Schönherr has a dedicated tax practice offering legal and compliance services. The team has experience advising on cross-practice and cross-border transactional tax aspects while working with its M&A department. In addition, the group represents clients in tax proceedings and criminal tax matters. Roman Perner is the partner in charge of the tax practise, which is led by Marco Thorbauer.

The firm advised Swiss Life Kapital on its acquisition of the office building Allianz Tech Centre in Vienna's 14th district. DZ BANK also received legal advice from the team on the Austrian, Hungarian, and Romanian legs of a €117.5 million acquisition financing by APR Logistik and PE Waterland, including security pooling for three jurisdictions and tax law guidance.

Stefan Egger joined the tax team during the research period, bringing his major area of practice in national and international tax, particularly in the sphere of real estate transactions with him.

Client feedback

“Schönherr tax, headed by Marco Thorbauer, is also an address where I know that my client gets good advice.”

“Very fund legal knowledge; very responsive; well-structured project managers.”

“Schoenherr has a broad network of legal professionals and thus provides outstanding legal assistance across jurisdictions.”

“Schoenherr always provides top-notch and hands-on legal advice and throughout shows great response times and client care.”

“The Schoenherr tax team provides high-end client-friendly advice and is available 24/7.”

“Schönherr tax is a very responsive team with a lot of experience and know-how in transactional work.”