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About Dr. Sebastian Röger
Sebastian Röger is a finance tax expert in our Frankfurt office.
He specialises in particular in advising on tax issues with a finance nexus and works closely with our finance and regulatory law colleagues. Among other things, Sebastian advises financial institutions on complex, mostly cross-border, tax matters and transactions. He also specialises in advising institutional investors, fund managers and portfolio managers on investment tax issues.
In addition, Sebastian has extensive experience in connection with internal investigations and works closely with our Global Investigations Group.
Sebastian regularly publishes articles, lectures on corporate finance and is a member of the BAI's Investment Taxation Working Group.
Languages: German and English
Recent work
- Advising a banking syndicate on the restructuring of LEONI AG's liabilities
- Advising an international banking group on the restructuring of its domestic entity structure
- Advising a major international bank on the acquisition of European business units from a competitor
- Advising a credit institution on the structuring of a securitisation vehicle for a domestic energy company
- Advising an insurance group on the establishment of a multinational fund platform for alternative investments
- Advising various institutional investors and family offices in connection with the acquisition of fund units
- Advising a German portfolio manager on the establishment of a hedge fund
- Representing German and international credit institutions vis-à-vis German tax authorities
- Conducting internal investigations at an automotive supplier
- Conducting internal investigations of market participants in relation to securities transactions
- Assisting the German Football Association with its internal investigation
Qualifications
- Ruprecht Karls-University, (law - dr. iur.)
- Legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court Frankfurt / Main
- Attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt), Germany
- Tax advisor (Steuerberater), Germany