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Martin Mohr
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Dr. Martin Mohr

Rechtsanwalt, Tax Adviser | Head of Tax, Germany

Languages
  • German
  • English
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Martin Mohr advises on all aspects of German and international tax and accounting law with a focus on M&A transactions, venture capital investments, restructurings and financings. He also concentrates on special tax issues in the context of audits and tax disputes as well as on tax compliance.

After having worked for more than six years for the international law firm Hengeler Mueller in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf as a certified lawyer and tax advisor, Martin joined CMS in 2017. He became partner in 2022. He also spent nine months with the top-tier US law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City.

Martin is co-founder and co-head of the Southwest Germany division of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) that was established at the end of 2017.

Awards & Recognitions
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    Listed for Tax Law
    Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2024 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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    Listed as Rising Star
    ITR World Tax 2024
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    Listed for Tax Law
    Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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    „bei der transaktionsteuerrechtlichen Beratung [...] sind es v.a. jüngere Partner und Anwälte wie [...] der [...] 2017 von Hengeler Mueller nach Stuttgart gewechselte Counsel Dr. Martin Mohr [...], die der Integration in das CMS-Geschäft einen gewissen Schub verliehen haben“
    JUVE Handbuch Steuern, 2018
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    „transaktionsgestählt“
    JUVE Handbuch Steuern, 2018

Relevant experience

  • Premium Equity Partners | On acquisition of majority stake in Clarus Films
  • Robert Breuning Foundation | On sale of KOMET Group
  • HP | On acquisition of Samsung’s global printing business
  • Alfred Kärcher | On establishing a joint venture with Tokheim Service Group
  • Baden-Wuerttemberg Foundation | On sale of the Mercedes-Benz building

Publications

  • Global Legal Insights, Corporate Tax (Germany), 8th (2020) Edition (more)
  • Sicherung der Innovationskraft durch Management- und Mitarbeiterbeteiligung in: BUJ / CMS (Hrsg.), Legal Management of Innovation 2017/18, 204-211
  • Die Besteuerung von Sanierungsgewinnen unter Berücksichtigung der Entscheidung des Großen Senats des BFH vom 28.11.2016 – Reaktionsmöglichkeiten, BB 2017, 673-679
  • Global Legal Insights, Corporate Tax (Germany), 3rd (2015) Edition
  • Global Legal Insights, Corporate Tax (Germany), 1st (2013) Edition
  • Handels- und steuerrechtliche Behandlung von Optionsgeschäften, RdF 2011, 406-415
  • Kommentierung der §§ 6, 8 ErbStG in: Tiedtke, Klaus (Hrsg.), Kommentar zum Erbschaftsteuer- und Schenkungsteuergesetz, 2009, Erich Schmidt Verlag
  • Auswirkungen des europäischen Gemeinschaftsrechts auf das deutsche Steuerrecht - Prominente Beispiele aus dem EStR, KStR, GewStR und AStR, DStZ 2009, 439-452
  • Die Grundfreiheiten als zulässiger Maßstab für die direkten Steuern, EuZW 2008, 424-428
  • Grenzüberschreitende Berücksichtigung von Betriebsstättenverlusten, DStZ 2008, 430-442
  • Grenzüberschreitende Verlustberücksichtigung im Fall EG-ausländischer Direktinvestitionen, 298 Seiten, September 2008, Ergon-Verlag

Memberships & Roles

  • International Fiscal Association (IFA) Germany
  • FORUM Transaktionen im Steuerrecht e.V.
  • Working Group of Tax Law Specialists
  • Stuttgart Bar Association
  • Stuttgart Chamber of Tax Advisors

Education

  • 2015: Executive Diploma in Law and Management at University of St. Gallen’s Executive School of Management, Technology and Law
  • 2013: Tax advisor exam and appointment as a tax advisor
  • 2010: Second state examination in law following trainee lawyer period in Wuerzburg and Berlin
  • 2008: PhD at University of Wuerzburg; thesis on tax law
  • 2006: First state examination in law
  • Law studies in Wuerzburg and Dublin