Personalities

Carina Andree

Tax Consultant

Focus of services:

• International taxation
• Domestic and international corporate taxation
• Expert opinion on taxation issues
• Accompaniment of tax field audits

Professional career:

• Tax consultant at ADKL (since 2023)
• Appointment as tax consultant (2022)
• Inhouse Tax specialist (2021-2023)
• Tax assistant at Deloitte in the Business Tax department (2012-2021)

Justus Abeln

Lawyer

Professional career

• Attorney at ADKL
• Activity as an insurance lawyer
• Legal clerkship (2018-2021)
• Studies in Halle and Münster (2011-2017)

Dr. Peter Abels

lawyer

Focus of services

• International Relations
• Company Law
• Coaching

Professional career

• Board member of MSI Global Alliance, London
• Managing Partner of the German Academy for Taxes, Law and Economics, Cologne
• Admission as a lawyer (1980)

Dominik Anczok

IT-Auditor

Specific industry knowledge:

• IT companies, financial services (banking & insurance)

Focus of services:

• IT consulting projects
• Business consulting
• Reporting preparation
• Annual and consolidated financial statement audits (HGB & IFRS)
• M&A (FDD)

Professional career:

• Managing Director ADKL IT Advisory since 2023
• Audit & Advisory ADKL (2020-2022)
• Audit Corporate KPMG (2018-2020)
• Group Accounting and Regulatory Reporting at banks (2016-2018)
• Studies: Business Degree, Accounting & Taxation; RUB, UzK; M.Sc. (2014-2020)

Axel Augustin

public auditor, tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Banks
• Public enterprises
• Aviation
• Business-related services

Focus of services

• Company valuation
• Internal audit
• Accounting projects, for instance IFRS conversions

Professional career

• Senior Manager Financial Services EY (2018-2020)
• Head of finance department WGZ BANK AG / DZ BANK AG, Düsseldorf (2006-2017)
• Appointment as public auditor (2001)
• Appointment as tax consultant (1998)
• PWC Düsseldorf (1994-2006)
• Studies: Economics, Bonn /Helsinki, Finland

Tim Blome

public auditor, tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Automotive
• Plant engineering
• Trade
• IT service provider

Focus of services

• Preparation/verification of survival prognoses according to IDW S11
• Due diligence and support of corporate transactions (M&A)
• Creation of remediation concepts according to IDW S6
• Auditing in special situations, especially transformation processes

Professional career

• Partner at ADKL (since 2022)
• Auditor, tax consultant with ADKL (since 2019)
• Buth & Hermanns (2015 – 2019)
• Ernst & Young (2007 – 2015)

Andreas Boch

tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Steel and metal industry
• Wood-based panels industry
• Real estate
• Service sector / consulting professions

Focus of services

• Consulting for national and international groups of companies
• Restructuring of groups and companies (also cross-border)
• Accompaniment of company acquisitions and sales
• Inheritance tax planning
• Criminal tax law

Professional career

• Partner at ADKL (since 2008)
• Appointment as tax consultant (2001)
• Authorized signatory at KPMG; Tax & Legal / Financial Management
• Studies: University of Applied Sciences for Finance, Nordkirchen

Philipp Bracht

public auditor, tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Automotive
• Aluminium
• Wholesale and foreign trade
• Chemistry
• Public enterprises
• Insurance

Focus of services

• Audits of annual and consolidated financial statements HGB/IFRS
• M&A (Financial Due Diligence)
• Business management consulting
• Refurbishment/restructuring
• Specialist lecturer for extra-occupational training at the IDW
• Internal audit

Professional career

• Partner at ADKL (since 2023)
• Auditor at ADKL (since 2015)
• Auditor, tax consultant at Buth & Hermanns (2011-2015)
• Appointment as auditor (2011)
• Appointment as tax consultant (2005)
• PWC Düsseldorf (2000-2011)
• Studies: Business administration, FHDW Bergisch Gladbach (1997-2000)

Alexander Brimmers

tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Technology industry
• Service sector

Focus of services

• Advice on national and international corporate tax law
• Accompanying tax audits
• Expert opinion on tax issues
• Tax Control Frameworks

Professional career

• Tax Advisor at ADKL (since 2022)
• Deloitte GmbH (2021 – 2022)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2021)
• Grant Thornton AG (2017 – 2021)
• Master Taxation, University of applied sciences Düsseldorf

Claudia Brodbeck

marketing expert

Focus of services

• Marketing Strategy
• Branding
• Event Conception
• Corporate Communication

Professional career

• Marketing Expert, ADKL
• Speaker Event Communication, ERGO
• Creative Director, 1-Ideenagentur
• Study: Visuelle Kommunikation, Düsseldorf, Dipl.-Des.

