People
Florian Lechner
Biography
Florian is Head of German Tax.
He has more than 25 years of experience advising international companies, banks and financial investors on tax matters relating to M&A, private equity and structured finance transactions as well as financial products and alternative investments.
Prior to joining the firm in 2023, Florian practiced at two other leading international law firms for more than two decades. In recent years, besides his transactional work, he has increasingly worked on internal investigations in the financial sector, particularly with dividend arbitrage transactions. He also has represented domestic and international banks in tax-related civil law litigations with counterparties. Florian is recommended as a tax lawyer in Germany in several leading legal directories.
Practice areas
- Tax
- Private equity
Sectors
- Banks
- Private equity
- Private capital
Selected experience
- Corestate Capital Holding S.A., an investment manager and co-investor with €13.2 billion of core assets under management, on its successful restructuring.
- PAI Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Infra Group, a service provider in the infrastructure sector.
- Nimbus on the sale of Extrusuion Technology Group to Davis-Standard LLC.
- Palero on the acquisition of Tech Power Electronics Group from Schwa-Medico Group.
- Numerous domestic and international financial institutions on contentious and ongoing tax matters related to their equities and derivatives transactions.
Education
- Second German Law Degree, State of Bavaria, Germany, 1998
- First German Law Degree, University of Munich, Germany, 1995
Admissions
- Admitted as German Rechtsanwalt, 1998