Dr. Thomas Asmus,
Partner

+49 (0)30 755 424 00

asmus@lindenpartners.eu

Tel: +49 (0)30 755 424 00

Mobile: +49 (0)173 2096 621

asmus@lindenpartners.eu

lindenpartners – since founding in 2006

Clifford Chance – 2000 to 2005

Lawyer since 2000, tax adviser since 2004

Student/legal trainee/research assistant in Hamburg, Dresden, Brussels, and Berlin (Dr. jur., Dresden, 2000)

German English

{01}Banking / Payments

Defense against Investor Claims (Investment Advice and Brokerage, Prospectus Liability, Ratings)
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{02}Capital Markets

Securities Litigation
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{03}Corporate / M&A

Capital Measures and Reorganisations of Companies

Corporate Governance und Compliance

Corporate Litigation

Directors’ and Officers’ Liability (D&O)

Post-M&A- and Post-Exit-Litigation
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{04}Dispute Resolution

Collective Redress and Class Action Litigation

Corporate Litigation

Post-M&A- and Post-Exit-Litigation

Tax Litigation (Cum-ex, Cum-Cum, Tax Advisor Liability)
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{05}Tax

Equity/Debt Token Tax

Financial Proceedings and Company Audits

International Tax (Cross-Border Investements and Equity/Mezzanine Finance)

Investmend Funds and Investement Tax (incl. Lux-AIF), Bonds and other

M&A Tax (in particular, PE/VC/Real Estate)

Reorganization (Reorganization Tax Law)

Tax Advance Rulings

Tax Tech (WebApp Products)
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JUVE 2021/2022

“experienced, competent, eloquent” (Client), “highly experienced and competent”, “pragmatic, with an eye for the essentials” (Clients), “outstanding expertise in the defence against prospectus liability claims and highly experienced in class actions” (Competitor)

JUVE 2020/2021

“Outstanding” (Client), “Exceptional in defending against prospectus liability claims and in dealing with mass proceedings” (Competitor)

The Legal 500 (2021)

“A leading corporate lawyer in Berlin”

Blog > Fintech/Crypto

Das BMF zur ertragsteuerrechtlichen Behandlung von Kryptowährungen und Token

Mit einem Schreiben zur ertragsteuerrechtlichen Behandlung von Kryptoassets will das BMF in vielen Punkten Rechtssicherheit schaffen. Wir geben einen ersten Überblick über den Entwurf.

News > Litigation

02 Neuerscheinung: Asmus/Waßmuth, Kommentar zur Kollektiven Rechtsdurchsetzung

Blog > Steuern / Bilanz

03 Grunderwerbsteuerreform – Verschärfungen ab 1. Juli 2021

Blog > Corona

04 Steuererleichterungen in der Corona-Krise

References

Personally liable director of Sal. Oppenheim in defense of directors’ and officers’ liability and liability settlement

Advising AIFM and Rajon GmbH in connection with risks from cum-ex business, AIFM with risks from cum-cum business

Swiss family office in cross-border investments, transactions, and restructuring (including – listed – shareholdings, financial/insurance products)

LBBW Asset Management and Baden Württemberg in German Capital Markets Model Case Act (KapMuG) proceedings / securities litigation against VW

German federal ministries in civil law treatment of a subsidy case and in the G36 case

Legal and tax conception Credit funds (GER and LUX), PE funds (GER), ICO and BCN-ETN

Conception, implementation, and market entry of www.erblotse.de (legal tax tech, including founding, team building, digital asset register, digital dispute resolution concept, partnership concept, and financing rounds)

Publications

Asmus/Waßmuth, Beck’scher Kurzkommentar „Kollektive Rechtsdurchsetzung”, 1st edition 2021, co-editor and co-author

„Verlängerung des KapMuG – Rechtsprechungsübersicht und Reformbedarf“, BKR 2021, pp. 15-21 (together with Dr. Guido Waßmuth)

Cum/Ex-Geschäfte: Die Verjährungsfrage, DStR 2018, 1527, (together with Martin Werneburg)

Urteil heizt Diskussion über Cum-ex neu an – Zivilgerichtliche Entscheidung des Landgerichts Frankfurt erschwert strafrechtliche Vermögensabschöpfung, Börsen-Zeitung, 14 July 2018, as PDF, (together with Martin Werneburg)

Musterfeststellungsklage löst Unsicherheit aus – Zeitdruck geht zulasten von Unternehmen und Verbrauchern – Paradigmenwechsel während des Gesetzgebungsverfahrens, Börsen-Zeitung, Issue 103, 2 June 2018, as PDF, (together with Dr. Guido Waßmuth)

Der Diskussionsentwurf des BMJV zur Einführung einer Musterfeststellungsklage, ZIP 2018, 657, as PDF, (together with Dr. Guido Waßmuth)

“Dieselgate” – aktuelle Verjährungsfragen zu §§ 37b und 37c WpHG, WM 34/2016, pp. 1627-1631 (together with Dr. Bijan Moini)

Haritz/Menner/Bilitewski, Kommentar zum Umwandlungssteuergesetz, Verlag C.H. Beck, 3th Edition (2009)-5th Edition (2019), Kommentierung der §§ 15 f. UmwStG (steuerliche Spaltungsvorschriften)

Der anonyme Quasi-Gesellschafter, ZIP 2012, pp. 1581 et seq. (together with Dr. Karsten Markwardt)

Kapitalanleger-Musterverfahrensgesetz: Verfahrensbeschleunigung und Verbesserung des Rechtsschutzes?, ZIP 29/2008, 1309

Der stimmlose Beschluss, NZG 2004, 881 et seq. (together with Prof. Dr. hc. Johannes Semler)

Die vinkuierte Mitgliedschaft, AHW (129) 2000

All Lawyers

Dr. Thomas Asmus,Partner

Das BMF zur ertragsteuerrechtlichen Behandlung von Kryptowährungen und Token

02 Neuerscheinung: Asmus/Waßmuth, Kommentar zur Kollektiven Rechtsdurchsetzung

03 Grunderwerbsteuerreform – Verschärfungen ab 1. Juli 2021

04 Steuererleichterungen in der Corona-Krise

Dr. Thomas Asmus,
Partner