Berthold Decker

public auditor, tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Agriculture and Forestry
• Freelance income, especially healthcare professions
• Metalworking
• Real estate management, real estate, property

Focus of services

• Annual audit
• Tax planning advice
• Inheritance tax and succession planning
• Company succession and legal form

Professional career

• Appointment as public auditor (1982)
• Appointment as tax advisor (1981)
• Studies: economics, Saarbrücken; Degree (1974)

Dr. Dominik Decker

tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Agriculture and Forestry
• Medium-sized businesses
• Medical practices

Focus of services

• Tax advice for medium-sized companies and entrepreneurs
• Creation of annual accounts
• Business analysis and planning; Creation of profitability and liquidity plans
• Succession advice
• Digital financial accounting

Professional career

• Partner at ADKL (since 2017)
• Tax advisor at ADKL (since 2014)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2014)
• Tax advisor at Dr. Harzem and partners (2012-2014)
• Doctorate: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm Universität Bonn – Research Associate (2007-2012)
• Studies: Business Administration, University of Passau (2001-2006)

Philipp Dietz

lawyer, authorised translator

Focus of services

• Labor Law
• Corporate Law
• Insurance Law

Professional career

• Partner at ADKL (since May 2020)
• Lawyer in medium-sized commercial law firms
• Lawyer since 2013
• Legal Internship (2011-2013)
• Work in a medium-sized auditing firm (2008-2010)
• Studies and legal clerkship with focus on tax law
• Translator (since 2004)
• Daimler Chrysler and Mercedes Benz Mexico (2000-2003)

Roland Dudek

it auditor, audit manager

Specific industry knowledge

• Real estate business
• Trade
• Software manufacturer / information technology

Focus of services

• (Group) annual audits
• Issuing of software certificates according to IDW PS 880
• IT tests according to IDW PS 330
• Project accompanying exams according to IDW PS 850
• Lecturer activities

Professional career

• IT auditor IDW (since January 2017)
• Audit manager at ADKL (since 2015) along with predecessor companies (since 2006)
• Studies: Business administration, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences (2000-2005)

Mihrican Duman

hr manager

Focus of services

• Recruiting
• Active Sourcing
• Human Resources Management
• Process Optimization and HR Projects

Professional career

• Senior Consultant, SMC SteinMart GmbH & Co. KG (2018-2022)
• Human Resources Planner, Partner Personaldienste Süd-West GmbH (2016-2018)
• Project Manager, ibau GmbH (2012-2016)

Elena Duscha

tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• IT sector
• Service sector
• Energy industry

Focus of services

• Corporate taxation
• Taxation of individuals
• Accompanying external audits
• Creation of annual accounts
• Accompanying digital accounting

Professional career

• Appointment tax advisor (2014)
• Tax specialist (since 2010)
• Tax Assistant (since 2003)

Heike Fiss

Lawyer, Specialist Lawyer for employment law, Specialist Lawyer for medical law

Professional career

• Attorney at ADKL
• Activity as an insurance lawyer
• Legal clerkship (2018-2021)
• Studies in Halle and Münster (2011-2017)

Thomas Eggierth

tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Information services
• Trading enterprises

Focus of services

• Corporate taxation
• Taxation of individuals
• Group tax law
• Value added tax
• Supervision of digital accounting

Professional career

• Partner at ADKL (since 2022)
• Tax advisor at ADKL (since 2015)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2015)
• Tax assistance at ADKL along with predecessor companies (2011-2015)
• Studies: Business Administration, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf (2005-2011)

Heike Fiss

lawyer

Focus of services

• labour law
• contract law
• company law
• medical law

Professional career

• Lawyer at ADKL (since Jan. 2024)
• Bregenhorn-Wendland & Partner
• PETERS Attorneys at Law
• Diekmeyer Wagenknecht Nordmeyer (Bielefeld)

