Latham & Watkins taps Anders Kraft in Frankfurt

Latham & Watkins LLP has announced that Anders Kraft has joined the firm’s Frankfurt office as counsel in the Tax Department. Widely regarded as a rising talent within the tax profession, Kraft’s arrival bolsters Latham’s transactional tax capability in Germany.

“Anders has worked on a number of high profile transactions, and he brings a wealth of experience to our diverse corporate and finance practices. His stature in the German tax community has risen in line with his handling of a number of complex German and cross-border tax structures. He joins a dynamic and highly experienced tax team in Germany with leading practitioners in our Hamburg and Munich offices. Anders shares our collaborative and entrepreneurial values,” said Hans-Jurgen Lutt, Office Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins in Frankfurt.

Gotz Wiese, Chair of the German Tax Department, commented: “We are committed to building a leading tax capability in Germany. We see continued growth and opportunity in our European tax practice as part of our evolving global footprint. Anders’ track record, knowledge and commercial savvy will be tremendous assets to our Tax Department and he will help us achieve our strategic goal of developing a leading transactional tax practice on a national basis.”

Kraft joins Latham & Watkins from Linklaters. Kraft studied law at the University of Cologne, completing his PhD in 2005. He was admitted to the German bar in 2001 and completed his Tax Consultant State Examination in 2004.

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm with more than 2,100 attorneys in 24 offices, including Barcelona, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New Jersey, New York, Northern Virginia, Orange County, Paris, San Diego, San Francisco, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information on Latham & Watkins, please visit its Web site at www.lw.com.