Jens-Uwe Hinder

Deutsche Version

Jens-Uwe Hinder is co-managing partner at Morrison & Foerster’s German office in Berlin and the head of MoFo's German tax and accounting law practice.

He advises German and multinational institutional and private investors, in particular in connection with their cross-border investments (share and asset deals), including tax structuring, contract drafting, negotiating and implementing complex tax structures, as well as project management, due diligence and restructuring of multinational enterprises. Jens-Uwe Hinder has a strong focus on the media, technology, real estate and transportation sectors.

Mr. Hinder is also an experienced adviser of publicly owned undertakings, which he advises on tax matters in connection with their commercial businesses, such as sale and leaseback transactions, as well as in conjunction with their real estate assets.

Since 2004 Mr. Hinder lectures tax and business law at the Berlin Brandenburgische Academy at Berlin and since 2015 income tax and international tax at the University of Potsdam. He authored numerous essays and articles, especially on corporate income tax and trade tax matters as well as international tax.

Representative Matters

• 21st Century Fox regarding the sale of the Fox Mobile Group (Jamba!) to a financial investor.
• 21st Century Fox on the subscription of a convertible bond and the capital increase of Sky.
• DAM Invest on the restructuring of financing and the acquisition of RAIL.ONE by AXA PE.
• Italian investor group on the acquisition of a property portfolio.
• Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe in connection with international leasing structures.
• Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe in connection with the sale of the Potsdamer Strasse properties in Berlin.
• KEOLIS on the bidding process for Arriva Deutschland.
• JER Real Estate Partners on the sale of a residential and commercial real estate portfolio of 40 properties for a purchase price of €160 million.
• APN Funds Management Limited regarding the acquisition of 200 shopping centers throughout Germany for approx. €600 million.
• Colony Capital on investment matters concerning national and international investment in the US Colony Real Estate III funds.
• Deutsche Bank, London, on the international tax structuring of the acquisition of a shopping center in Germany.
• Catalyst Capital on the international tax structuring of investments in Berlin.
• PubliGroupe S.A. with regard to a joint venture (Zanox) with Axel Springer.