Julia Förster

marketing manager

Focus of services

• Business Development
• Event Marketing
• Public relations

Professional career

• Marketing Manager at ADKL (Seit 2015)
• Assistant Alliance Manager, MOORE Deutschland AG (2010-2015)
• Studies: Business Administration – Tourism and Event Management (2006-2009)

Martin Giepen

lawyer

Focus of services

• Healthcare
• Bankruptcy law
• Employment Law
• Corporate law

Professional career

• Partner at ADKL (since April 2019)
• Görg Rechtsanwälte
• Hammes Insolvenzverwalter
• Metzler, von der Fecht
• Klaas & Kollegen
• Several years in his own law firm in Brühl
• First registration in 2001

Michael Gieretz

tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Company taxation
• Preparation of annual financial statements
• Transfer pricing
• Consulting for national and international companies
• Taxation of private individuals
• Audit of annual financial statements (individual and consolidated)

Professional career

• Tax advisor at ADKL (since 2013)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2013)
• Audit assistant at ADKL (2010-2013)
• Studies: Economics (2005-2010)

Reinhard Hahn

lawyer

Focus of services

• Family law

Professional career

• Independent lawyer (since 1979)
• Studies: Law, University of Cologne

Lisa Hägele

tax advisor

Focus of services

• Taxation of Companies
• Taxation of Private individuals
• Year-end reporting
• Consulting of national and international companies
• Asset and company sucession
• Transfer pricing

Professional career

• Tax Consultant at ADKL (since 2022)
• Tax Consultant (since 2022)
• Tax assistant at ADKL(since 2013)
• Tax assistant (since 2013)
• Master of Arts: Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Taxation

Christin Hengstermann

public auditor, tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Construction industry
• Rehabilitation facility
• Logistics
• Manufacturing

Focus of services

• Audit of annual financial statements (individual and consolidated financial statements)
• Tests according to the broker and property developer regulation
• Special audits (forensic audits)
• Financial statements disclosures

Professional career

• Appointment as public auditor (2013)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2010)
• Studies: Business Education, University of Duisburg-Essen (2002-2007)

Judith Heske

tax advisor

Special industry knowledge

• Real Estate Investments
• Financial services
• Advertising industry
• Construction industry

Focus of services

• Advising national and international groups of companies
• Support in restructuring and transactions
• International tax law
• Support during tax audits

Professional career

• Partner at ADKL (since 2023)
• Tax advisor at ADKL (since 2018)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2017)
• KPMG AG Düsseldorf (2011-2017)
• Studies: Business Administration, University of Duisburg-Essen (2007-2011)

Constanze Hoberg

tax advisor

Special industry knowledge

• Construction industry
• Production industry

Focus of services

• Corporate taxation
• Taxation of individuals (with foreign affairs)
• Preparation of annual financial statements and tax returns for natural persons, partnerships and corporations

Professional career

• Tax advisor at ADKL (since 2021)
• Appointed as tax advisor (2021)
• Studies: Taxation and Auditing, FH Niederrhein (2013-2017)
• Training as a tax clerk (2013-2015)

Gabriela Jasse

tax advisor, expert in insolvency tax law

Specific industry knowledge

• Tax processing of insolvency proceedings in all industries

Focus of services

• Bankruptcy tax law
• Corporate taxation

Professional career

• Partner at ADKL (since 2023)
• Tax consultant at ADKL Consulting GbR (since 2015)
• Specialization in insolvency tax law (since 1999)
• Activities in national law and tax firms (1995-2014)
• Appointment as tax consultant (2008)
• Studies: Economics, FH Niederrhein (2002-2006)
• Training as tax clerk and tax specialist

Thomas R. Jorde

public auditor, lawyer, tax advisor, specialist lawyer for tax law

Specific industry knowledge

• Automotive
• Measuring technology
• Cable producers

Memberships

• Chairman of the “Business Succession” working group at the Institute of Public Auditors in Germany (IDW)
• Member of the “Family Business” working group at the Institute of Public Auditors in Germany (IDW)

Focus of services

• Structuring and advising medium-sized and international companies and assets
• Foundation and trust advice
• Succession planning
• Accompanying corporate transactions
• Arbitration

