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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)
Dominik Anczok
IT-Auditor
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
Axel Augustin
public auditor, tax advisor
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)
Tim Blome
public auditor, tax advisor
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)
Philipp Bracht
public auditor, tax advisor
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)
Berthold Decker
public auditor, tax advisor
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)
Christin Hengstermann
public auditor, tax advisor
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)
Thomas R. Jorde
public auditor, lawyer, tax advisor, specialist lawyer for tax law
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
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)
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)
Jan Oberdörster
public auditor
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)
Tobias Polka
public auditor, tax advisor
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.
Marc Sarburg
public auditor, lawyer, tax advisor, specialist lawyer for tax law
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)
Klaus Verstegen
public auditor, tax advisor
Jochen von Bukowski
CPA/tax advisor
Specific industry knowledge
- Logistic
- Scientific Institutes
- Metal Trade
- Recycling
Focus of services
- Accounting Services
- Digitalisation
- Annual audits
Professional career
- Since 2023 Partner at ADKL
- 2001 – 2023 Partner CPA/ tax advisor
Jochen von Bukowski
CPA/tax advisor
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)
Peter Volprecht
public auditor, tax advisor
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
Wolfram Wagner
public auditor, tax advisor
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)
Marc Wilmschen
public auditor
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