Counsel

Philine Lindner

Rechtsanwältin | Fachanwältin für Steuerrecht (Certified lawyer for tax law)

Languages

German
English

Philine Lindner is a counsel at CMS and specialises in advising medium-sized companies and groups on domestic and cross-border corporate tax law matters. With special expertise in reorganisation tax law, she handles national and international company reorganisations and structuring. Her practice also covers private client work, advising high net worth individuals and family businesses on inheritance and gift tax as well as criminal tax law matters.

Philine started her legal career in 2011 with a tax and commercial law firm, before moving on to PwC in 2013. She joined CMS in 2018.

Education

2011: Second state examination in law after legal traineeship in Hamburg and Schleswig Holstein
2008 - 2009: Research assistant at a multidisciplinary firm of lawyers, tax advisers and auditors
2008: First state examination in law after studying law at the University of Hamburg

Practice Areas

Tax Reorganising Company Structures Specialist Tax Matters Post-merger integration (PMI) Taxes in M&A transactions

sectors

Private Clients Contingency Planning Family Foundations

topics

EU Mandatory Disclosure Regime (MDR)

Insights by Philine

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Legal Update Germany

The tax roadmap for 2025: the most important tax plans in the coalition agreement at a glance

16 Apr 2025 8 min read

Legal Update Germany

Planned tightening of exit taxation in the ATAD Implementation Act strains mobility of international entrepreneurs

13 Apr 2021 9 min read

Publication Germany

Disclosure Requirements for Cross-border Tax Arrangements

14 Jul 2020 1 min read