Dr. Pia Dorfmueller

Dr Pia Dorfmueller’s experience includes advising:

• an OEM group owned by a Fortune 500 company on the integration of portfolio entities following a buy-and-build strategy
• a German franchisor in the food industry with significant AI element on its national and international franchise structure
• a US corporation on the sale of real estate to an asset management entity
• high net worth individuals with investments in corporation on their move of their tax residence aboard
• a global investment and management platform focused on renewable energy on several tax due diligences as well as SPA negotiations for wind park projects structured as share deals and asset deals*
• a global investment and management platform focused on renewable energy on vendor tax due diligences, a tax structure paper on an asset‑managing partnership and SPA negotiations for wind park projects*
• a family business in the publishing industry on tax matters relating to the exit of a branch of the family from several partnerships, including SPA negotiations*
• a German industrial multinational corporation on tax matters relating to multinational acquisitions and SPA negotiations structured as share deals and asset deals*
• a German multinational corporation listed in the SDAX on tax aspects of a Brazilian merger with a German ultimate beneficial owner*
• Stabilus on its conversion into a European public limited liability company (SE) and the subsequent cross‑border transfer of its registered office from Luxembourg to Germany, including overall project management*
• TELUS Digital on tax matters relating to the acquisition of the outsourcing service provider Competence Call Center (CCC), as well as the post‑acquisition integration, including a cross‑border inbound merger from Luxembourg*
• Volkswagen Stiftung on the refund of US withholding taxes based on its nonprofit status under a double taxation treaty, including obtaining a private letter ruling in the US and liaising with custodians on reporting requirements*
• a German pharmaceutical company and its family owners on the drop‑down of an operational business into a subsidiary, including a foreign financing branch, shares in domestic and foreign subsidiaries and real estate, as well as the conversion of the transferor from a KGaA into a GmbH, including obtaining a binding ruling*
• an energy company on the carve‑out of its international venture capital business, with a focus on tax loss utilization and the termination of a tax group within five years of its establishment*
• a German SDAX‑listed company on tax strategies to avoid multiple taxation following tax audits abroad, including the implementation of a joint tax audit with France*

* advised before joining Eversheds Sutherland

• Chair of the WIN Seminar “Beyond the Transaction - Challenges in Taxation of M&A” at the 77th Congress of IFA in Lisbon from October 5-9, 2025, on October 8, 2025
• Speaker on “Aktuelle Fragen zur konzerninternen  Finanzierung und Entschuldung,” Annual Training for the Certified Experts in International Tax, Steuerrechtsinsitut Knoll, Munich, November 23, 2024
• Conference Co-Chair and Panel-Co-Chair on “Inbound Investments into the United States,” ABA / IBA / IFA US Branch, 24th Annual U.S. and Europe Tax Practice Trends, Munich, April 11, 2024
• Speaker on Seminar F “IFA / EU” at the 75th Congress of IFA in Cancun, Mexico from October 22-26, 2023, on October 25, 2023
• Conference Co-Chair and Panel-Co-Chair on “Cross-Border Enforcement Trends: Taxpayer Responses to New Enforcement Strategies,” ABA / IBA / IFA US Branch, Virtual 22nd Annual U.S. and Europe Tax Practice Trends, March 30, 2022
• Moderator of webinar: “Tax Open Forum Discussion: What next for Pillar One?,” IBA, Taxes Committee, March 30, 2021
• Speaker on “Remaking International Tax for the 21st Century: Impact of and Outlook for OECD’s Evolving Pillars,” ABA / IBA / IFA US Branch, Virtual 21st Annual U.S. and Europe Tax Practice Trends, March 25, 2021

• Chambers, Germany, 2026: Tax: Individually ranked Band 2
• Who’s Who Legal, 2024: Recommended for Germany—Corporate Tax 2023, National Leader
• Chambers, Europe, 2025: Tax: Consultants in Germany, Band 2
• Who’s Who Legal, 2024: Recommended for Germany—Corporate Tax 2023, Global Leader
• JUVE Steuermarkt, 2025: most recommended for business taxation—tax structuring and project consulting as well as for transactional taxes
• “International Tax Law” Award by the German Tax Advisor Bar for Ph.D. thesis, 2004

• Founder of the Frankfurt International Tax Forum of the IFA Rhein-Main-Neckar Section
• Member of the Global Women of IFA Network (WIN) Committee of the International Fiscal Association (IFA)
• Country reporter for Germany, Subject II: Qualification of taxable entities and treaty protection, IFA Congress in Mumbai, India, 2014
• Panelist and Commentator on Undertaxed Payments Rule on behalf of the IBA Taxes Committee, OECD / G20 Inclusive Framework, (Online) Public Consultation Meeting on Pillar Two Blueprint, January 15, 2021

• Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, 2002, Dr. rer. pol.
• University of Mannheim, 1999, Exam in Business Administration (Diplom-Kauffrau)
• Certified expert for international Tax Law, Germany, 2024
• Certified tax advisor, Germany, 2003