Expertise

  • Bosch Sicherheitssysteme – Tax advice on the acquisition of DMS Digitale Mess- und Steuerungssysteme AG
  • Commerzbank AG – Tax advice on the acquisition of 74.9% of the shares in Aquila Capital Investmentgesellschaft GmbH from Aquila Capital Holding GmbH
  • Duke Street – tax advice on two parallel transactions in the ostomy supply sector (acquisition of the ForLife Group from GHD, a portfolio company of Nordic Capital, as well as acquisition of the ostomy sale and distribution business from Trio Healthcare Limited)
  • HIH Invest Real Estate – Tax advice on the acquisition of 14 development projects and new buildings with an investment volume of over 630 million euros for a newly launched fund for institutional investors together with the housing company Vonovia
  • Consortium of banks including ABN Amro, ING, KFW, KfW Ipex Bank, Kommunalkredit Austria, LBBW, NatWest, NordLB and SEB – Tax advice on an investment financing for the fiber-roll-out of Deutsche GigaNetz
  • MEAG Munich Ergo AssetManagement GmbH (MEAG) as Arranger and Société Générale as Agent – Tax advice on the financing of new local trains for the Kinzigtal network
  • Montea NV – Tax advice on the acquisition of a logistics center in Hamburg from a fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners
  • Octopus Energy – Tax advice on its first wind farm investment in Germany
  • Oldenburgische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft  (OLB) as Lender – Tax advice on the financing of the acquisition of a majority stake in Karl Schmidt GmbH by Argos Wityu
  • Robert Bosch GmbH – Tax advice on the dissolution of the joint venture Advanced Driver Information Technology with DENSO Corporation
  • Siemens Energy – Tax advice on the sale of BIC Business to Triton Funds
Publications
  • Anders Kraft/Susanne Knoch/Michael Lehmann - Life Cycle of a Commercial Property in Tax Law – from Acquisition through Rental to Sale, published in Handelsblatt Steuerboard on 10.01.2023
  • Susanne Knoch - Accounting of a Limited Company with Administrative Seat in Germany: Comparative Legal Analysis of British, German and International Accounting Regulations in the Context of Law Applicable to a Limited Company with Administrative Seat in Germany, 2014
  • Peter Hommelhoff/Susanne Sokol - International Accounting Law for Medium-Sized Enterprises, in Teichmann (ed.), Europe and Medium-Sized Enterprises, pp. 129-160, 2010
Languages
  • German (native)
  • English (fluent)
  • French (good command)
  • Spanish (good command)
Education
  • University of Würzburg – First State Examination
  • Higher Regional Court of Munich – Second State Examination
  • University of Bristol – Department of Law, Study visit as part of an Erasmus-Socrates Scholarship
Professional Memberships
  • Bar Association Frankfurt
  • Chamber of Tax Advisors Hesse