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Overview

Deloitte Austria is a leading provider of international tax, finance, accounting, and payroll services. Since 2017, its Legal team has offered expertise in corporate law, M&A, banking, restructuring, real estate, IT, IP, and litigation. Led by Herbert Kovar, the Tax and Legal department is Austria’s largest by revenue and staff. The Transfer Pricing team, headed by Karin Andorfer, advises global clients across industries. Deloitte also dominates the Private Clients market, serving ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family businesses. With 34 lawyers, Deloitte Legal delivers integrated, seamless services as part of the global Deloitte Legal network. 

During the research period, the firm advised on restructuring a private foundation with Austrian and U.S. subsidiaries, ensuring compliance and strategic financial planning throughout the process. In addition, the team was engaged for a major business carve-out, involving a tax-neutral reorganization, spin-off, and successful advance ruling to optimize tax compliance. 

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“Deloitte Austria provided tax advice of the highest professional standard. Their team was exceptionally responsive, agile in their approach, and consistently proactive in delivering innovative solutions to complex challenges.” 

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Deloitte Austria is well known for high-end, innovative international tax, finance, accounting, and payroll solutions. Since 2017, the legal team, with about 35 Austrian lawyers, has focused, among others, on corporate law, M&A, banking and finance, restructuring, real estate, employment, IT, IP, data protection and commercial litigation. Herbert Kovar leads the tax team. Karin Andorfer leads the transfer pricing practice.

During the research period, the firm advised a global information technology organisation on tax-advantaged financing for environmentally friendly business model reorganisation and green technology deployment in a new tax era. The team also assisted an Austrian start-up and a world-leading manufacturer on restructuring and acquisition initiatives and environmental, social, and government compliance.