Dominik Berka

Lawyer, Tax Adviser, Local Partner*

Practice Areas

  • Tax advice on all types of real estate transactions (asset and share deals) and real estate-related taxation issues
  • Advice on investment tax issues and the tax structuring of open-ended and closed-ended funds
  • Tax advice to the public sector
  • Advice on corporate tax law, in particular on all types of conversions
  • Tax litigation in fiscal administration and fiscal court proceedings
  • Advice on introducing and implementing tax compliance management systems, including DAC6 (reporting obligations for cross-border tax arrangements)
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Education and Professional Experience
  • Lawyer at GSK Stockmann since 2012
  • Master of Fiscal Affaires
  • Admitted to practise as a tax adviser in Germany (2017)
  • Admitted to practise law in Germany (2012)
  • Law studies at the University of Tübingen
  • Civil service training (upper service non-technical) Baden-Württemberg with dual study at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg (Dipl. Finanzwirt (FH))
Languages
  • English, German
Awards
  • Recommended lawyer in the field of “Investment Funds” and “Tax Law” (The Legal 500 2024)
  • Ranking “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the area of “Real Estate Law” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany 2024)
Publications
  • Berka, Dominik / Bierly, Jennifer / Bessling, Jerome: Public M&A in Germany, in: Public M&A 2024, Lexology Getting The Deal Through, 10.05.2023.
  • Berka, Dominik / Bierly, Jennifer / Bessling, Jerome: Public M&A in Germany, in: Public M&A 2023, Lexology Getting The Deal Through, 24.05.2023.
  • Eckl, Petra / Berka, Dominik: Warum das neue Fondsstandortgesetz (nicht) der große Wurf ist, in: Juve Handbuch Steuern – Co-Publishing, Mai 2022, S. 125f.
  • Berka, Dominik: Grundsteuer: Beim Bundesmodell ist der Aufwand wohl am größten, in: Der Neue Kämmerer, 10.03.2021
  • Eckl, Petra / Berka, Dominik: Verrechnung von Verlusten 2020 mit Vorauszahlungen 2019, in: Der Betrieb Spezial 7/2020, S. 10 – 11.
  • Berka, Dominik: The German Investment Tax Reform – An Overview, in: ITSG Global Tax Journal (US), Volume 2, No. 3, 2019, S. 21.
  • Eckl, Petra / Berka, Dominik: The implications of the New German Investment Tax Regime on German and Non-German Fund Vehicles, in: EUROPEAN TAXATION 2019, Jahrgang 59, S. 12 – 22.
  • Söhnchen, Markus / Zentis, Sascha/ Berka ,Dominik / Eichler, Andreas / Huperz, Philip: Hot Topics bei Immobilientransaktionen, in: Betriebs-Berater 2018, S. 1.
  • Eckl, Petra / Berka, Dominik: Crowdinvesting und Steuerrecht in Deutschland, in: Crowdfunding und Steuern, German Crowd Funding Network, Hrsg. Karsten Wenzlaff, Institut für Kommunikation in sozialen Medien, ikosom UG, Oktober 2014, S. 17 – 20.
Dr. Thomas Derlin, Rechtsanwalt Deal News
15 April 2025

GSK Stockmann advises L-Rea GmbH on a Joint Venture with BlueRock Group AG, regarding Residea Immobilien Management GmbH

GSK Stockmann has provided comprehensive legal advice to L-Rea GmbH on the establishment of a joint venture with the BlueRock Group AG regarding L-Rea GmbH’s subsidiary Residea ...

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Dr. Thomas Derlin, Rechtsanwalt Deal News
08 April 2025

GSK Stockmann advises Berlin-based stablecoin infrastructure platform Iron on the sale to MoonPay

GSK Stockmann advised the stablecoin infrastructure platform Iron and the majority of its shareholders on the sale of Iron to MoonPay.

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Deal News
26 February 2025

GSK Stockmann advises ING Germany on leasing new headquarters in Frankfurt

GSK Stockmann advised the bank ING Deutschland on its lease of new headquarters in Frankfurt’s “Hafenpark Quartier” with a team led by Frankfurt partner Volker Hofstetter.

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Deal News
22 August 2024

GSK Stockmann advises BMW Group on construction law in Lower Bavaria

GSK Stockmann has advised the BWM Group on obtaining planning permission for its new assembly site for high-voltage batteries in Irlbach and Strasskirchen, Lower Bavaria. The new s...

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Deal News
11 July 2024

GSK Stockmann advises Tishman Speyer on purchase of Berlin residential development from Ten Brinke

A GSK Stockmann team provided Tishman Speyer with comprehensive legal and tax advice on the purchase of 126 apartments.

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Deal News
18 June 2024

GSK Stockmann advises GRR on acquisition of Edeka store in Munich

A GSK Stockmann team led by Berlin partner Philip Huperz provided GRR REM with comprehensive advice on the acquisition of a supermarket.

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Deal News
05 June 2024

GSK Stockmann advises Swiss asset manager on acquiring care facility portfolio

The asset manager is acquiring the portfolio for an institutional healthcare real estate fund. The portfolio comprises three fully inpatient care facilities.

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Dr. Thomas Derlin, Rechtsanwalt Deal News
06 May 2024

GSK Stockmann advises Unstoppable Finance on the sale of Ultimate Wallet to leading Solana Exchange Jupiter

GSK Stockmann advised the Berlin-based crypto firm Unstoppable Finance GmbH on the takeover of its Ultimate Wallet by Jupiter.

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Deal News
21 March 2024

GSK Stockmann advises AIF Capital on a real estate portfolio acquisition

GSK Stockmann advised AIF Capital Group on the acquisition of a portfolio of healthcare properties in five cities in Baden-Württemberg.

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