Steffen Gnutzmann
Partner WTS Germany
A lawyer by education, Steffen Gnutzmann has more than 20 years of experience in advising the international Financial Services industry on cross-border tax and regulatory topics. He focuses on investment funds, hedge funds and private equity funds, their asset managers and investors, their administrators and software providers, as well as German and foreign banks. His expertise includes tax advice on various capital market products such as convertible bonds, options, forwards, swaps, securities lending and repurchase transactions
Tax law and digitalization in the Financial Services industry has been one of his main areas of interest from the start of this development
Service(s)
Areas of Expertise
European tax compliance for FS industry market participants, incl. collective investment schemes (UCITs, AIF), from German market entry advice to the annual tax compliance and exit strategie
International cross-border taxation, incl. WHT topics of CIVs and their investors
Digitalization of tax law in the FS industry
Tax / regulatory structuring for international funds & fund products
Consulting in the area of tax & capital market products, e.g. fund administrators and software providers
University lecturer, specialized literature publications
Education
Attorney-at-Law, Freie Universität Berlin (Rechtsanwalt)
Degree in taxation from a German government university (Diplom-Finanzwirt FH)
Languages
German,
English
Professional Experience
13 years at WTS (Financial Services Tax & Legal)
7 years at PwC (Financial Services Tax & Legal)
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