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)
Publications
  • 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.
  • 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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  • GSK Updates
    01 February 2024

    Changes to the German interest deduction rules

    As of 2024 changes to the German interest deduction rules (“interest barrier”) were brought in with the Secondary Credit Market Promotion Act, which may be relevant for Private...

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  • Deal News
    25 January 2024

    GSK Stockmann advises on letting a senior living project to Renafan

    GSK Stockmann advised a Hamburg-based family office on letting a senior living project to be constructed in Hamburg-Tonndorf to the operator Renafan.

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