URBAN THIER & FEDERER - Key Persons
Alvaro Genaro Gubert is an Of Counsel Foreign Legal Consultant of Brazilian Law with Urban Thier & Federer, P.A.
He is based out of the Orlando office. Mr. Gubert is licensed with the Florida Bar as a Foreign Legal Consultant of Brazilian Law and is licensed as an attorney in Brazil. He advises and represents both local and international clients regarding Brazilian legal systems in a broad range of Brazilian law practice areas including, but not limited to, compliance, employment matters, torts, contracts, tax law, administrative law, environment and natural resources, white collar crimes, complex commercial litigation, personal injury and wrongful death. He has extensive experience in complex litigation in Brazilian state and federal courts. He represents and counsels corporate and professional clients on a variety of business and commercial disputes, and on a wide range of issues arising in all stages of business planning and formation. Mr. Gubert is fluent in the Portuguese language and proficient in the English language.
Angelika Laich is an Of Counsel Attorney with Urban Thier & Federer, P.A. She is based out of the Munich office. Ms. Laich's practice focuses primarily on corporate law, inheritance law including estate tax matters, and real estate law including residential and commercial landlord-tenant law.
Carl-Christian Thier is a founding Shareholder of Urban Thier & Federer, P.A. Mr. Thier's practice focuses primarily on German and United States international laws in the areas of contract law, taxation, tax planning, business entity formation and other business matters, with a particular focus on cross border investments between Germany and the United States. Mr. Thier practices law from the United States offices of the firm.
Dr. Georg Federer is a founding Shareholder of Urban Thier & Federer, P.A. and the managing shareholder of the firm's Munich office. He is based out of the Munich office in Germany. Dr. Federer's practice focuses primarily on civil litigation in the areas of competition and trademark law, wills, estates, probate law, business litigation, as well as transactional matters.
He left the firm as of June 30, 2016.
Mr. Sweeney's practice focuses primarily on Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning as well as Elder, Tax, Business, Mergers, Acquisitions, and International Law. He is a practical, business oriented lawyer who strives for solutions. He is experienced in setting up estate plans tailored to each client's unique situation, including all manner of wills, trusts, and other estate planning tools and instruments. This experience includes planning for estates with multiple jurisdictional and international aspects, assets and legal considerations. It also includes trusts for tax planning, probate avoidance, and asset protection purposes.
His tax experience is deep and varied including extensive US tax and international taxation in Europe, Asia and South America. Mr. Sweeney has counseled corporations, individuals and other entities in cross border taxation and methods to minimize taxation or prevent double taxation. His business, mergers and acquisitions background is rooted in his experience as a lawyer, manager and CFO for startup, growth, insurance, and financial service companies and is the basis for his unique business oriented approach. He has worked for both private and public companies. He has over 10 years of international experience spanning Europe, South America and Asia. He has a deep background in international and domestic tax planning. His extensive M&A experience includes over 30 deals totaling $12B in assets, many international.
John's business experience includes acting as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for a public dot com (.com) and as the Head of Tax for an international insurance company with $6B in revenue. He was also CFO, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for a private equity portfolio company. Formerly, he was the CFO for ING International Insurance Holdings, a complex multinational insurance operation with revenues of over $4B. His prior work experience also includes roles with Aetna International as its Tax Director and AIG as a tax lawyer at its world headquarters.
John is a member of the Connecticut, New York and Washington D.C. bars.
Sandra Navidi is admitted to practice law in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as in the State of New York. She holds a law degree from the University of Cologne School of Law, Germany, and a Master-of-Law Degree in Banking Corporate and Finance law from Fordham University School of Law, New York, USA. In addition, she passed the tax lawyer's exam in Germany.