Career
- Studied law and economics at the Universities of Bielefeld and Osnabrück, specializing in employment law
- Specialist lawyer training in employment law
- Master’s degree in Taxation at the University of Osnabrück, Institute for Finance and Tax Law, LL.M. (Taxation) degree
- Legal clerkship at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court
- Doctorate at the University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Law (Dr. iur.) with a thesis on labor law
- Lawyer and advisor to companies and entrepreneurs (consulting) in well-known commercial law firms (lawyers, tax consultants, auditors and insolvency administrators) in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Bielefeld, among others. Main areas of practice: Labor law, tax law (accounting, bookkeeping), commercial and corporate law (business law), compliance, insolvency law, contract drafting as well as corporate / personnel management and controlling
- Specialist lawyer for tax law
- Lecturer and seminar leader for professional and scientific training and further education, in particular for lawyers and tax consultants at various providers
- Specialist lawyer for commercial and corporate law
- Lecturer at the FHDW since 2015
- 2023 – 2025 Vice Dean for the Department of Business Administration
Research and consulting focus
- Labor Law / Human Resources
- Accounting according to HGB, tax law and IFRS/IAS
- National and international tax law
- Commercial law
- Compliance
- Consulting
- Company formation, restructuring and succession
- Controlling
Publications (excerpt)
“Commencement of objection proceedings interrupted by the opening of insolvency proceedings” – at the same time comment on BFH, Urt. v. 30.07.2019 – VIII R 21/ 16 in Betriebs- Berater 2020, page 869 ff. (dfv Mediengruppe).
“Income tax as a liability of the estate – income of the insolvency debtor from a (fiduciary) participation in a partnership” – at the same time comment on BFH, Urt. v. 10.07.2019 – X R 31/ 16 in Betriebs- Berater 2020, page 417 ff. (dfv Mediengruppe).
“Continued activity in insolvency” – at the same time comment on BFH, judgment of 06.06.2019 – V R 51/17 in Betriebs- Berater 2020, page 100 ff. (dfv Mediengruppe).
“Transparency and tax complexity in transition” in Der Steuerberater 2020, issue 3, page I (dfv Mediengruppe).
Münchner Anwalts Handbuch Familienrecht, Teil L Versicherungsrecht und Steuerrecht, § 33 Familienrecht und Steuerrecht, pages 1614- 1632, 5th edition 2020, C.H. Beck Verlag.
“Die Gesellschafterversammlung – häufige Streitpunkte zu Formalia und materiellem Recht” (together with lawyer and notary Wolfgang Arens) in Profile, Steuerberaterverband Ostwestfalen-Lippe e. V., December 2017.
Arens/Daumke/Spieker, Tax issues relating to marriage and divorce law, there: B. II. Tax deductibility of spousal maintenance – Maintenance as an extraordinary burden and – Transfer of assets and granting of rights of use as maintenance compensation and pension equalization, 4th edition, NWB-Verlag, 2015/2016.
“Contestation by the insolvency administrator in the event of several years’ leave of absence of the employee” in Der Betrieb 2014, page 1743 et seq.
“Offenlegungspflicht nach dem Handelsgesetzbuch und Sanktionsmaßnahmen bei Nichterfüllung” (together with lawyer and notary Wolfgang Arens) in Profile, Steuerberaterverband Ostwestfalen-Lippe e. V., April 2014.
Arens/Düwell/Wichert, Handbuch Umstrukturierung und Arbeitsrecht, § 12 Kündigungsmaßnahmen im Rahmen von Umstrukturierungen (together with lawyer and notary Wolfgang Arens), 2nd edition 2014, DeutscherAnwaltVerlag.
Arens/Tepper, Praxishandbuch Gesellschaftsrecht, § 5 Die Gründung der Kapitalgesellschaft (together with lawyer and notary Wolfgang Arens), 2nd edition 2013, Walter de Gruyter Verlag.
Arens/Tepper, Praxisformularbuch Gesellschaftsrecht, § 1 Die Rechtsformwahl (together with lawyer and notary Wolfgang Arens) 4th edition 2013, Walter de Gruyter Verlag.
“Ein Dauerbrenner – Die Sozialversicherungspflicht von Geschäftsführern und geschäftsführenden Gesellschaftern einer GmbH” (together with lawyer and notary Wolfgang Arens) in Profile, Steuerberaterverband Ostwestfalen-Lippe e. V., October 2013.
Valender/Undritz, Praxis des Insolvenzrechts, § 12 Arbeits- und Sozialrecht in der Insolvenz, ZAP-Verlag, 2012 and 2nd edition 2017.
“Restitutio in den vorigen Stand – Ein Standardproblem in der Rechtsprechungspraxis” in SteuK 2012, page 161 ff (C.H. Beck Verlag).
Haag/Löffler, Praxiskommentar zum Handelsrecht, §§ 1- 7 HGB, ZAP-Verlag 2010 and 2nd edition 2014.
“Sale of a tax consultancy practice – considerations on the contractual drafting of a practice transfer agreement” (together with lawyer and notary Wolfgang Arens) in DStR 2011, page 541 ff. and 591 ff. (C.H. Beck Verlag).
Contributions to the tax law library and the labor law lexicon in LexisNexis/ZAP-Verlag on an ongoing basis since 2007.
“Gewerblicher Grundstückshandel – Überblick über die von Rechtsprechung und Finanzverwaltung aufgestellte Kriterien” in Neue Wirtschaftsbriefe (NWB) 2006, page 14311 ff (NWB-Verlag).
