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With more than 25 years of experience, his practice focuses on transactions, including financing structures and fund structuring for the real estate, energy and infrastructure, financial services, and other industries. He advises closed-end and open-end German and international investment and private equity funds, high-net-worth individuals and family offices on domestic and cross-border tax matters and tax optimization. Axel also represents clients in proceedings before German tax authorities and courts. \nAxel has extensive experience representing financial institutions, investment funds, including family offices and companies in the renewables/hydrogen industry with their particularities with respect to both tax and non-tax issues and requirement in Germany and the European Union and serves as a strategic advisor to non-EU companies with business interest in the region.\nWith 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.\nAxel has been recognized by JUVE Tax, International Tax Review, Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers among Germany's best tax lawyers.\nAxel 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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