Magnus Bleifeld advises on all aspects of corporate taxation, with a particular focus on M&A-transactions and tax-optimised corporate restructurings.
He speaks German, English and some French.
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- Advising HOCHTIEF on its EUR 18 bn acquisition (alongside ACS and Atlantia) of Spanish toll-road operator Abertis and the formation of a joint venture holding with Atlantia and ACS. Read more about the deal in our case study.
- Advising BASF on the formation of a joint venture of its subsidiary Wintershall with DEA group in the oil and gas sector.
- Advising Messer Group and CVC on the USD 3.3 bn acquisition of parts of Linde's and Praxair's North and South American industrial gases business
- Advising CompuGroup Medical on its acquisition of parts of the German and Spanish healthcare IT portfolio of Cerner Corporation
- Advising MEC Group on the carve-out and divestiture of its Castolin Eutectic business to Paragon Partners
- Representing in a model case proceeding regarding the tax accounting discount factor for pension liabilities (submission of Fiscal Court Cologne to Federal Constitutional Court)
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Professional Qualifications
- Rechtsanwalt, Germany
- Tax Advisor (Steuerberater), Germany
Legal Education
- Doctor of laws (Humboldt-University of Berlin)
- Legal traineeship (Referendariat) at the regional court of Düsseldorf, at a tax office in Düsseldorf and in our offices in Cologne and New York
- Law studies at the Universities of Passau (Germany) and Geneva (Switzerland) as well as at the Humboldt-University of Berlin (Germany)
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