Professional career

• Public auditor, lawyer, tax advisor, partner / board member at ADKL (since 2017)
• Warth & Klein Grant Thornton (2010-2017)
• BDO AG (1997-2010)
• Dr. Schulze zur Wiesch (1992-1997)

Martin Junior

Lawyer

Focus of services:

• Insolvency administration

Professional career:

• Attorney at law with ADKL (since 2023)
• Attorney at law with Piepenburg Rechtsanwälte (2012-2023)
• Law studies in Trier

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)

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)

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)

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)

Dr. Katharina Linnemann

tax advisor

Focus of services

• Domestic and international corporate taxation
• Restructuring of corporate groups
• Expert opinions on taxation issues
• Support during tax audits

Professional career

• Tax advisor at ADKL (since 2024)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2023)
• Tax advisor/assistant at KPMG (2021-2024)
• Academic assistant and PhD student at University of Münster (2016-2020)
• M.Sc. and B.Sc. at University of Münster (2011-2016)

Rainer Lemm

tax advisor

Focus of services

• Preparation of annual accounts
• Tax advice for companies of all legal forms / private individuals
• Start-up advice

Professional career

• Partner at ADKL (since 1996)
• Appointment as tax advisor (1995)
• Team member at ADKL (since 1983)

Dr. Peter C. Minuth

lawyer

References

• Pfleiderer Infrastrukturtechnik GmbH & Co KG
• PIN Group AG S.A.
• teNeues Media GmbH & Co. KG
• Belmark GmbH & Co KG
• WUMAG GmbH & Co KG
• CS Beteiligungs GmbH
• Holger Sawetzki

Responsible cooperation:

• Babcock Borsig AG
• Ihr Platz GmbH & Co KG
• Fried. Gustav Theis Kaltwalzwerke GmbH

Career

• Insolvency administrator at ADKL (from 2023)
• Insolvency administrator at Piepenburg (2000-2022)
• Studies of law/economics (DE/USA)
• Mountain Infantryman of the German Armed Forces; Reserve Officer

Marco Nelleßen

tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Information Technology
• Pharmaceutical industry

Focus of services

• Corporate taxation
• Taxation of individuals
• Preparation of annual financial statements and tax returns for natural persons, partnerships and corporations

Professional career

• Tax advisor at ADKL (since 2021)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2020)
• Warth & Klein Grant Thornton AG (2016-2021)
• Studies: Taxation & Auditing, Hochschule Niederrhein (2012-2016)

Jan Oberdörster

public auditor

Specific industry knowledge

• Investment firms
• Financial services institutions
• Asset Management Companies
• Production

Focus of services

• Annual and consolidated financial statements audit HGB
• Audit of the securities services business in accordance with § 89 WpHG
• Regulatory advice (esp. WpIG, KWG, KAGB, IFR, CRR)

Professional career

• Auditor at ADKL (since 2024)
• Lecturer for income taxes, University of applied sciences Düsseldorf (since 2022)
• Appointment as public auditor (2022)
• Auditor/Assistant at jurowsky + partner mbB and Sauermann – Epple – Jurowsky (2017-2023)
• Studies: Accounting and Auditing M.Sc., University of Münster as well as University of Bochum (2018-2021) and Business Administration B.A., University of applied sciences Düsseldorf (2013-2017)

Wolfgang Piroth

lawyer

References

• Tautges & Friends Personaldienstleistungen GmbH
• Caritas Pflegedienste GmbH
• Maschinenfabrik HESE GmbH
• Großschlachterei Freyer GmbH & Co. KG
• GoGas Goch GmbH & Co. KG
• Reitsport GmbH

Responsible cooperation:

• MG Rover Deutschland GmbH
• Kettler GmbH
• Solarworld AG

Career

• Insolvency administrator at ADKL (from 2023)
• Insolvency administrator at Piepenburg (2004-2022)
• Law studies in Cologne

Tobias Polka

public auditor, tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Trade (electrical and metal industry)
• Production (chemical, pharmaceutical, electrical, telecommunications, project companies, automotive)
• Family Office & Asset Management
• Hotel industry and hospitality

Focus of services

• Transfer pricing and advice on international corporate structures
• Annual and consolidated financial statements audit
• Business consulting, especially due diligence, corporate succession
• IT audits / introduction of ERP systems
• Compliance management systems / GoBD / e-balance sheet

