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Christian Schmidt, a German-qualified lawyer, is Of Counsel in the Munich office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He is a member of the firm's International Tax, Real Estate and White Collar Defense and Investigation Groups.
Mr. Schmidt advises domestic and foreign clients in all areas of national and international tax law, with a focus on tax-optimized transactions and acquisition structures, post-acquisition and cross-border tax planning as well as restructurings. He also advises clients on management equity programs. He provides tax advice for public and private companies, investment banks, insurance companies, private equity and real estate funds.
A special focus of his practice is tax compliance and investigations, especially advice on tax disclosure procedures. In this context, he has also assisted clients regarding aspects of criminal tax law.
Mr. Schmidt regularly publishes on national and international tax law topics. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Schmidt practiced for more than four years at the Frankfurt and Munich offices of a leading U.S. law firm.
Mr. Schmidt speaks German and English.
Representative Transactions inlcude:
- Ascott Group in a tax structuring and acquisition of a new hotel development project located in Munich.
- Computer Sciences Corporation in the reorganization of the German operations, including transfer pricing issues and representation in tax audit.
- CSFB Strategic Partners in a secondary purchase of 9 investments in one American and five German TVM-Venture-Capital-Funds of two European institutional investors.
- Dresdner Bank London Branch in tax issues in several finance and leasing transactions.
- Dresser-Rand Group Inc., a First Reserve subsidiary, in the acquisition of Tuthill steam turbine operations in Germany.
- Eurohypo AG on a real estate restructuring.
- Giesecke & Devrient in the joint venture with Wincor Nixdorf, a manufacturer of solutions for cash handling processes in the banking and retail industry.
- The Gores Group in the acquisition of a majority stake in Siemens Enterprise Communications, one of the world’s leading suppliers of unified communications technologies, and the related joint venture with Siemens AG.
- Investcorp in the acquisition of APCOA, the leading pan-European parking operator, and subsequent sale to Eurazeo;
- K2 in the acquisition and reorganization of Völkl, including transfer pricing issues and representation in tax audit.
- Mannkind in the acquisition of insulin assets from Pfizer.
- Oakley in the reorganization of German operations, including transfer pricing issues.
- An International real estate investor in a proposed acquisition of the "Hannibal" real estate portfolio from Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH (deal volume €500 million).
- Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG ("SEN") during the formation of a strategic sales and service partnership with a provider of IT solutions, which included the sale of SEN's local operations across 27 countries.
- Westbrook Partners in the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of properties from the Prudential.
Professional Articles
- Author, “BFH: Kein Erwerbsvorgang auf gesellschaftsvertraglicher Grundlage bei Grundstücksübertragungen zwischen beteiligungsidentischen Gesellschaftern,” Betriebs-Berater (August 2011)
- Author, “BFH: Gewinnanteil des Veräußerers einer GmbH-Beteiligung im Sinne von § 17 I EStG mindert Veräußerungsgewinn nicht,” GWR - Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Issue 13 (July 2011)
- Author, “BFH: Britische Claw-back-Besteuerung steht deutscher Veräußerungsgewinnbesteuerung nicht entgegen,” GWR - Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Issue 7 (April 2011)
- Author, “BFH: Keine erweiterte Kürzung nach § 9 Nr. 1 S. 2 GewStG bei Beteiligung einer Grundstücks-GmbH an vermögensverwaltender Personengesellschaft,” GWR - Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Issue 5 (March 2011)
- Author, “BFH: Keine Hinzurechnungsbesteuerung auch bei Outsourcing des operativen Geschäfts der ausländischen Tochtergesellschaft,” GWR - Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Issue 2 (January 2011)
- Co-author, “2010-Year-End German Law Update,” Gibson Dunn Client Alert (January 2011)
- Author, “BFH: Anteilsveräußerung und Kaufpreisstundung,” Betriebs-Berater (November 2010)
- Author, “BVerfG: Absenkung der Beteiligungsquote bei der Besteuerung privater Veräußerungen von Kapitalanteilen ist teilweise verfassungswidrig,” GWR - Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Issue 18 (September 2010)
- Author, “Regelmäßige Arbeitsstätte für Leiharbeitnehmer,” Betriebs-Berater (September 2010)
- Co-author, “2009-Year-End German Law Update,” Gibson Dunn Client Alert (January 2010)
- Author, “Entscheidungsreport zum BFH-Urteil v. 17.9.09: Negative Einnahmen bei der Rückübertragung von Mitarbeiteraktien,” Betriebs-Berater (December 2009)
- Author, “Steuerliche Entwicklungen in Gesetzgebung, Verwaltung und Rechtsprechung zu Mitarbeiter- und Managementbeteiligungen im Jahr 2008,” DStR - Deutsches Steuerrecht (September 2009)
- Author, “Übergang von Verlustabzügen bei einer "Abwärtsverschmelzung",” GWR - Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Issue 7 (2010)
- Author, “EuGH: Diskriminierende Quellensteuer auf ins EU-Ausland abfließende Dividenden,” GWR - Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Issue 2 (2010)
- Author, “Erstmalige Durchführung eines Gewinnabführungsvertrages bereits in dem Wirtschaftsjahr, welches mit der Errichtung der GmbH beginnt.,” GWR - Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Issue 18 (2009)
- Author, “BFH: Vorlagefrage an den EuGH - Gewerbesteuerliche Hinzurechnung von Dauerschuldzinsen mit Gemeinschaftsrecht vereinbar?,” GWR - Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Issue 16 (2009)
- Author, “FG Saarland: Vergütungen an Gesellschafter-Geschäftsführer einer GmbH für eine nicht konkretisierte Geschäftsidee sind verdeckte Gewinnausschüttungen,” GWR - Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Issue 9 (July 2009)
- Author, “BFH: Stille Beteiligung - Vertragsanpassung der angemessenen Einlagerendite bei veränderter Gewinnprognose,” GWR - Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Issue 5 (May 2009)
- Co-author, “Double Taxation of Profits from a Hybrid U.S. LLC,” Practical European Tax Strategies, Volume 10, Number 10, page 2 (October 2008)
- Co-author, “The German Tax Reform 2008: Impact on Leveraged Transactions,” Practical European Tax Strategies, Volume 9, Number 7, p. 10 (July 2007)
- Co-author, “The German Tax Reform 2008 - Impact on Leveraged Transactions,” Gibson Dunn Client Alert (July 2007)
- Co-author, “Germany: Interested parties,” Legal Week (July 2007)
- Co-author, “German Legislator Passes Public REIT Introduction Act,” Gibson Dunn Client Alert (March 2007)
- Co-author, “REIT-Modelle im Vergleich,” Immobilienwirtschaft (March 2007)
- Co-author, “A REIT Map,” International Financial Law Review (February 2007)
- C-author, “Delaware im Wettstreit mit Luxemburg,” Börsenzeitung (February 2006)
- Co-author, “Real Estate Private Equity - Taxation for Foreign Investors,” FYB - Financial Yearbook Germany (2006)
- Co-author, “Real Estate Private Equity - Steuerfolgen für ausländ. Investoren,” FYB - Financial Yearbook Germany (2006)
Membership of Professional Bodies Admitted as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) since 2000
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PRACTICESEDUCATION- University of Würzburg, 2003
Dr. jur. - University of Würzburg, 1996
Law Degree
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