Dr. Olaf Thießen
Rechtsanwalt, Tax Adviser | Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht (Certified lawyer for tax law) | Fachberater für Zölle und Verbrauchsteuern (Certified tax adviser for customs and excise duties)
Languages
- German
- English
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Tax lawyer Olaf Thießen specialises in excise duty, VAT and customs duty. His practice includes, amongst others, advising companies on custom duty and VAT matters in the context of establishing offshore wind farms, and he has furthermore special expertise in the excise duty aspects of intra-Community trade. Olaf also assists his clients with tariffs, including tariff classification and applying for binding tariff information, and he is also very experienced with the German import turnover tax (VAT for goods imported from non-EU states). With his expertise in national and international company taxation, Olaf also regularly advises on M&A transactions.
After three years with Linklaters, Olaf joined CMS in 2009 and has been a principal counsel since 2019.
