Dr. Sebastian Binder is moving from Flick Gocke Schaumburg to Walberg & Cie. in Munich and strengthens tax practice

Munich, November 1, 2024 — Dr. Sebastian Binder (39 years) joins Walberg Law Tax Strategy GmbH & Cie. KG (”Walberg & Cie.“) as an associate partner with effect from November 1, 2024. He is advised on corporate tax law, M&A tax and real estate tax law at the Munich office of Walberg & Cie. and further expand tax practice together with Managing Partner Manuel Brühl.

Binder began his career in 2014 at the international law firm Linklaters in the area of corporate tax law. He then worked at Flick Gocke Schaumburg in the area of group and corporate tax law, most recently as an associate partner.

Binder advises investors, entrepreneurs, medium-sized companies and corporations on M&A transactions, restructurings and ongoing corporate tax law issues. He also has particular expertise in real estate taxation and real estate transfer tax. In his professional career to date, he has been involved in numerous important national and international transactions and has earned an excellent reputation in this area in particular. For example, it was used by the Webasto Group to sell their charging business to the US private equity company Transom Capital Group. He was also part of the team that advised the US company Baxter International on the sale of the Biopharma Solutions division to the US private equity companies Advent International and Warburg Pincus. Binder regularly works on cross-border constellations, particularly in relations between the USA and Germany.

“We are delighted to welcome Sebastian Binder, an extremely experienced and professionally experienced colleague,” said Manuel Brühl, who already knows Binder from his own time with Flick Gocke Schaumburg. “With his outstanding expertise in corporate tax law, structuring M&A transactions and real estate tax law, Sebastian is the perfect addition to our interdisciplinary team and a great addition to our growing tax practice. ”

Binder himself says: “I am extremely pleased to be able to contribute my experience to the development of a very dynamic firm at Walberg & Cie. Here I meet an outstanding team of experienced tax advisors and lawyers. In addition to high professional quality, Walberg & Cie. stands for intelligent solutions for our clients and an entrepreneurial approach. Thanks to our interdisciplinary approach, we are able to advise our clients not only on complex tax issues, but also comprehensively and from a single source on M&A transactions and restructurings. ”

At Walberg & Cie, Binder will also be working closely with Dr. Simon Sabel and Dr. Roman Sprenger, LL.M., both managing partners in the area of M&A corporate law, in particular on transaction structuring and contract drafting. ”Sebastian Binder has a great deal of experience in tax structuring of cross-border transactions, but also in classic private equity situations. This allows us to further expand our offering for investors and provide even more effective advice on complex transactions. We are very happy about that.“, say Sabel and Sprenger.