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Martin Wolff is a counsel in King & Spalding’s Frankfurt office and a member of the firm’s Tax practice. He is also qualified as a Certified Tax Advisor (Steuerberater). Martin’s practice focuses on domestic and cross-border investment fund structuring and related investment tax and other tax issues on behalf of institutional investors and private equity companies. He also advises German and international clients on corporate and wealth management tax planning matters and real estate transactions.

With 13 years of experience, Martin Wolff advises institutional investors, including pension funds and private equity companies on complex domestic and cross-border tax issues related to the structuring of their investment funds as well as on all aspects of national and international tax law.

Prior to joining King & Spalding, Martin worked for an international law firm where he was involved in advising on complex tax matters and real estate and commercial transactions.

Martin has been recognized by JUVE TaxInternational Tax ReviewHandelsblatt and Best Lawyers 2023 among Germany's best tax lawyers.

Martin regularly publishes on several aspects of German tax law.

Martin studied law with additional qualification in economics (Wirtschaftsjurist Univ. Bayreuth) at the University of Bayreuth, where he obtained his first state examination.

Publications (prior to joining King & Spalding):

  • “Damoklesschwert über Transaktionen” (Sword of Damocles hanging over transactions), Institutional Money, edition 1/2021 (2021)
  • “DAC-6-Meldepflicht wird umgesetzt” (DAC-6 reporting requirement implemented), Institutional Money, edition 3/2021 (2021)
  • “Grüner Umbau ruckelt noch” (Green reconstruction is still jerky), Institutional Money, edition 4/2021 (2021)
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Credentials

First State Exam, University of Bayreuth

Germany

Alumni association of the faculty of law and economics of the University of Bayreuth "RWalumni” (Co-organizer of the regional group Frankfurt /Rhine-Main)

Deutscher Anwaltverein

Member of the joint tax policy commission of the German association of young entrepreneurs and the German association of family-owned businesses (Die Familienunternehmer e.V.)

Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main

Steuerberaterkammer Hessen

English

German

Rising Star: General Corporate Tax


ITR World Tax 2024/2025

Recognized as one of Germany's Best Tax Lawyers


Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers, 2024

Recommended Lawyer for Transactional Tax


JUVE Tax, 2023

Rising Star: General Corporate Tax


ITR World Tax, 2023

Recognized as one of Germany's Best Tax Lawyers


Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers, 2023

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Recognition

Rising Star: General Corporate Tax


ITR World Tax 2024/2025

Recognized as one of Germany's Best Tax Lawyers


Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers, 2024

Recommended Lawyer for Transactional Tax


JUVE Tax, 2023

Rising Star: General Corporate Tax


ITR World Tax, 2023

Recognized as one of Germany's Best Tax Lawyers


Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers, 2023

Matters

Advised several German occupational pension schemes (berufsständische Versorgungswerke) on their "alternative investments" (e.g. real estate, private equity funds, infrastructure funds), including tax due diligence and advice on German regulatory, investment and investment tax laws and negotiating side letter agreements.

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Matters

Advised several German occupational pension schemes (berufsständische Versorgungswerke) on their "alternative investments" (e.g. real estate, private equity funds, infrastructure funds), including tax due diligence and advice on German regulatory, investment and investment tax laws and negotiating side letter agreements.

Matters

Advised several German occupational pension schemes (berufsständische Versorgungswerke) on their "alternative investments" (e.g. real estate, private equity funds, infrastructure funds), including tax due diligence and advice on German regulatory, investment and investment tax laws and negotiating side letter agreements.

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Matters

Advised several German occupational pension schemes (berufsständische Versorgungswerke) on their "alternative investments" (e.g. real estate, private equity funds, infrastructure funds), including tax due diligence and advice on German regulatory, investment and investment tax laws and negotiating side letter agreements.

Credentials

First State Exam, University of Bayreuth

Germany

Alumni association of the faculty of law and economics of the University of Bayreuth "RWalumni” (Co-organizer of the regional group Frankfurt /Rhine-Main)

Deutscher Anwaltverein

Member of the joint tax policy commission of the German association of young entrepreneurs and the German association of family-owned businesses (Die Familienunternehmer e.V.)

Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main

Steuerberaterkammer Hessen

English

German

Rising Star: General Corporate Tax


ITR World Tax 2024/2025

Recognized as one of Germany's Best Tax Lawyers


Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers, 2024

Recommended Lawyer for Transactional Tax


JUVE Tax, 2023

Rising Star: General Corporate Tax


ITR World Tax, 2023

Recognized as one of Germany's Best Tax Lawyers


Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers, 2023

Close

Recognition

Rising Star: General Corporate Tax


ITR World Tax 2024/2025

Recognized as one of Germany's Best Tax Lawyers


Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers, 2024

Recommended Lawyer for Transactional Tax


JUVE Tax, 2023

Rising Star: General Corporate Tax


ITR World Tax, 2023

Recognized as one of Germany's Best Tax Lawyers


Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers, 2023