Stefan Schmidt
Rechtsanwalt, Tax Adviser, Of Counsel
Stefan Schmidt
Rechtsanwalt, Tax Adviser, Of Counsel
Lawyer and tax adviser Stefan Schmidt is Of Counsel at our Frankfurt office and brings more than three decades of experience in German and international corporate and fund tax law. During his twenty years as a tax partner in the financial services sector, he advised on numerous complex cases. He also led the real estate taxation division at a Big Four audit firm before taking over responsibility for the entire real estate division in Germany.
Stefan specialises in advising on real estate funds, cross-border real estate investments and indirect investments in real estate. He has an extensive network within the investment industry and maintains close relationships with decision-makers at capital management companies. Stefan is also well versed in corporate, accounting and investment tax law and is a highly sought-after adviser on special tax issues relating to real estate investments and fund structures.
Practice areas
- Corporate tax law
- Real estate tax law
- Fund taxation
- Taxation of private investments
- International tax law
Awards
- Legal 500
Recommended for “Tax Law” (2024)
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2023
- Certified specialist for tax law
- Freelance lawyer since 2018
- Worked in the financial services division at a “Big Four” audit firm, with a particular focus on real estate as an investment products (1990-2018, since 1998 as tax partner)
- Certified tax adviser (1993)
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (1990)
- Studies at the University of Mainz (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- Schmidt, S. (2025). SGB V-Kommentar – Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung – GKV, Loseblattwerk mit 70. Aktualisierung, C.F. Müller Verlag.
- Schmidt, S. (2020). Mitautor zu den regulatorischen und steuerlichen Aspekten der indirekten Immobilienanlage, in Beck’sches Handbuch der Personengesellschaften, 5th edition.
- Schmidt, S. (2009). Indirekte Immobilien-Anlagen, in Feyerabend, Besteuerung privater Kapitalanlagen, 1st edition.
- Schmidt, S. (2008). Steuerfragen bei der Projektfinanzierung, in Siebel/Röver/Knütel, Rechtshandbuch Projektfinanzierung und PPP, 2nd edition.
- Schmidt, S. (2007). Mehrere Veröffentlichungen zum Thema REITs, im Betriebsberater und der Finanzrundschau.
- Schmidt, S. (2002). Steuerliche Aspekte der Projektfinanzierung, in Finance.
- Multiple articles on leasing and project finance in Asset Finance and Euromoney (including in English).
- Multiple articles in daily newspapers (e.g. Die Welt, Börsenzeitung) on current tax policy issues relating to real estate taxation.
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2023
- Certified specialist for tax law
- Freelance lawyer since 2018
- Worked in the financial services division at a “Big Four” audit firm, with a particular focus on real estate as an investment products (1990-2018, since 1998 as tax partner)
- Certified tax adviser (1993)
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (1990)
- Studies at the University of Mainz (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- Schmidt, S. (2025). SGB V-Kommentar – Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung – GKV, Loseblattwerk mit 70. Aktualisierung, C.F. Müller Verlag.
- Schmidt, S. (2020). Mitautor zu den regulatorischen und steuerlichen Aspekten der indirekten Immobilienanlage, in Beck’sches Handbuch der Personengesellschaften, 5th edition.
- Schmidt, S. (2009). Indirekte Immobilien-Anlagen, in Feyerabend, Besteuerung privater Kapitalanlagen, 1st edition.
- Schmidt, S. (2008). Steuerfragen bei der Projektfinanzierung, in Siebel/Röver/Knütel, Rechtshandbuch Projektfinanzierung und PPP, 2nd edition.
- Schmidt, S. (2007). Mehrere Veröffentlichungen zum Thema REITs, im Betriebsberater und der Finanzrundschau.
- Schmidt, S. (2002). Steuerliche Aspekte der Projektfinanzierung, in Finance.
- Multiple articles on leasing and project finance in Asset Finance and Euromoney (including in English).
- Multiple articles in daily newspapers (e.g. Die Welt, Börsenzeitung) on current tax policy issues relating to real estate taxation.
Stefan Schmidt
Rechtsanwalt, Tax Adviser, Of Counsel