McDermott Will & Schulte, a global law firm

Annette Keller advises clients on international tax law, tax audits as well as tax litigation before tax courts and the German Supreme Tax Court (Bundesfinanzhof), tax structuring, group reorganizations and group tax law.

As a licensed tax specialist (Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht) she is a regular author and speaker on tax issues, in particular at conferences on international tax law.

She is an officer of the Taxes Committee of the International Bar Association.

Dr. Dirk Pohl advises clients on international tax law, tax litigation in tax courts and the German Supreme Tax Court (Bundesfinanzhof), integrated legal, tax and organization counseling of business enterprises.

He counsels and represents major family businesses and their owners (realignment of corporate structure, domestic and foreign as well as non-profit foundation solutions, corporate disputes, and succession planning).

Dirk Pohl frequently lectures on international tax law and has written numerous articles and several books on tax issues. He is also a guest lecturer at the Bundesfinanzakademie (the federal university of the German tax administration). He heads McDermotts German Tax Practice.

Andrea Tempestini heads the Italian Tax Practice. He advises clients on domestic and international tax issues relating to mergers and acquisitions transactions, corporate restructurings and the use of financial instruments, as well as other tax matters relating to their ordinary activities. He represents Italian and international companies from various industries on a broad spectrum of tax matters and often leads teams of tax advisors from various jurisdictions working on cross-border projects.

Andrea completed an internship with the Dutch and Luxembourg offices of a leading law firm. He has also lectured and conducted seminars and workshops on several tax matters at various institutions and at large corporations.

Antoine Vergnat focuses his practice on advice to French and non-French investment funds, corporate groups and entrepreneurs operating in the industrial, service and real estate sectors on a broad range of domestic and international tax matters. Antoine focuses his practice on transactional tax law, with an emphasis on matters relating to the acquisition and sale of assets, the financing and restructuring of groups, as well as the management of tax affairs and controversies before tax authorities.

Antoine also regularly provides tax advice to high-net-worth individuals on a broad range of domestic and international tax matters and has significant experience in the structuring of equity compensation schemes for management teams.