Dr Thomas Fox joins Lathams in Munich
Latham & Watkins has announced that Dr. Thomas Fox will join the firm’s Munich office as a partner in the Tax Department. Fox’s practice focuses on all tax aspects of M&A and private equity transactions, fund formation, REITs and reorganizations.Fox has extensive experience advising mid-sized German businesses and large multinational corporations on a wide range of tax-related restructurings and mergers and acquisitions. His career includes work in Germany and Italy and both as a private practice tax lawyer and co-founder and CEO of a mobile commerce company serving the media and advertising sector.
“We are delighted to welcome Thomas to the firm. Thomas has an outstanding reputation as a tax advisor for his commercial acumen, technical skills and his ability to manage large, complex assignments. His high profile tax work for corporates, private equity funds and financial institutions will add even more heft to our already strong tax practice in Germany, in particular our Munich tax practice led by Stefan Suess. We have been progressively building our domestic and global tax team and the arrival of Thomas further underscores our focus on establishing the Latham & Watkins name as a corporate leader in Europe,” said Jörg Kirchner, Office Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins in Munich.
Daniel Friel, Vice Chair of the Global Tax Department, added: “Thomas’ arrival is a significant step forward in the firm’s growth strategy to build one of the pre-eminent tax practices in Europe. Thomas is an experienced and respected lawyer at the tax bar, who brings a wealth of knowledge in corporate tax and international tax matters. Our ability to attract a lawyer of Thomas’ quality and market-standing is a strong statement of our practice and ambitions.”
Fox commented: “Few firms can match Latham & Watkins’ global platform and the depth of the firm’s tax practice both in Europe and the U.S. are very attractive qualities to me. Latham’s global client roster and its commitment to establishing a pre-eminence in Europe provides a strong foundation from which I can further develop my practice”
Fox joins Latham & Watkins from Shearman & Sterling LLP. Fox studied at the University f Munich and the University of Bayreauth, completing his doctoral thesis in 1995. Fox will join Latham & Watkins’ global tax practice, which in Europe is led by a team of 10 partners and counsels.
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