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EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Studied economics at the Philipps University of Marburg and the Georg-August University of Göttingen
• 1991 Appointment as tax consultant
• Since 1991: Partner in the PLANARIS partnership
• 1995 Appointment as auditor
• 2020 Recognised as a certified online retail/e-commerce consultant (IFU / ISM gGmbH)

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

• Advice on corporate transactions and reorganisations
• Succession counselling
• Tax declaration and structuring advice for clients in various sectors and legal forms, in particular companies in the online trade/e-commerce, temporary employment and haulage sectors

EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Training as an assistant in tax and business advisory professions
• Studied economics at the Georg-August-University, Göttingen
• Postgraduate programme at the University of Hamburg at the Institute for Foreign and International Finance and Taxation, degree and title Master of International Taxation (M.I.Tax)
• Lecturer as part of the extra-occupational training programme for assistants in tax and business consultancy professions (subject areas: VAT and economics)
• Tax consultant in an international industrial group specialising in accounting tax law, international tax law and value added tax
• Since 2002: Tax consultant in the partnership PLANARIS
• Since January 2004: Partner in the PLANARIS partnership

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

• Accounting tax law
• International tax law
• General business consulting
• Value added tax law

EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Training and employment as a tax clerk and accountant at Priller & Partner, now PLANARIS
• Appointment as tax consultant
• Since 2009: Tax consultant at PLANARIS
• Since 2011: Partner in the PLANARIS partnership

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

• Preparation of annual financial statements and tax declarations for commercial enterprises, in particular in the legal form of partnerships and corporations
• Tax advice and support for clients in connection with the introduction of financial accounting systems
• Financial and corporate planning for clients in various sectors and legal forms

EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Bachelor's and Master's degree programme in Business Law at the Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences
• Joined an international construction and industrial group as a tax consultant in the field of transfer pricing, specialising in the design and documentation of transfer prices and the tax handling of international project business
• 2016 Joined PLANARIS
• 2019 Admission to the partnership
• Master of Laws (LL.M.)

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

• Digitalisation of HR processes
• Transfer pricing
• Support for cross-border matters (inbound/outbound issues)
• International employee assignments

EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Studied economics at the Philipps University of Marburg
• Dual study programme as Diplom-Finanzwirtin (FH) at the Hessian Finance Administration in Frankfurt am Main
• Activity as tax auditor and tax investigator
• 2017 Joining PLANARIS
• 2019 Appointment as tax consultant
• Partner in the PLANARIS partnership since 2023

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

• Advice on restructuring and succession planning
• Company valuations
• Assistance with tax audits and criminal tax proceedings
• Preparation of annual financial statements and tax declarations for clients in various sectors and legal forms

EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Studied economics at the Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor of Arts)
• Career entry as an audit and tax advisory assistant
• 2017 Appointed as a tax consultant and joined the partnership PLANARIS
• Partner of the PLANARIS partnership since 2023

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

• Preparation of annual financial statements and tax returns for companies in various sectors and legal forms
• Business consulting for clients
• Digitisation of financial accounting processes
• Automation and use of modern technologies (e.g. AI)

EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Studied business administration at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (Dipl.-Kauffrau)
• Career entry as an audit and tax assistant
• Worked as a tax consultant and audit manager in a medium-sized auditing and tax consultancy firm in Krefeld
• 2018 Entry to PLANARIS
• Partner in the PLANARIS partnership since 2023

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

• Preparation of annual financial statements and tax declarations for commercial companies in various sectors and legal forms
• Tax and business advice for clients

EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Studied economics at the Justus Liebig University Giessen (Diploma in Business Administration)
• Career entry in corporate tax at an international auditing and tax consulting firm in Frankfurt
• 2015 Joined PLANARIS
• Partner in the PLANARIS partnership since 2019

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

• Preparation of annual financial statements and tax declarations for commercial companies in various sectors and legal forms

• Tax and business advice for clients

• Support during tax audits

EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Apprenticeship as an industrial clerk
• Studied business administration with a focus on medium-sized industry at the Gera-Eisenach Cooperative State University (Bachelor of Arts)
• 2012 Start of professional career as a tax assistant
• 2018 Appointed as a tax consultant and joined the PLANARIS partnership
• 2023 Recognised as a specialist consultant for non-profit organisations (IFU/ISM gGmbH)
• Partner in the PLANARIS partnership since 2023

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

• Advice for non-profit organisations
• Preparation of annual financial statements and tax declarations for commercial companies, in particular partnerships and corporations
• Preparation of income tax returns for employees, freelancers and pensioners

EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Training as a tax clerk
• Further training as a tax specialist
• 2006 Appointed tax consultant and joined the PLANARIS law firm
• Partner in the PLANARIS partnership since 2012

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

• Preparation of income tax returns and employee assessments
• Preparation of annual financial statements and tax declarations for clients in various sectors and legal forms

EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Studied law with accompanying studies in European law at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and the Université de Lausanne, first state examination in law in 2010
• Research assistant at the Chair of Philosophy of Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law (Prof Dr Horst Dreier), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (2010-2014)
• Doctorate with the topic „The census voting right - manifestations, justification and overcoming“
  Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main with stages in Fulda and Stuttgart (2015-2017)
• Second state examination in law 2017
• Admitted to the bar since 2017

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

• • Inheritance law
  • Succession planning and family law
  • Foundation and non-profit law

EDUCATION/ PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Studied law at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster
• First state examination in law 2009
• Research assistant at the Chair of Public Law, German, European and International Tax Law (Prof Dr Ralf P. Schenke), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (2009-2013)
• Legal clerkship at the Bamberg Higher Regional Court (2012-2014)
• Employed lawyer in the Stuttgart office of Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch PartmbB Rechtsanwälte, tax advisor, work in tax consultancy practice

MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

• • Corporate transactions
  • Company law
  • Inheritance law and inheritance tax law
  • Succession planning including foreign reference
  • International inheritance cases
  • Execution of wills
  • Foundation and non-profit law