Tax Advice
Partners
Thilo Barthel
Auditor, Tax Advisor
+49 40 37 6 37-181
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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
Volker Behr
Tax Advisor
+49 40 37 6 37-337
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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
Stephan Bruns
Tax Advisor
+49 40 37 6 37-334
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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
Dr. Gottfried Fröhlich
Lawyer, Tax Advisor
+49 40 37 6 37-374
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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
Jossip Hesse
Lawyer, Tax Advisor
+49 40 37 6 37-318
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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
Dr. Sven Schlereth
Lawyer, Tax Advisor
+49 40 37 6 37-375
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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
Carolin Schröder
Tax Advisor
+49 40 37 6 37-354
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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
Peter Steinke
Tax Advisor
+49 40 37 6 37-357
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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
Associate Partners
Reiner Krause
Tax Advisor
+49 40 37 6 37-316
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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