Tax Driven Structured Finance specialist, Matthias Geurts, joins Noerr’s Frankfurt office from Deutsche Bank
Noerr strengthens its integrated regulatory and tax advice to companies and financial services with an internationally recognised expert in these areas. On 1 April, Rechtsanwalt Dr. Matthias Geurts joins the Frankfurt office of the international law firm. Geurts has to date been Director Products & Clients/Group Tax at Deutsche Bank AG.
Matthias Geurts specialises in structured financing and investment structures at the interface between commercial, tax and regulatory law. “In view of the increasing regulatory requirements, our clients will benefit from this significant strengthening of our integrated advisory services with the coming of Matthias Geurts”, said Georg Edelmann, Co-Head of the Tax, Advisory & Private Clients Department. “That is true above all for advising clients on the strategic adjustments made necessary by new regulations”, added Torsten Fett, head of the banking practice at Noerr. Intensive advice on MiFID II, the AIFM Directive and the stricter capital and liquidity rules for banks and insurance companies arising from Basel III and/or Solvency II is necessary.
Geurts also has a high profile due to his knowledge of the withholding tax on yields and transactions in US securities planned by the USA (FATCA). The 43 year-old is a recognised commentator, publishes regularly on tax and financial questions and also lectures, inter alia, at the University of Hamburg and the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.
“Noerr already has excellent know-how in financial regulatory and tax law and an increasingly strong position on the market”, said Geurts, commenting on his move. “We now want to further integrate these areas together and offer our client solutions for the manifold challenges by this integrated approach.”
Matthias Geurts is the second significant gain for Noerr this year. In February, the financing specialist Andreas Naujoks joined the Frankfurt office accompanied by Karsten Fink, another lawyer experienced in acquisition and real estate financing, both coming from Luther to Noerr.