Johannes Frey

Johannes Frey


Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Recognized since 2014

Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Practice Areas

Tax Law

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Dr. Johannes Frey advises clients on all aspects of tax controversy and international tax planning. He represents many of the largest multinational companies through the full range of tax controversy proceedings, including audits, administrative appeals, multilateral controls and judicial proceedings.

Dr. Frey’s tax practice focuses on complex tax controversy matters, as well as international tax planning and cross-border mergers.

He has co-authored numerous articles on a wide range of international topics that have been published in leading tax journals, including the Tax Management International Journal, Tax Notes and Tax Notes International. He also served as adjunct professor for international taxation at the University of Lausanne.

Location
  • TaunusTurm
    Taunustor 1
    Frankfurt/Main 60310
    Germany

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Germany 2025 for work in:
  • Tax Law

Transactions
Selective representations include:
  • many multinational companies in joint audits, appeals, litigation and other tax proceedings
  • Deutsche Bank, HSBC, UBS, COMMERZBANK and UniCredit on the tax structuring and tax aspects of the issuance of senior unsecured notes in the aggregate principal amount of €1 billion by ams OSRAM
  • HSBC, Morgan Stanley and UBS on the tax structuring and other tax aspects of the 775 million Swiss franc rights offering of ams OSRAM
  • Hermann Rosen, founder of ROSEN Group, a global leader in inspection and integrity management services for energy transmission pipelines, on the tax structuring and tax aspects of the carve-out of the company’s New Ventures division, the sale of ROSEN Group to Partners Group AG and a significant reinvestment by Mr. Rosen in the new ownership structure
  • alstria office REIT-AG on:
    • all tax aspects in connection with the public takeover by Brookfield against a cash consideration of €3.5 billion
    • the tax aspects of its proposed, unsolicited US$890 million acquisition of DO Deutsche Office AG. Both companies are based in Germany

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