Personalities

Movers and shakers with expertise

Our experts come from a wide range of different fields. What they all share is the same integrated approach to consulting – and the same goal: to join forces with you to achieve the best possible results for you. We love new challenges. But we don’t do things by half measures. When we do something, we do it right. And we enjoy doing it.

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Looking for a point of contact for a specific issue or specialist field? Feel free to use our search function. If you want to search for a specific name, the alphabetic team overview can take you straight to what you are looking for. This section lists contact information as well as areas of expertise and practice areas.

All of us look forward to getting to know you – and to working with you to find just the right solution for your individual needs.

Werner Kuhfuß

public auditor, tax advisor

Focus of services

  • M&A / due diligence
  • Corporate succession
  • Change of legal form / design advice
  • Business advice
  • Advising international groups of companies (inbound / outbound investments)

Professional career

  • Board member of ADKL AG (since 2005)
  • Board of MSI Global Alliance, London (1991-2019)
  • Partner of ADKL Abels Decker Kuhfuß Partner mbB (1987-2019)
  • Appointment as public auditor (1986)
  • Appointment as tax advisor (1983)
  • Studies: economics, Cologne; Degree (1978)

Werner Kuhfuß

public auditor, tax advisor

Dr. Henrik Krapp

tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

  • Health professions
  • Real estate
  • Agriculture and Forestry

Publications

  • Co-author of the 360 ° eComment on the EStG, Stollfuß Medien

Focus of services

  • Tax declaration and defense advice
  • Succession planning
  • Economic and structural advice for medium-sized companies
  • Digital financial accounting

 

Professional career

  • Partner at ADKL (since 2018)
  • Appointment as tax advisor (2014); Agricultural Book Office (2015)
  • Medium-sized tax consultancy, most recently 2 years as branch manager (2011-2017)
  • Research Associate at the University of Bonn and PhD (2008-2011)
    Studied agricultural economics, University of Bonn and Management & Economics, University of Wageningen, Netherlands (2003-2008)

Dr. Henrik Krapp

tax advisor

Michael Klümpen

tax advisor

Focus of services

  • Preparation of annual accounts
  • Corporate taxation
  • Taxation of individuals
  • Supervision of digital accounting

Professional career

  • Tax advisor at ADKL along with predecessor companies (since 2014)
  • Appointment as tax advisor (2013)
  • Tax clerk / tax advisor in a medium-sized tax consultancy, Hilden (2002-2013)
  • Training as a tax clerk (1998-2001)

Michael Klümpen

tax advisor

Ulrich Kühnen

public auditor, tax advisor, expert for business valuation (IHK Dusseldorf)

Specific industry knowledge

  • Financial services
  • IT sector

Focus of services

  • Company valuation
  • Examination of severance payments for structural measures under company law
  • Determination of severance payments in family and company law matters

Professional career

  • Partner at ADKL (since 2023)
  • Auditor at ADKL (since 2016)
  • Accounting firm in Cologne (2013-2016)
  • Predecessor company of ADKL in Düsseldorf (2007-2013)
  • Deloitte & Touche in Düsseldorf (1998-2007)
  • University of Cologne and Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Diplomkaufmann (1998)
  • Bank clerk Deutsche Bank in Duisburg (1992)

Ulrich Kühnen

public auditor, tax advisor, expert for business valuation (IHK Dusseldorf)