Rainer Schmitt is a partner in the firm's tax practice group in Frankfurt. He focuses on the tax optimization and structuring of cross-border real estate transactions and financing, and advises institutional investors on European, unregulated investment structuring.
Among his clients are national and cross-border investors such as banks, insurance companies, opportunity funds, as well as initiators. He advises on tax and insurance regulatory optimization and the structuring of national and cross-border real estate investments, international real estate funds, portfolio transactions, restructurings and joint ventures.
Mr. Schmitt joined K&L Gates as a partner in May 2010. Prior to joining the firm, he worked, since 1998, in the tax department of a Frankfurt-based international law firm; since 2006 as partner. In 2002/2003 he was on secondment to an international investment bank (Real Estate Investment Banking Division), London.