Axel Schilder is the Managing Partner of King & Spalding's Frankfurt office and leads the firm's German tax practice. With more than 25 years of experience, his practice focuses on real estate transactions, including financing structures and fund structuring. He also advises closed-end and open-end German and international private equity and real estate funds on tax matters, including cross-border matters, and advises companies as well as high-net-worth individuals and family offices on tax optimization. Axel also represents clients in proceedings before German tax authorities and courts.

Axel has extensive experience representing financial institutions as well as investment funds, including family offices with their particularities with respect to both tax and non-tax issues and requirements.

With more than 25 years of experience as lawyer and tax advisor as well as tax officer with the German tax authorities, Axel not only has extensive experience in legal counselling, but also has in-depth knowledge of the internal processes of tax administration and issues related to the practical implementation of tax compliance structures.

Axel has been recognized by JUVE Tax, Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers among Germany's best tax lawyers.

Axel has been a member of the advisory board at the Academy of the Real Estate Industry (ADI) for many years, where he also regularly lectures on real estate tax law.

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