attorneys
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Kinstellar
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bpv Hügel
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CERHA HEMPEL
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Tax controversy
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14 firms ranked
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Althuber Spornberger & Partner
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Binder Grösswang
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Deloitte Tax
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Freshfields
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LeitnerLeitner
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Schönherr
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bpv Hügel
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CERHA HEMPEL
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Grant Thornton Austria
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Schindler Attorneys
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Wolf Theiss
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Aigner Buzanich
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ICON
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Kinstellar
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Transfer pricing
Tier 2
14 firms ranked
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Deloitte Tax
6 practice areas
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Ernst & Young
5 practice areas
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Grant Thornton Austria
6 practice areas
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KPMG Austria
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PwC
7 practice areas
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Freshfields
5 practice areas
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ICON
5 practice areas
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LeitnerLeitner
5 practice areas
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TPA Steuerberatung
7 practice areas
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bpv Hügel
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

Kinstellar
4 practice areas
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Wolf Theiss
4 practice areas
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Tier 4

Binder Grösswang
5 practice areas
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Schindler Attorneys
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Overview

LeitnerLeitner is a top CEE tax advisory firm with offices across nine countries. It offers integrated tax and legal services via close cooperation with LeitnerLaw, and is a market leader in fund structuring and capital markets taxation. The firm provides tailored advice, benefits from highly specialized teams, and maintains a strong international “best-friends” alliance. A new private clients hub will open in Kitzbühel in spring 2025. Its VAT department, led by Hannes Gurtner and Peter Pichler, brings over 45 years of combined experience and includes representation in the European Commission’s VAT Expert Group. 

During the research period, the firm advised Klosterwald GmbH’s shareholders on tax and legal matters during the merger with Benu and conducted full legal, tax, and financial due diligence. In addition, the team structured a tax-optimized M&A deal for an Austrian private foundation, addressing complex cross-border tax implications. 

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LeitnerLeitner is a CEE tax advisory firm with offices in Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Switzerland. It is a member of the European Commission's VAT Expert Group, represented by Hannes Gurtner. Gurtner heads the VAT department and has more than 25 years of experience in European VAT. Peter Pichler is a co-head of the VAT department with approximately 20 years of experience in European VAT.

Recently the firm advised a branch of a multinational manufacturer from a transfer pricing perspective on the sale of goods from the Austrian entity to its limited risk distribution entities focusing on year-end adjustments and defending the previous approach to avoid double taxation. The team also represented an automobile manufacturer in an appeal procedure addressing goodwill depreciation on EU participation under the Austrian group taxation framework.

Daniel Lungenschmid, Director, joined the team during the research period.

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