Expert in tax questions relating to M&A, private equity and distressed transactions
Focuses on complex domestic and international tax matters, especially tax-efficient structuring and reorganizations
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Lukas Reischmann is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Munich. He brings more than seven years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity tax.
Mr. Reischmann advises clients on the German and international tax aspects of a full range of M&A, private equity and distressed transactions, both domestic and international. He also advises on tax-efficient reorganizations and post-transaction tax issues.
Mr. Reischmann has worked with clients across a range of industries, including automotive, aviation, healthcare, energy and real estate.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Reischmann spent several years in the tax department of the leading international law firm, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he advised private equity firms and multinationals on a wide range of national and international tax matters, with a focus on transactions, refinancing and management incentive schemes.
Previously, Mr. Reischmann worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the M&A tax department, with a focus on private equity transactions and international tax law.
Mr. Reischmann earned a BBA and an MBA (concentration in accounting and taxation) from the University of Mannheim. He is a Certified Tax Advisor (Steuerberater).
In many M&A share transactions, tax losses may represent significant hidden value. But that value depends particularly on two key questions: Can the tax losses survive the transaction and can the parties mutually agree on a business plan substantiating the future usage of the potentially surviving tax losses? Our article outlines how jurisdiction-specific rules — especially Germany’s strict change-in-ownership regime — affect the usability of tax losses post-closing, whether tax losses can provide a shelter for historic tax risks and why tax losses impact purchase price negotiations.
Private equity (PE) funds with at least two German tax resident investors are required to file an annual partnership tax return in Germany, even if they do not have taxable presence in the Germany.
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