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Diplom-Kaufmann (degree in Business Administration)
Auditor, Tax Advisor
Partner

+49 40 37 6 37-161
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Key activities:

Annual and consolidated annual statements in accordance with national and international law
Company valuations
Management consulting
Advising companies from the service and property sectors as well as shipping companies

Professional career:

Hamburg University, studies in Business Management

1995–1997

Jessen, Lorenzen, Ohlsen & Partner GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Hamburg, Audit Assistant, Audit Manager

1998–2001

Stiehler – Vietzen – Nolte Wirtschaftsprüfer und Steuerberater, Hamburg, authorised signatory

1999

Appointment as tax advisor

2001

Appointment as auditor

2001

Authorised signatory of HANSA PARTNER GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

2009

Managing Director of HANSA PARTNER GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

2010

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Diplom-Kaufmann (degree in Business Administration)
Auditor, Tax Advisor

+49 40 37 6 37-181
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Key activities:

Advising shipping companies
Advising other companies in the maritime economy
Company tax law – tax structuring advice
Advising trading and manufacturing companies

Professional career:

 

Rostock University, studies in Business Management

1994–1998

PwC, Rostock

1998

Appointment as tax advisor

1999

Joined HANSA PARTNER as an authorised signatory

2003

Partner

2005

Appointment as auditor

 

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Diplom-Finanzwirt (degree in Financial Administration)
Tax Advisor
Partner

+49 40 37 6 37-337
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Key activities:

Property taxation
Advising shipping companies
Company conversions and transactions

Professional career:

 

Fachhochschule für Öffentliche Verwaltung (University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration), Hamburg, studies in Finance

1988

Joined HANSA PARTNER

1993

Appointment as tax advisor

1994

Authorised signatory of HANSA PARTNER KG

1996

Partner

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Diplom-Kaufmann (degree in Business Administration)
Tax Advisor
Partner

+49 40 37 6 37-334
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Key activities:

Company and group tax law
International tax law/transfer prices
Restructuring and conversions
Advising shipping companies

Professional career:

 

Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences) Wilhelmshaven, studies in Business Management

1994

Joined HANSA PARTNER

1998

Appointment as tax advisor

1999

Authorised signatory of HANSA PARTNER KG

2002

Partner

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Lawyer
Partner

+49 40 37 6 37-442
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Key activities:

Company, group and reorganisation law
Advice on company purchases/sales with the focus on property and investment companies
Business and commercial law

Professional career:

 

Qualified bank clerk
Hamburg University, studies in Law

1988

First state examination in Law

1993

Major state examination in Law

1993

Licensed as a lawyer

1993–1998

Worked as a lawyer in a partnership of lawyers, tax advisors and auditors, with the focus on business and company law

1998–2004

Partner in a regional partnership of lawyers and tax advisors

2004

Joined HANSA PARTNER as a partner

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Lawyer, Tax Advisor
Partner

+49 40 37 6 37-374
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Key activities:

Tax structuring of investments – structuring advice
Property company taxation
Private property asset taxation
Group tax and reorganisation tax law
Advice on company purchases/sales

Professional career:

 

Heidelberg University, studies in Law

2004–2008

KPMG, Hamburg, Tax Assistant

2007

Doctorate as Dr. iur. (jurisprudence), Institut für Wirtschaftsrecht (Business Law Institute), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

2008

Appointment as tax advisor

2008–2009

KPMG, Hamburg, tax advisor and authorised signatory

2009–2012

Joined HANSA PARTNER as an authorised signatory

2013

Partner

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Lawyer, Tax Advisor
Partner

+49 40 37 6 37-318
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Key Activities:

Transaction- and project-related tax and legal advice:

M&A Tax
Corporate / M&A / Transaction structuring
International tax law
Tax defence advice

Professional Career:

Göttingen University, studies in Law; Bielefeld University: course for graduates in European Company and Business Law

1999–2000

Lawyer at Heise pp  

2001–2004

Senior Civil Servant in Hamburg’s Tax Administration

2004-2012

Head of M&A Tax at a leading multi-disciplinary consulting group; location manager and member of the Practice Group M&A, Private Equity / Venture Capital at a legal company associated with one of the “Big Four” accountancy companies; lawyer, tax advisor in the tax department of an SME accountancy company

2012-2018

Partner, Head of Practice Group Tax (from 2014), Corporate M&A (from 2015) at Buse Heberer Fromm

2019

Joined HANSA PARTNER as partner

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Lawyer, Tax Advisor
Partner

+49 40 37 6 37-375
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Key activities:

Tax advice for shipping companies and shipping-related companies
Tax structuring and restructuring of companies
Property company taxation
Conducting appeal proceedings and lawsuits

Professional career:

Kiel University, studies in Law

2004–2008

KPMG, Hamburg, Tax Assistant

2005

Doctorate as Dr. iur. (jurisprudence), Kiel University

2005–2013

Fachhochschule für Oekonomie und Management (FOM; University of Applied Sciences for Economy and Management) and Verwaltungsakademie (VWA; School of Administration), lecturer in Hamburg in the field of tax theory

