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Dr. Falk Loose
Counsel Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, French, German
Falk has helped clients manoeuvre through the "jungle" of German and international tax law for more than a decade. Besides his transactional lawyer role, he is his clients trusted counsel in difficult tax compliance, audit or even criminal tax law situations. Due to the complex German tax law, there is often room for deviating arguments, but also a good chance to make mistakes.
Falk advises many German and international clients of varying industry sectors, but especially many life science companies. He is a member of Hogan Lovells' global Life Science Transaction Team. His colleagues and clients appreciate his talent to explain complex tax law in a digestible manner.
Falk is qualified both as a lawyer and certified tax advisor (Steuerberater). Before joining the firm, he was Principal Associate in another leading law firm's tax practice group. He studied law at the Free University of Berlin and the Université Pierre Mendès France in Grenoble, France. He obtained his doctorate of law from the Free University of Berlin with a doctoral thesis on European tax law.
Advising PPG Industries Inc. on its acquisition of automotive coatings manufacturer Hemmelrath
Advising Intuitive Surgical Inc. on its acquisition of Schoelly's robotic endoscope business
Advising Lowell Financial Services GmbH in front of the European Court of Justice to defend the German restructuring provision of Section 8c (1a) Corporate Income Tax Act as not being state aid
Advising Dialog Semiconductor on its acquisition of Creative Chips GmbH
Advising the shareholders of DROM fragances on their sale of the company to Givaudan
Advising Perkin Elmer Inc. on the acquisition of the chemagen Biopolymer-Technologie AG.