Raphael Holzinger

Raphael Holzinger is Partner and Head of Tax at Grant Thornton Austria, based in the firm's Vienna office. He has been named M&A Tax Adviser of the Year in Austria at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025, an honour that adds to a run of recognition in the transaction tax field and confirms his standing as one of the country's leading advisers on the tax dimensions of corporate deals.

Holzinger's practice emphasises national and international tax structuring and transaction advice, with particular strength in business tax law, international taxation and transfer pricing. He focuses on developing optimised group structures and represents clients through tax audits, rulings and arbitration procedures, guiding them across both the planning and the contentious phases of their tax affairs. This transactional orientation makes him a natural adviser on the acquisitions, reorganisations and cross-border structures where tax considerations are central to the commercial outcome.

He leads a tax team within a substantial national practice. Grant Thornton Austria operates from three offices with more than 250 staff and 23 partners, and offers a comprehensive tax service spanning corporate taxation, restructuring and M&A, international tax planning, transfer pricing, indirect tax and customs, private wealth, real estate taxation and global mobility. As Head of Tax, Holzinger sits at the centre of an integrated offering that pairs specialist transaction expertise with the breadth of a full-service adviser, allowing M&A tax work to be coordinated with the wider tax and advisory needs of each client.

His technical foundation is extensive. He holds a doctorate in law together with dual LL.M. degrees in tax law and accounting and in business law, and is qualified as a certified auditor, tax adviser and transfer pricing consultant. He is a member of professional bodies including the Chamber of Public Accountants and the International Fiscal Association, and contributes to the profession through academic articles and lectures at professional training programmes and international conferences.

Holzinger's recognition as M&A Tax Adviser of the Year in Austria, alongside earlier honours and rankings as a highly regarded practitioner in corporate tax and transfer pricing, reflects a practitioner trusted by clients to bring clarity and security to complex tax decisions. For businesses and investors undertaking transactions in and beyond Austria, he offers the combination of technical depth, structuring insight and dispute-ready judgement that the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025 recognition is intended to celebrate.