Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek strengthens Tax Team in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf with Klaus Weinand-Härer and Marc Scheunemann

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek will enhance its tax expertise with Clifford Chance partners Klaus Weinand-Härer (49) and Dr. Marc Scheunemann (38).

Dr. Marc Scheunemann will join the Düsseldorf office as of October 2011, Klaus Weinand-Härer will join the Frankfurt office as of November 2011, both as partners. They are to assume a major role in the continued expansion of the tax team and the interfaces between the M&A/Private Equity, Real Estate and Infrastructure/Energy teams.

Dr. Marc Scheunemann specialises in tax-optimised structuring, acquisitions and financing. In addition, he advises on tax audits and fiscal court proceedings. His clients include national and international companies, as well as equity and debt investors.

Klaus Weinand-Härer has extensive experience in the tax-efficient planning and assessment of structured financing transactions, lease transactions, Public Private Partnerships and closed-end funds. In the field of real estate, he provides advice on transactions, financing and REIT structuring. His clients include national and international investors and lenders.

"Mr. Weinand-Härer and Dr. Scheunemann are well-known tax law experts in the German market. The entire firm will benefit from their wealth of experience. With the assistance of our new partners, we will be in even better position to use the existing potential for business in tax law and its interfaces with other legal areas," commented Dr. Andreas Urban, Managing Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek.

“With its very dynamic and highly qualified team, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek offers significant options in the relevant interfaces for us between M&A/Private Equity, Real Estate and Infrastructure/Energy. Together with the firm’s existing tax team, we see major growth potential all across Germany," Klaus Weinand-Härer and Dr. Marc Scheunemann said in anticipation of their start at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek.