Dr. Tobias Möhrle
Dr. Tobias Möhrle
Dr. Tobias Möhrle

Dr. Tobias Möhrle

Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Tax Advisor, Certified Tax Lawyer

Tobias Möhrle is extremely competent and not only has an eye on the legal consequences of decisions, but also the economic ones. He is also a very pleasant person to talk to.

Legal 500 2025

Vita

  • 1994 - 1999 Universities of Hamburg, Freiburg, Singapore (German National Academic Foundation) and Lausanne
  • 2000 - 2001 Research Assistant at the Chair of Civil Law and Insurance Sciences of Prof. Dr. Gerrit Winter (University of Hamburg)
  • 2001 - 2004 Legal Traineeship in Hamburg, Brussels and Munich
  • 2004 - 2008 Attorney-at-Law and Tax Advisorat Latham & Watkins LLP in the Field of Tax and Corporate Law
  • Since 2008 Tax Advisor
  • Since 2008 Partner at Möhrle Happ Luther
  • Activity in numerous Committees

Areas of specialization

  • Family Businesses & Entrepreneurial Families
  • Tax and Corporate Law Structuring Advice
  • Corporate Acquisitions and Restructurings
  • Conducting Complex (Financial) Court Proceedings
  • Succession Planning

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French

Awards

  • Best Lawyers (Corporate and Tax Law): 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • Legal 500 Germany - Recommended Lawyer, e.g. 2025: “Tobias Möhrle is extremely competent and not only has the legal consequences of decisions in mind, but also the economic ones. He is also a very pleasant person to talk to”
  • JUVE Handbook for Taxes 2024: Recommended as a leading name in Northern Germany
  • Juve Handbook of Commercial Law Firms: consistently recommended from 2018 to 2025; e.g. 2018: “professionally excellent, strong in negotiations” 
    2023/24: “High level of specialist expertise, pleasant cooperation in numerous interface mandates”

Publications

  • Dorn/T. Möhrle, Immobilien unentgeltlich übertragen – Steuerbefreiungen und Steuerfolgen prüfen, Finanzen Steuern Recht 2023, Jahresausgabe 9, Seite 28 ff.
  • Grosch/T. Möhrle, Das Erlassmodell: Warum Familienstiftungen wieder en Vogue sind, JUVE Handbuch Steuern 2022, Seite 267 ff.
  • Grosch/T. Möhrle, Existenzgefährdung eines Familienunternehmens durch einen Erbfall, Finanzen Steuern Recht 2019/20, Jahresausgabe Nr. 6, Seite 13 ff.
  • Dorn/T. Möhrle, Wie sich steuerliche Verluste bei Insolvenz nutzen lassen, Börsen-Zeitung 2021, S. 9
  • T. Möhrle, in: Personengesellschaften im Internationalen Steuerrecht (Co-Autor), 2010
  • T. Möhrle, Die Luftfahrt-Unfallversicherung, 2003