Tobias Klass
Partner
Hamburg
tobias.klass@lw.com
+49.40.4140.30
PRACTICES
- International Tax
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Real Estate
- Restructuring & Special Situations
- Tax
- Transactional Tax
INDUSTRIES
- REITs
EDUCATION
- Tax Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Hamburg, 2005
- Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Hamburg, 2002
- Dr. jur., University of Kiel, 2000
- MBA, University of Kiel, 1999
- First German State Exam, University of Kiel, 1997
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- German
- English
PROFILE
Dr. Tobias Klass advises private equity funds, large and medium-sized companies and their shareholders, as well as real estate investment funds on the tax aspects of complex, often cross-border transactions.
Tobias, as a key member of a client’s deal team, navigates the increasingly complex German and international tax law issues in domestic and cross-border transactions.
He focuses on the tax-optimization of private equity and M&A transactions as well as restructurings. He also advises on tax structures for inbound real estate investments.
Tobias is qualified as a certified tax advisor and specialist tax lawyer. He is a member of the International Fiscal Association. He is ranked among the best M&A lawyers for Germany by Handelsblatt, and noted for his ability to spot and avoid potential problems.
EXPERIENCE
Tobias’ experience includes advising:
M&A
- Aliaxis on the sale of Rheinhütte Pumpen to ITT
- Bayrische Versicherungskammer on the acquisition of a stake in Amprion from Evonik
- Cheplapharm on:
- The acquisition of the worldwide commercial rights (excluding South Korea) for Gemzar® from Eli Lilly and Company
- The acquisition of the US Marketing Authorization for Pulmicort Flexhaler, a Budesonide inhalation powder for the treatment of Asthma, from AstraZeneca AB
- Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in maincubes
- Dropbox on the acquisition of Secomba GmbH’s Boxcryptor Software
- Heramba Electric on:
- Its business combination with Project Energy Reimagined Acquisition Corp.
- The acquisition of Kiepe Electric
- Mainova and Dussmann on the sale of Chargemaker
- Novo Nordisk on the acquisition of Cardior Pharmaceuticals
- Prüftechnik Dieter Busch AG on the sale of the group to Fluke Corporation
- SERgroup on the sale of a majority stake to The Carlyle Group
- SPIE on:
- The acquisition of a majority stake in ICG Group
- The acquisition of ROBUR Industry Service Group
- The acquisition of a majority stake in BridgingIT
- The acquisition of Otto LSE
- Wintershall Dea on the sale of its stake in WIGA
- ZF Friedrichshafen on the sale of its global Body Control Systems business to Luxshare
Private Equity
- Established. on the acquisition of Blaupunkt
- GIP and KKR on the strategic partnership with Vodafone to invest in Vantage Towers
- IK Investment Partners on:
- The acquisition of the Schock Group
- Its investment in Cinerius Financial Partners
- Keppel Infrastructure Trust on its 45% effective stake in Enpal B.V.’s solar portfolio
- Lindsay Goldberg on the acquisition of Bilcare Research Group
- Rockaway Capital on the sale of Bringmeister
- Stirling Square Capital Partners on the sale of Cartonplast to DBAG
- The Carlyle Group on the sale of Klenk Holz AG to Binderholz
- Unsere Grüne Glasfaser on the acquisition of Infrafibre Germany
Restructuring
- Senior lenders and the steering committee in the financial and operative restructuring of Kathrein group
- Löwen Play on financial restructuring and recapitalization
Real Estate
- ACCENTRO Real Estate on comprehensive refinancing with bondholders
- AFIAA on the sale of Westfalen-Center Dortmund
- Angelo, Gordon & Co. on various acquisitions of residential real estate portfolios
- Apollo on:
- The €1 billion investment in Deutsche Wohnen SE
- The €1 billion investment in the Northern Portfolio (residential real estate portfolio controlled by Vonovia)
- The €1 billion investment in the Suedewo Portfolio (residential real estate portfolio controlled by Vonovia)
- Brookfield on its preferred equity investment in a Cologne residential project
- Digital Realty on:
- The US$7 billion hyperscale data center development joint venture with Blackstone
- The sale of data centers in Germany and the US
- Corpus Sireo on the sale of Allianz Campus Berlin to Hines
- HanseMerkur Grundvermögen on the acquisition of a real estate portfolio of 34 office and retail properties in Germany and Austria
- Mainova on the sale of a majority stake in its data center business to Blackrock
- Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund and REDOS Real Estate GmbH on the acquisition, financing, and sale of a number of real estate portfolios in Germany, including the acquisition of the Rhein-Ruhr Zentrum