2008–2010

Appointment as tax advisor and authorised signatory at KPMG, Hamburg

2010

Joined HANSA PARTNER

2012

Authorised signatory of HANSA PARTNER KG

2014

Partner

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Tax Advisor
Partner

+49 40 37 6 37-354
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Key activities:

Company and group tax law
International tax law/transfer prices
Restructuring and conversions
Advising shipping companies

Professional career:

Fachhochschule für Finanzen (University of Applied Sciences for Finance), Hamburg, studies in Finance

2008–2012

Hamburg financial administration

2012

Appointed as tax advisor and joined HANSA PARTNER

2015

Associate Partner

2017

Partner

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Auditor, Tax Advisor
Partner

+49 40 37 6 37-173
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Key activities:

Annual and consolidated annual statements in accordance with national and international law
Company valuations
Management consulting
Reorganisation reports
Advising companies from the property sector as well as shipping companies

Professional career:

Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences) Wilhelmshaven, studies in Business Management

2001

Appointment as tax advisor

2003

Authorised signatory of HANSA PARTNER GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

2007

Appointment as auditor

2010

Managing Director of HANSA PARTNER GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

2013

Partner

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Tax Advisor

+49 40 37 6 37-357
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Key Activities:

Taxation of property companies and private property assets
Company and group tax law
Advice on company purchases / sales
Value added tax law with a focus on VAT group taxation

Professional Career:

2005–2008

Fachhochschule für Finanzen (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences for Finance), Hamburg, studies in National Tax Law and Finance (diploma)

2009–2011

Hamburg University, studies in International Tax Law (master degree)

2008-2013

Auditing at Hamburg Fiscal Authority and Head of the Passive Taxation Department at Lübeck Public Administration

2013

Appointment as tax advisor

2013-2015

PwC, Hamburg, tax advisor

2015

Joined HANSA PARTNER

2018

Associate Partner (not a partner within the meaning of PartGG – German Corporation and Partnership Act)

2020

Partner

 

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Diplom-Kauffrau (FH) (degree in Business Administration from a University of Applied Sciences)
Auditor, Tax Advisor
Partner

+49 40 37 6 37-171
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Key Activities:

Annual and consolidated annual statements in accordance with national and international law
Company valuations
Reorganisation reports
Advising companies from the service sector as well as manufacturing companies

Professional Career:

 

Nordakademie Elmshorn, dual studies in Business Administratio  

2006

Joined HANSA PARTNER as audit assistant

2010

Appointment as tax advisor

2012

Appointment as auditor

2012

Authorised signatory of HANSA PARTNER GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

2019

Managing Director of HANSA PARTNER GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

2019

Partner

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Lawyer
Partner

+49 40 37 6 37-442
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Key Activities:

Corporate law
Inheritance law, estate planning and business succession planning
Commercial and property law

Professional Career:

 

Kiel University, Humboldt University, Berlin, Hamburg University, studies in Law

2004

First state examination in law

2006

Major state examination in law

2009

Licensed as a lawyer

2009-2011

Worked as a lawyer in a partnership of lawyers and tax advisors with a commercial law focus

2011-2014

Self-employed work as a lawyer, including work as legal counsel at a SDAX company in the logistics sector

2014

Joined HANSA PARTNER

2017

Associate Partner

2019

Partner

 

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Lawyer
* not a partner within the meaning of PartGG (German Corporation and Partnership Act)

+49 40 37 6 37-443
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Key activities:

Employment law
Company law
Commercial and property law

Professional career:

Hamburg University, studies in Law

1996

First state examination in Law

1999

Worked in a US lawyers’ office in San Diego, California, USA

1999

Major state examination in Law

1999

Licensed as a lawyer

1999–2004

Worked as a lawyer in a regional partnership of lawyers and tax advisors with a focus on commercial law

2004

Lawyer in the partnership CHEMNITZ RECHTSANWÄLTE Steuerberater (now HANSA PARTNER Rommel & Meyer Steuerberater Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB)

2008

Counsel at HANSA PARTNER Chemnitz Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Partnerschaftsgesellschaft Partnerschaft mbB (now HANSA PARTNER Rommel & Meyer Steuerberater Rechtsanwälte)

2014

Associate Partner

 

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Diplom-Finanzwirt (degree in Financial Administration)
Tax Advisor
* not a partner within the meaning of PartGG (German Corporation and Partnership Act)

+49 40 37 6 37-316
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Key activities:

Partnership taxation
Advising shipping companies

Professional career:

Fachhochschule für Öffentliche Verwaltung (University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration), Hamburg, studies in Finance

1988

Joined HANSA PARTNER

1991

Appointment as tax advisor

2005

Authorised signatory of HANSA PARTNER KG

2014

Associate Partner

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