Accounting, Audit & Tax Awards 2017

Acquisition International - Accounting, Audit & Tax Awards 2017 17 Lozano Schindhelm Tax Law Firm of the Year 2017 & Foreign Taxation Attorney of the Year 2017 - Spain Lozano Schindhelm Lozano Schindhelm is a Spanish law firm supporting international clients with all their legal and tax needs. Fernando Lozano discusses the firm and the range of services it offers. Company: Lozano Schindhelm Name: Fernando Lozano Email: f.lozano@schindhelm. com Web Address: es.schindhelm. com Address: Conde de Salvatierra 21, E-46004 Spain Telephone: +34 963 28 77 93 AAT0022 Founded in 2005, Lozano Schindhelm has been supporting international clients in Spain as a competent and trustworthy partner in all kind of fiscal and legal situations for over 10 years. With bases in Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia, Spain’s three major financial and industrial hubs, as well as Alicante and Palma de Majorca, both outstanding sites for the touristic industry and the Real Estate business, the firm has a strong national reach and is able to meet the needs of every client. Fernando outlines the services his firm provides to these clients. “As an international tax firm Lozano Schindhelm offers our clients first class consulting across the legal and fiscal spectrum. Our experts are not only well versed in their area of expertise, but are especially aware of the language and cultural barriers that often have to be overcome in transboundary issues. As such we make a special effort to understand the needs of every client we work with, wherever they are from and whatever size their business is. Our objective always is to represent our client’s interests in the best possible manner, no matter whether it is a transboundary corporate project or their private home with a view over the Mediterranean Sea. “Specifically within the tax sector, our tax experts advise both private clients and domestic and foreign companies of every size, area of activity or legal form proactively across all areas of national and international tax law. We offer an effective “One stop shop” tax and legal service regarding every single business or private investment in Spain, providing our clients with tax, legal, consultancy and accountancy services.” Recent developments include the firm’s expansion into Bilbao and Madrid in order to meet the needs of its existing clientele. Moving forward, Fernando is excited to outline the firm’s future plans for further expansion. “Looking ahead, we are keen to expand into new markets and support more clients across Spain, whilst at the same time retaining the quality of service which Lozano Schindhelm has become renowned for.” TJP Austroexpert Best Tax Advisory 2017 - Austria TJP Austroexpert Company: TJP Austroexpert Steuerberatungsgesellschaft m.b.H. Name: Thomas Jungreithmeir Email: thomas.jungreithmeir@ tjp.at Web Address: www.tjp.at Address: Palais Collalto, Am Hof 13/Stiege 2/DG, 1010 Vienna Telephone: +43 1 8903032 HF170038 TJP Austroexpert, a member of TJP Group, is an Austrian tax boutique firm that takes an interdisciplinary approach to cross-border transactions, M&A, private equity and restructuring. We spoke to Thomas Jungreithmeir to find out more. TJP Austroexpert offers a wealth of experience and dedicated, professional staff in order to provide clients with the very best tax advice and consultancy. The firm supports a wide range of clients across the taxation and accounting market, as Thomas outlines. “According to our credo continuous tax advisory is more than performing book-keeping and salaries; central to our role is keeping our clients informed of optimization potentials. Our tax compliance practice concerns not just Austrian companies and private clients, but also groups of multinational companies respectively holdings. In order to support this array of clients we put great emphasis on our cover-all tax advisory services granted to diplomats, expat managers and individuals. “Independently of our tax compliance practice we also offer specialist strategic tax planning services. Being member of the TJP Group we have strong experience across the acquisition market, including M&A, real estate deals, tax due diligence, tax valuation and private equity, and also in complex individual taxation questions, and both national and international restructuring.” Looking ahead, the firm has a number of projects in the pipeline which will allow it the chance to build upon its current success, as Thomas concludes. “Currently we have several complex M&A deals and cross-border tax reorganizations on the horizon, and we are constantly looking to build our expertise and portfolio of clients by taking on new projects.”