Work
- Many years of work as a lawyer and tax advisor in a leading major German law firm
- Senior manager in an international tax consultancy firm
- Authorised signatory at a nationally leading tax consultancy and auditing firm
- Managing director of PULSAR Consulting GmbH Rechtsanwalts- & Steuerberatungsgesellschaft
- Lecturer at ADI (Academy of property industry) on Real estate taxation law
Education
- Studied law and gained his doctorate in law at the University of Bayreuth, simultaneously studied business administration (Dipl.-Kfm.)
- Lawyer
- Tax Consultant
- Executor (AGT)
Expertise
- Real estate and corporate transactions
- Business succession
- Private clients / family entrepreneurs
- Transformations and restructuring
Negotiating languages
English, German
Authoring work / Publisher
- Co-author Eberl / Kapteina / Kleeberg / Martin, Decisions on the Law on Monuments, Kohlhammer
- Co-publisher/Co-author Engelhard/Wagenseil, The medium-sized company, organisation – law – taxes – accounting, Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co.
Continuous publications
1st Lawyer Certificate Online Family and Inheritance Law
- Constitutional requirements for the relationship between income taxes and the Inheritance Tax Act (Part II – Trends in the case law of the BVerfG and the courts of instance), AnwZert ErbR 3/2016 Note 2
- Constitutional requirements for the relationship between income taxes and the Inheritance Tax Act – Part 1: Trends in the case law of the BFH and the courts of instance, AnwZert ErbR 7/2016 Note 2
- Real estate transfer tax on gifts of real estate subject to a condition, BFH v. 20.11.2013 – II R38/12, AnwZert ErbR 17/2014
- German Inheritance Tax Law and EU Law (Part 5), AnwZert ErbR 13/2014
- German Inheritance Tax Law and EU Law (Part 4), AnwZert ErbR 11/2014
- German Inheritance Tax Law and EU Law (Part 3), AnwZert ErbR 9/2014
- German Inheritance Tax Law and EU Law (Part 2), AnwZert ErbR 7/2014
- German Inheritance Tax Law and EU Law (Part 1), AnwZert ErbR 5/2014 2.
- Inheritance tax duties of the executor: notification of the assessment, payment of inheritance tax and settlement of the estate (Part 3), AnwZert ErbR 13/2023 Note 1.
- Inheritance tax duties of the executor: The inheritance tax declaration (Part 2), AnwZert ErbR 11/2023 Note 1
- Inheritance tax duties of the executor: Introduction and overview (Part 1), AnwZert ErbR 9/2023 Note 1.
2nd Juris Praxis Report Family and Inheritance Law
- Taxation of a bequest due on the death of the beneficiary | BFH v. 31.08.2021 – II R 2/20 | jurisPR-FamR 21/2022
- No tax exemption as a family home without use for own residential purposes before the occurrence of a compelling obstacle, FG München v. 24.02.2016 – 4 K 2885/14, jurisPR-FamR 19/2017
- No tax relief under § 13a ErbStG in the case of transfer of a limited partner’s share subject to a reservation of usufruct by way of anticipated succession, comment on FG Münster v. 04.07.2013 – 3 K 1309/12 Erb, jurisPR-FamR 20/2014
- Real estate transfer tax in the case of a gift of real estate subject to a condition, comment on BFH v. 20.11.2013 – II R 38/12, jurisPR-FamR 14/2014
- No credit for inheritance tax paid abroad, comment on BFH v. 19.06.2013 – II R 10/12, jurisPR-FamR 3/2014
- VAT exemption for professional guardians, comment on BFH v. 25.04.2013 – V R 7/11, jurisPR-FamR 2/2014
- Transfer of assets in return for pension benefits in the event of an agreement prior to the 2008 assessment period, comment on BFH v. 18.07.2013 – X B 75/12, jurisPRFamR 26/2013
- Interpretation rule for contractual substitute succession, comment on OLG Celle, order of 05.11.2012 | 6 W 197/12, jurisPR-FamR 25/2013.
- Administrative assets not favoured for tax purposes in the case of a limited partner’s share acquired by way of gift | FG Neustadt (Weinstraße) v. 18.08.2022 – 4 K 2120/19 | jurisPR-FamR 21/2023 Note 4
- Wagenseil, jurisPR-FamR 8/2024 Note 6/Cancellation of the restriction on disposal and pooling of voting rights pursuant to Section 13a para. 5 no. 5 ErbStG 2009 by transferring all shares subject to the pooling obligation; Comment on: Hamburg 3rd Senate Tax Court, judgment of 28.09.2023 – 3 K 124/21
- Wagenseil, jurisPR-FamR 7/2024 Note 1/DBA-Sweden 1992 after discontinuation of the Swedish gift tax; Comment on BFH 2nd Senate, judgment of 24.05.2023 – II R 27/20
Talks
- Lecture at GABA (German American Business Association) on 26 September 2013 in Cologne, topic: “Transfer Pricing”.
- Lecture at the International Tax Forum on 10 May 2012 in Frankfurt am Main, topic: “Tax Law Issues in Real Estate Investments in France”.
- Lecture at the event “Transaction Day” on 12 November 2011 in Munich, topics: “Basics of M&A Tax Law”.
- Lecture at the event “Transaction Day” on 11 November 2011 in Munich, topic: “Taxes, Financials and Purchase Price in SPA”.
- Lecture at the Forum: Toolbox für Stiftungen, Unternehmen und Service Clubs, Symposium: Kooperationen on 22 October 2010 in Munich, topic: “Rechtliche und steuerliche Besonderheiten bei Kooperationen” (Legal and fiscal particularities of cooperations)
- Lecture at the event “Real Estate Market in Transition: Opportunities and Risks” on 19 March 2009 in Munich, topic: “Tax Aspects of Asset Management”.