We offer industry-specific tax and business legal advice for the public sector and their corporate investments, because their taxation involves special regulations.

We focus on tax optimization especially regarding

• VAT optimized configuration of allowances
• Tax recognition of permanently loss-making activities
• Consolidated tax filing status of multi utility companies
• Optimization of divisional accounting
• Identifying commercial operations of public bodies
• Optimization with respect to dividend withholding tax

Specialists, mostly with dual qualifications as lawyers and tax consultants, provide tax & business law services in connection with state aid, procurement, labor- and municipal law.

We provide comprehensive advice from initial concept papers to practical implementation advice:

• Optimization of municipal groups
• Mergers and demergers
• Inter-municipal cooperation
• We cover all main state-run industries, especially:
• Local public transportation
• Drinking water supply and waste water disposal

We are familiar with the specifics of the local decision-making processes and have a focus on feasibility aspects at each stage of advice, because our goal is practical implementation.