Björn Demuth’s practice focuses on corporate compliance, succession planning and tax law. He is a tax advisor and certified tax lawyer with long-standing experience advising his clients on the German reorganisation tax law as well as on income, corporate, inheritance, land transfer, VAT and international tax law issues. Björn is also a trusted advisor for entrepeneurs and managing directors in the context of critical audits and criminal tax law cases: When auditing companies, fiscal authorities increasingly believe to be able to identify tax evasion and/or suspect corruption. This occurs in particular in the cases of international groups in relation to VAT tax, transfer pricing or income tax.

In 1995, Björn started practising as a lawyer, he joined CMS in 1997 and was made partner in 2002. In 2005, he was awarded an honorary professorship by West University of Timișoar (Romania). He is a member of the supervisory boards of Bürgschaftsbank Baden-Württemberg, Sparkassenversicherung and Energypool Tec. Previously, he has been a member of the BVT Life Bond II supervisory board. Björn is also president of the Landesverband der Freien Berufe Baden-Württemberg (regional association of the liberal professions), vice president of the Bundesverband der Freien Berufe (federal associaton of the liberal professions) and a board member of the Stuttgart Bar Association.