Florian Merkle
Counsel, Tax advisor, Germany
Florian Merkle advises on all matters regarding national and international tax law.
His focus is on M&A, restructuring, tax planning, tax optimisation of cross-border investments and the implementation of tax-optimised structures.
Florian studied law in Konstanz, Lausanne and Munich. After working for a big energy company and an international law firm during his legal training at the Munich Higher Regional Court, he started his career in the financial service team of a Big Four accounting firm in 2012. In 2013 he joined the M&A tax team, advising Private Equity firms and international corporations on tax implications of acquisitions, disposals, refinancing and restructurings.
Florian started in Osborne Clarke’s Cologne office in January 2017. In April 2017 he was admitted as tax advisor.
Likeminded
Osborne Clarke has advised the mental health start-up Likeminded on its merger with nilo.health. The merger creates the new market leader for corporate mental health applications in the DACH region. Read more.
PL BioScience
Osborne Clarke has advised PL BioScience GmbH in a EUR 7.8 million Series A financing. Read more.
Infosys
Osborne Clarke has advised Infosys, a leading global provider of digital services, on the acquisition of the in-tech Group, a technology company specialising in software development, testing and validation, read more.
Shareholders of natif.ai
Osborne Clarke has advised the shareholders of natif.ai, a provider of document automation, on the takeover by document management and workflow automation specialist DocuWare, read more.
VK Immobilien
Osborne Clarke has advised VK Immobilien Group on the sale of the Turmcenter in Laatzen, Lower Saxony, to Sparkasse Paderborn-Detmold-Höxter. Read more.
CODE University
Osborne Clarke has advised the start-up university CODE University of Applied Sciences on the establishment of the CODE Trust, read more.
naturalX Health Ventures
Osborne Clarke has advised naturalX Health Ventures, the venture capital arm of Schwabe Group, on its investment in a Series A funding round in nutritional supplement start-up mybacs, read more.
FUNKE Digital
Osborne Clarke advises FUNKE Digital on the acquisition of Truffls. Read more here.
erlich textil
Osborne Clarke advises management team of erlich textil on buy-out. Read more here.
gominga
Osborne Clarke has advised gominga, a provider of a software-as-a-service solution for managing product reviews and customer enquiries, on its sale to saas.group, read more.
Appmatics
Osborne Clarke has advised web and app testing provider Appmatics on Hannover Finanz's entry with a minority stake of 40 percent, read more.
Plantix
Osborne Clarke advises on sale of Plantix to Helm AG, read more.
Tobii Dynavox
Osborne Clarke advises Tobii Dynavox on its agreement to acquire Rehadapt Engineering. Read more here.
RS Group plc
Osborne Clarke advises RS Group plc on the EUR 365m acquisition of Distrelec B.V. Read more here.
Carl
Osborne Clarke advises Carl shareholders on the merger of Carl and Doubledigit, read more
Secomba
Osborne Clarke advises Secomba on the sale of its encryption software to Dropbox, read more
heute-wohnen group
Osborne Clarke advises heute-wohnen group on sale of minority stake to BWK, read more
Fairmas Benchmarking
Osborne Clarke advises CoStar on acquisition of Fairmas Benchmarking, read more
Shareholders of KOBRA Formen GmbH
Osborne Clarke advises shareholders on the sale of a majority stake in KOBRA Formen to Rieker Investment, read more
Galileo Global Education Germany
Osborne Clarke advises Galileo on acquisition of AKAD University, read more
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Managing Covid-19
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