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Marco Ottenwälder is a tax counsel with POELLATH in Frankfurt, Germany, and regular attendee and speaker with IBA. He advises multi-national groups (mostly family-owned) and financial institutions with regard to their inbound / outbound business activities (e.g., (re-)structuring, tax audits, secondments etc.) focusing on international and German domestic tax aspects. He further advises private clients facing cross-border tax implications of their activities (e.g., succession planning, shareholdings and exits, relocation, foreign assets etc.). He also advises companies and individuals in complex tax compliance issues (past and future planning). Marco has shared his extensive expertise for many years as a lecturer at various universities. He is a member of the board and head of the Rhine-Main-Neckar division of the Young IFA Network (YIN), an initiative to promote the network of young tax lawyers acting in cross-border tax law. He further is an active author on tax topics and currently comments on the CFC rules of the German Foreign Tax Act based on the ATAD implications. Marco is an empathic team player with a great openness to other cultures and new challenges. Graduated as tax advisor (2014) PhD (2013) on “Cross-border divisions of corporations within the European Union” (summa cum laude) Christian-Karl-Schmidt-Award for teaching skills (2013) Lecturer at University of Sofia (Bulgaria, 2009-2013), at University of Bayreuth (since 2011) and at University of Bamberg (since 2014) Graduated in Business Administration (Master (Diplom-Kaufmann)) at University of Bayreuth (2007), majoring in taxation and finance