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Dr Ulf Andresen is an international tax partner in DLA Piper's Frankfurt office. He joined DLA Piper in November 2019 after having spent almost 24 years with EY and PwC in Germany and Australia. As a Certified Tax Advisor he is admitted to all German tax courts. In addition he holds a Chartered Accountant qualification in Australia and has been a member of the International Fiscal Association for many years.
Ulf has substantial experience in serving multinational groups of companies in structuring their cross-border activities, in assisting with the implementation of such structures in particular in post-merger integration settings, in evaluating the tax accounting impact, and in defending these structures in tax audits.
Tax audit and other controversy activity including transfer pricing crisis management is his main focus. Major recent projects include the successful termination of a controversial joint audit, the successful conclusion of an APA on brand licensing, the representation of a US and an EU multinationals' interests in transfer pricing matters in German court proceedings, the representation of a US multinational in German court proceedings claiming the violation of the free movement of capital, one of the fundamental freedoms of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union as far as the assessment of real estate transfer tax on extraterritorial restructurings is concerned.
He is known for his excellence and creativity in transfer pricing controversy situations. His very broad APA experience covers Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States where he was involved in the local negotiations with the local tax authorities. Moreover, he is a well-known expert on the taxation of permanent establishments and on transfer pricing in the financial services industry .
His expertise covers the following industries: asset management, automotive including suppliers, banking, chemical, consumer goods, engineering, information technology including software, insurance, and pharmaceuticals.
He is the co-publisher and co-author of the Permanent Establishment Handbook (Betriebsstätten Handbuch) the leading publication on PE taxation in Germany . His PhD-thesis on the arm's length standard received an honourable mention at the 2000 IFA Congress.
Business model optimisation, policy design, IP management, restructuring, APAs, M&A, financial services, corporate taxes, technology, value chains, audit defence, audit support, dispute resolution, pre-litigation, MAPs/ADRs, litigation, controversy management, state aid, tax consulting, international tax advisory, supply chains
Automotive, banking, construction and materials, consumer goods and services, financial services, food and beverage, healthcare, industrials, insurance, investment management, pharma and life sciences, real estate, shipping, tech and telecoms, transport
Institute of Certified Tax Advisors in Germany, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand, International Fiscal Association
Ulf holds a PhD (1999), MBA (1995) and BA (1994) in business administration from the European Business School.
German, English, French
Certified Tax Advisor (Germany) admitted to all German tax couts, Chartered Accountant (Australia)
01/06/2021 Ulf Andresen, DLA Piper, Germany
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