Professional Career

• Board member of MSI Global Alliance, London (since 2018)
• Partner / board member at ADKL (since 2017)
• Auditor, tax advisor at ADKL (since 2015)
• Appointment as public auditor (2014)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2010)
• Warth & Klein Grant Thornton AG (2006-2015)
• Studies: Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen, MSM, Dipl.-Kfm. (2002-2007)

Tina Risse

tax advisor

Focus of services

• Corporate taxation, especially partnerships
• Succession planning
• Quality management
• Annual audits
• Process management

Professional Career

• Tax advisor at ADKL (since 2008)
• Riebschläger & Partner, Düsseldorf (1996-2007)
• Appointed tax advisor (2007)
• Studies: Business Administration, Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences (1999-2003)
• Training as a tax clerk (1996-1998)

Timo Röhl

tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Cryptocurrencies
• Wood material industry
• Real Estate
• Steel and metal industry

Focus of services

• Advice on national and international (corporate) tax law
• Advice on employee assignments / income tax
• Accompanying company audits
• Expert opinion on tax issues

Professional career

• Partner at ADKL (since 2022)
• Tax advisor at ADKL (since 2018)
• Big Four, Düsseldorf (2010-2017)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2017)
• Master of Law: University of Cologne, corporate tax law (2016)
• Tax clerk (2013)

Irja Simon

Tax Consultant

Focus of services

• Tax advice for national and international corporations and groups of companies
• Preparation of income tax returns for corporations and partnerships
• Support during tax audits

Professional career

• Tax consultant at ADLK (since 2024)
• Tax consultant at Deloitte (2017 – 2024)
• Tax consultant at Ernst & Young (2016 – 2017)
• Tax consultant at Deloitte (2009 – 2015)
• Appointment as tax consultant (2008)
• Warth & Klein Grant Thornton AG (2003 – 2008)
• Studies: Economics, University of Paderborn (1996 – 2002)

Marc Sarburg

public auditor, lawyer, tax advisor, specialist lawyer for tax law

Specific industry knowledge

• Automotive
• Packaging industry
• Information technology
• E-sports

Publications

• Foreign family foundations in tax administration practice, German tax law 41/2019, page 2111-2115
• Continuation of business in the light of the obligations of the financial statements provider, WpG 2017, pages 1179-1188
• Inheritance tax option for unlimited tax liability is contrary to EU law, Die Wirtschaftsprüfung 2016 page 1256-1264
• Effects of the Hünnebeck decision on optional regulations of German (inheritance) tax law, German tax law 2016 page 2777-2782

Focus of services

• Support in disputed tax law matters (administration, FG, BFH, CJEU)
• Multidisciplinary advice to business leaders
• Advice to family companies also in executing wills

Professional Career

• Board member of MSI Global Alliance (since 2019)
• Speaker for the IDW Academy – further training of auditors (since 2017)
• Lecturer in tax law, German Academy for Tax, Law & Economy – Abels Kallwas Stitz, Cologne (since 2016)
• Appointment as auditor (2013)
• Partner at ADKL (since 2015) along with predecessor companies (since 2008)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2006)
• Prast & Kollegen, Wesel
• 4 years Big Four, Düsseldorf
• Studies: Law, Cologne (Lawyer since 2002)

Memberships

• Member of the “Trendwatch” committee at the Institute of Auditors
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Taxpayers North Rhine-Westphalia e.V.

Edda Steiger

Tax Consultant

Focus of services:

• Taxation of individuals
• Company taxation
• Taxation of annual accounts

Professional career:

• Tax consultant at ADKL (since 2021)
• Appointment as tax consultant (2020)
• Studies of Business Administration at the University of Hamburg (Diploma 1991)
• Dual studies at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences for Finance (Diploma 1985)

Klaus Verstegen

public auditor, tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Construction industry
• Rehabilitation clinics
• Logistics
• Trade
• Manufacturing

Focus of services 

• Annual audits (individual and consolidated financial statements)
• Company valuations, due diligence
• Special exams
• Forensic exams
• Business reports

Professional career

• Board member of ADKL AG, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (since 2015)
• Partner at ADKL along with predecessor companies (since 2001)
• Rölfs Partner AG, Düsseldorf (1999-2000)
• KPMG, Düsseldorf (1992-1999)
• Studies: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster; Diplom-Kaufmann (since 1992)

