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Florian Gimmler

Partner
Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern

Biography

Florian Gimmler is a partner in the Tax Practice Group in the Frankfurt office. For more than 14 years, Florian Gimmler has been advising clients in various industries on all aspects of international corporate tax law, in particular transfer pricing. Florian joined Baker McKenzie in January 2021 after having held the position as international tax partner at a Big Four accounting firm for five years. He holds a diploma in International Business Administration from Justus-Liebig University Gießen and is a certified German tax advisor and is, amongst others, a member of the International Fiscal Association, the Tax Advisors Association and the EMEA TP Steering Committee of Baker McKenzie.

Practice Focus

Florian advises his clients holistically from tax-efficient planning of value chain reorganizations or transfer pricing models (value chain transformation), their implementation and efficient documentation, to the defense in tax proceedings and criminal tax law.

From his previous role as head of the European Operational Transfer Pricing group at a Big Four accounting firm, Florian has extensive experience with end-to-end transfer pricing projects. These typically involve close coordination regarding accounting and IT issues, corporate management, staff training, and communication and process management.

Professional Honors

  • The Best Lawyers in Germany 2023 edition for Tax Law since 2021
  • Expert Guides: World's leading Transfer Pricing Lawyers chosen by their peers
  • ITR World Tax: Highly Regarded Transfer Pricing Lawyer
  • Juve 40 under 40

Admissions

  • German Tax Bar (2012)

Education

  • Certified Tax Advisor (Steuerberater) (2012)
  • University of Giessen (Diploma in Business Administration (MBA)) (2008)

Languages

  • English
  • German
  • Co-Author, (with Rabea Lingier and Stephan Schnorberger), "Steuerrechtsänderungen zu Verrechnungspreisen – Aktueller Stand März 2021" and "Changes in transfer pricing rules – Current status March 2021", Insight Plus, March 2021 
  • Co-author, "Die Jagd nach Verrechnungspreis Compliance - Neue Wildarten im Revier?" Commemorative publication for Prof. Dr. Heinz Klaus Kroppen "Seer/Lüdicke/Rasch Globalisiertes Steuerrecht - Anspruch und Verantwortung" Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt, November 2020