Prof. Dr. Hubertus Baumhoff is a partner with Flick Gocke Schaumburg in Bonn. He specialises in the taxation of groups and deals intensively with questions of international tax law, in particular group transfer pricing and the tax structuring of groups. He is particularly experienced in defending transfer prices and TP systems in the context of tax audits of enterprises operating internationally with tax attachment points in Germany. Hubertus Baumhoff studied economics in Münster and Hamburg (1980 Diplom-Kaufmann, 1985 Dr rer pol). He was admitted as a certified tax adviser in 1987 and as public auditor in 1991. He joined Flick Gocke Schaumburg in 1986 and was promoted to partner in 1991. Hubertus Baumhoff is an honorary professor at the University of Siegen, lecturer at the University of Zurich since 2010 (LL.M. programme) as well as a guest lecturer at the Bundesfinanzakademie (German Federal Finance Academy). He has authored numerous publications on German and international tax in leading professional journals, and is co-editor of the Flick/Wassermeyer/Baumhoff/Schönfeld commentary on foreign tax law. His most recent works are Transfer Pricing in Germany – compact (published in 2018) and Transfer Prices between Internationally Affiliated Enterprises (published in 2014).
Practice areas
Business model optimisation, economic modelling, cross-border project management, restructuring, cost-sharing arrangements, APAs, transactions, M&A, corporate taxes, technology, value chains, audit defence, audit support, dispute resolution, pre-litigation, MAPs/ADRs, controversy management, tax consulting, international tax advisory, supply chains
Sector specialisations
Accounting, automotive, aviation, banking, construction and materials, consumer goods and services, energy, financial services, food and beverage, healthcare, industrials, oil and gas, pharma and life sciences, real estate, tech and telecoms, tourism, transport, utilities
Association memberships
Member of the board of the Siegen Forum on Accounting, Auditing and Taxation (Siegener Forum für Rechnungslegung, Prüfungswesen und Steuerlehre e.V.), member of the administrative board and Chairman of the working group on foreign tax law of the German Institute of Public Auditors (Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer in Deutschland e.V.), member of the International Fiscal Association
