Dr. Stefan Schultes-Schnitzlein

Dr. Stefan Schultes-Schnitzlein is a tax partner in the Düsseldorf office. Stefan is both qualified as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) and as a German tax advisor (Steuerberater).

Stefan is listed as frequently recommended in Germany's leading lawyer ranking magazine JUVE Handbook of German Commercial Law Firms (2017/2018). Clients recommend Stefan for his work and say that he "can convey complicated facts convincingly, does not expand teams unnecessarily ".

Stefan is also mentioned by Legal 500 Corporate and M&A Deals in Germany 2018 for international medium company deals (€ 100M to € 500M).

• Engagements

  Stefan has recently been engaged in a number of high-profile transactions, having advised on tax aspects of: 

  • the sale of an international group in the chemical sector to a strategic buyer, for US-American financial investor
  • a potential acquisition of a worldwide product line of a German DAX listed group, for US-American financial investor
  • an acquisition of a German luxury hotel (real estate and hotel business) and renegotiation of management contract, for German family office
  • an acquisition of shares in a German offshore wind farm, for the investment manager of a foreign industry group
  • the acquisition of the international bunker business of a German industrial group, for German oil trading business
  • an acquisition of the international auditing systems for the oil and gas industry out of an insolvency, for German industry group  
  • the investment joint venture and acquisition of German clinics chain (real estate and clinics business), for UK PE investor.