Peter Volprecht

public auditor, tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Plastics processing industry
• Wholesale (electrical / computer)
• Medical technology
• Telecommunications including project business and construction-related services

Focus of services

• Annual Financial Statements HGB
• Audit of the consolidated financial statements HGB
• Business advice
• Expert assessments

Professional career

• Partner / board member at ADKL (since 2017)
• Auditor, tax advisor at ADKL (since 2015)
• Appointment as public auditor (2009)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2003)
• Warth & Klein Grant Thornton AG (1999-2015)
• Studies: Business Administration, University of Cologne (1992-1999)
• Training as an industrial clerk at Bilfinger & Berger Bau AG (1989-1992)

Wolfram Wagner

public auditor, tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Insurances
• Banks
• Rehabilitation clinics
• Aviation
• Business-related services

Focus of services

• Company valuation
• Checking the adequacy of severance payments for structural measures under company law
• Internal revision
• Fiduciary activity

Professional career

• Responsible for the areas of corporate finance / company valuation, trust work (since 2004)
• Accompanying almost 100 corporate structural measures of companies / groups with values in the billions
• Partner / board member at ADKL (since 2015) along with predecessor companies (since 2005)
• Annual audits at PwC, Düsseldorf / Paris
• Studies: Business Administration, Cologne / Clermont-Ferrand, France

Marc Wilmschen

public auditor

Specific industry knowledge

• Manufacturing
• Trade
• Telecommunications
• Business-related services
• Hospitality

Focus of services

• Sustainability Reports – Audit and Consulting
• Audits of annual and consolidated financial statements HGB/IFRS
• Preparation of annual accounts
• Data analytics
• Due Diligence

Professional career

• Public auditor at ADKL (since 2021)
• Ernst & Young, Düsseldorf (2013-2021)
• Appointment as public auditor (2020)
• Studies: Business Administration M.Sc., University of Bayreuth (2011-2013) and Business & Economics B.Sc., University of Wuppertal (2008-2011)

Daniela Welling

tax advisor

Focus of services

• Corporate taxation
• Taxation of individuals
• Expert opinion on tax issues
• Bankruptcy tax law
• Preparation of annual accounts
• Supervision of tax audits

Professional career

• Tax advisor at ADKL (since 2014)
• Tax advisor at Dr. Ganteführer, Marquardt & Partner GbR, Düsseldorf (2012-2014)
• Appointed as tax advisor (2012)
• Tax consultant at WP / StB Heinz-Bernd Hanten, Düsseldorf (2009-2012)
• Tax consultant at ECOVIS KSO, Düsseldorf (2004-2009)
• Studies: Business Administration, FH Gelsenkirchen-Buer; Diplom-Betriebswirtin (FH)

Alexander Wilsing

lawyer, specialist lawyer for labour law

Focus of services

• Employment Law
• Tenancy law
• Social security law

Professional career

• Specialist lawyer for labor law (since 2005)
• Attorney at ADKL (since 1996)
• Legal clerkship: Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court
• Studies: Law, Cologne

Mike Wohlgemuth

tax advisor

Specific industry knowledge

• Real Estate
• Online trading

Focus of services

• Company taxation
• Preparation of annual financial statements
• Advice to national and international companies

Professional career

• Tax advisor at ADKL (since 2021)
• Appointment as tax advisor (2020)
• Tax specialist (since 2007)
• Assistant tax consultant (since 2003)

Wiljo Wimmer

lawyer

Special industry knowledge

• Local government processes
• municipal supervisory law in the transport and energy supply sectors
• Supervisory law for credit institutions

Focus of services

• Criminal Law
• Inheritance Law
• Administrative Offences Law
• Traffic Law
• Tort Law

Professional career

• Member of the Supervisory Board of VR Bank eG Monheim, currently Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since 2014)
• Supervisory Board mandates in the transport and energy sector in the years (2004 – 2014)
• Specialist lawyer for criminal law (since 1998)
• Associate/Partner with ADKL mbB (since 1993)
• Freelance lawyer (since 1990)
• Legal clerkship OLG Düsseldorf (1986 – 1990)
• Studies: law at the University of Cologne (1981 – 1986)