Menu
  • Locations
  • About Us
  • Services
  • Experts
  • News & Knowledge
  • Hot Topics
  • Culture & Career
  • Locations
  • Search
  • Press
  • Events & Webinars
  • CI Guide
  • Contact
  • Albania
  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bangladesh
  • Belgium
  • Benin
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Ivory Coast
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Korea
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao
  • Madagascar
  • Malaysia
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Romania
  • Rwanda
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Togo
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • Uruguay
  • USA
  • Uzbekistan
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Zambia
  • About Us
  • Our CEO
  • Our Supervisory Board
  • Our Global Executive Team
  • Quality, Process & Risk Management
  • Sustainability & Tax at WTS Global
  • Customs
  • Financial Services
  • Global Mobility
  • Indirect Tax
  • International Corporate Tax
  • Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
  • Private Clients & Family Office
  • Sustainability & Tax
  • Tax Certainty & Controversy
  • Tax Technology
  • Transfer Pricing & Valuation
  • Real Estate
  • Digital Tax Law
  • European Tax Law
  • Latest News
  • Brochures
  • Newsletters
  • Surveys & Studies
  • Pillar Two
  • FIT for CBAM
  • Tax Sustainability Index
  • ViDA - VAT in the Digital Age
  • EU WHT Reclaims
  • AI playground
  • Culture and Leadership
  • Diversity
  • WTS Global Academy
  • Career
  • Pillar Two Team
  • Pillar Two - Implementation Status Wordwide
  • Press
  • Events & Webinars
  • CI Guide
  • Contact
WTS worldwide
  • WTS Global
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bangladesh
  • Belgium
  • Benin
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Congo Brazzaville
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Estonia
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Ivory Coast
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Korea
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Romania
  • Rwanda
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Togo
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • Uruguay
  • USA
  • Uzbekistan
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
  • About Us
    About Us

    Here you will find more information on our organization’s structure, experts and global reach.

    Read more
    About Us Our CEO Our Supervisory Board Our Global Executive Team Quality, Process & Risk Management
    Sustainability & Tax at WTS Global
  • Services
    Services

    Learn more about our network partners and their services.

    Read more
    Customs Financial Services Global Mobility Indirect Tax International Corporate Tax
    Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Private Clients & Family Office Sustainability & Tax Tax Certainty & Controversy Tax Technology
    Transfer Pricing & Valuation Real Estate Digital Tax Law European Tax Law
  • Experts
    Experts

    With a representation in over 100 countries, our team offers local expertise on a global scale. Learn more about our experts.

    Read more
  • News & Knowledge
    News & Knowledge

    Welcome to WTS Global Insights. Here you will find news and updates from our worldwide network.

    Read more Newsletter Subscription
    Latest News Brochures Newsletters Surveys & Studies
  • Hot Topics
    Hot Topics

    Overview of the current "Hot Topics" in the tax industry and how we can support with individual questions.

    Read more
    Pillar Two FIT for CBAM Tax Sustainability Index ViDA - VAT in the Digital Age EU WHT Reclaims
    AI playground
  • Culture & Career
    Culture & Career
    Read more
    Culture and Leadership Diversity WTS Global Academy Career
  • Locations
  • Search
Melanie Appuhn-Schneider

Melanie Appuhn-Schneider

Partner


Areas of Expertise
More than 14 years of practical TP experience in a broad range of industries
Focus on financial and economic TP aspects, especially on sophisticated I/C financing instruments
Long-lasting valuation experience for TP purposes, including valuation of intangibles and valuation for business restructurings
High expertise in the design, enhancement and implementation of global TP systems
Experience in APA procedures and tax audit defense on TP matters
Education
McGill University, Canada (M.A. in Economics)
American University, USA (B.A. in Economics)
Research and teaching assistant at McGill University
Languages
English, French, German
Professional Experience
Since 2016: WTS
2006 - 2016: Baker & McKenzie, Dusseldorf, 1.5 years thereof seconded to the Paris office
WTS
Melanie Appuhn-Schneider
Partner
WTS Global Transfer Pricing GSL Co-Head
Germany
Klaus-Bungert-Straße 7
40468 Düsseldorf
+ 49 211 200 50 645
Authoring and contributions by Melanie Appuhn-Schneider

On March 22, 2024, the Federal Council approved the Act to Strengthen Growth Opportunities, Investment and Innovation as well as Tax Simplification and Fairness (Growth Opportunities Act, WtChancenG).
 

Germany: New transfer pricing rules for cross-border intra-group financial transactions - Impact of the Growth Opportunities Act
Read more

In this latest edition of the WTS Transfer Pricing Newsletter, our colleagues from 13 countries provided an update on recently introduced legislations and cases.

Global Transfer Pricing Newsletter #3/2022 now available
Read more

In a series of rulings in 2019 and 2020, the German Federal Fiscal Court has abandoned its decades-long ruling practice on implicit group support and the blocking effect of para. 9 OECD Model Tax Convention.

Germany: New case law on the determination of arm’s length interest rates for intercompany loans
Read more

Get in contact

If you have any questions about WTS Global or our global services, please get in touch.
We will respond to you as soon as possible.

Contact