Overview
Uwe Halbig is a senior advisor to the Tax practice of the Paul Hastings Frankfurt office. Mr. Halbig advises German and international clients across a wide range of transactions and matters. He has significant experience in national and international mergers and acquisitions, tax oriented restructuring and banking and capital market products.
Prior to his affiliation with Paul Hastings, Mr. Halbig worked for several major law firms and auditing companies in Frankfurt.
Mr. Halbig completed his studies as a business engineer in Karlsruhe/ Germany in 1994, and was appointed as tax advisor in 1999 and as a German public auditor in 2001. Mr. Halbig provides advisory services and is not a licensed attorney.
Education
- Appointment as public auditor, 2001
- Appointment as tax advisor, 1999
- Degree of business engineer of the Technical University of Karlsruhe, 1994
Representations
- Advised the Danish brewery group Carlsberg on the acquisition of Wernesgrüner Brauerei from Bitburger Braugruppe by Carlsberg Germany. Wernesgrüner is one of the most traditional German beer brands. The roots of the brewery can be traced back to the 15th century. The current brewery, which has been part of Bitburger Braugruppe since 2002, has an annual capacity of around 1 million hectoliters.
- Nexter Systems within the establishment of a joint venture with KMW (2015), in particular to assess the German tax consequences of a simplification of the German group structure
- Weber Automotive Group within the acquisition of SaarOTEC GmbH and Tosch GmbH (2015) and - currently – within a tax optimized disposal strategy of significant entities of Weber Group
- Capvis Equity Partners to set up a tax optimized structure for the acquisition of the assets of RENA Group from an insolvency administrator (2015)
- Bregal Capital LLP (2015 – 2016) within the acquisition of InterForum AG and Sovendus AG
- Apollo Management Advisors GmbH within the acquisition of several real estate portfolios (2015-2016)
- Hatfield Philips International within numerous restructurings of real estate companies – loss suffering companies as well as companies with good financial strength (continuously since 2013)
- Callisto to assess the tax consequences of a management participation program (2015)
- KBR Inc to repatriate cash form German entities to the U.S. (2015)
- Willmington Trust, National Association to assess the tax consequences from an offset of mutual claims within insolvent group companies (2015)
news
- Paul Hastings advises Conren Land - June 22nd, 2022
- Paul Hastings advises KanAm Grund Group in acquisition of Lambda Property - May 13th, 2022
- CONREN Land Acquires Frankfurt Office Building - March 10th, 2022
- KanAm Grund Group Acquires German Logistics and Light Industrial - January 27th, 2022
- Paul Hastings advises CONREN Land on the acquisition of the Hamburg commercial property "Neuer Hafenklang" - March 22nd, 2021
- Paul Hastings advises Cara Real Estate on the acquisition of the commercial property Untermainkai 27-28, Frankfurt, Germany - January 22nd, 2021
- Paul Hastings advises Carlsberg on the acquisition of Wernesgrüner Brauerei - October 13th, 2020
- Paul Hastings berät Carlsberg beim Erwerb der Wernesgrüner Brauerei - October 12th, 2020
- Paul Hastings advises Bregal Unternehmerkapital on the acquisition of the GUS Group - August 31st, 2020
- Bregal Sells Gabo Systemtechnik to Aptiv - November 20th, 2019
- Hansol Paper Sells European Companies to Iconex - November 6th, 2018
- Invesco Real Estate Acquires Leonardo Royal Munich - July 3rd, 2018
- MSD to Acquire Therapeutics Pioneer Rigontec - September 7th, 2017
- Invesco Real Estate Sells Seven Hotel Properties in Europe - November 21st, 2016
- Ardian Acquires a Majority Stake in Weber Automotive - October 7th, 2016
- Carlsberg Sells Holsten Brewery Site in Hamburg - June 29th, 2016
- 7Days Media Services Acquires Three Swiss Companies - June 27th, 2016
- 7Days Group Acquires Güll Group - June 7th, 2016
- Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund Acquires Germany’s Aixtron for €670 Million - May 25th, 2016
- Keensight Capital Undertakes Complex German Acquisition and Subsequent Italian Merger - May 12th, 2016
insights
- German Real Estate Transfer Tax – Now It’s Getting Serious - May 15th, 2019
- DAC6 - New Mandatory Rules Regarding Disclosure and Tax Reporting - January 22nd, 2019
- Update: German Real Estate Transfer Tax—Intended Cutback of Share Deal Privilege - September 24th, 2018
- German Real Estate Transfer Tax – Intended Cut Back of Share Deal Privilege - June 27th, 2018
- European Tax Update - March 15th, 2018
- European Tax Update 2017 - April 27th, 2017
- CJEU Finds Withholding Tax to Be Contrary to EU Law - July 26th, 2016
- Hard Balance Sheet Guarantees and Their Construction Under German Law - June 9th, 2016
Engagement & Publications
- Corporate restructuring: Waiver or subordination, StuB 2006, 175
- Tax consequences of current value depreciations of shares in equity funds, DStR 2005, 1669
- Optimization of portfolio disposals with regard to financing and tax issues, Börsenzeitung, 1 October 2005
- Avoidance of taxation within the restructuring, FAZ, 28. September 2005
- Participation certificates - An interesting way of mezzanine financing for medium-sized enterprises, FinanzBetrieb 2005, 1
Involvement
- Member of the Chamber of tax advisors in Hessen
- Member of the Chamber of Public Auditors