FIRM PROFILE
SPECIALIZING IN BILATERAL AMERICAN GERMAN CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS, BASED ON DOUBLE BAR ADMISSIONS IN BOTH COUNTRIES
PRACTICE AREAS:
AMERICAN-GERMAN
- PROBATE LAW, ESTATE LAW, TRUST LAW, WILLS
- ESTATE AND GIFT TAX LAW, INCL. CRIMINAL TAX FRAUD LAW
ADMITTED:
- Bar of Frankfurt am Main
- New York State Bar
- in Germany entitled to appear before all German Courts nationwide except the German Federal Supreme Court, civil sections
- Bar-Approved Specialist in Tax Law (Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht), Frankfurt am Main
- Certified and Sworn Court Translator, Frankfurt am Main
- Certified Public Accountant, Frankfurt am Main
EDUCATION:
- B. A. Fürstenberg-Gymnasium, Donaueschingen, West Germany
- Universities of Erlangen/Nuremberg and Munich (J.D.)
- University of Cologne (M.B.A., Diplom-Kaufmann)
- Universities of Speyer and Passau (S.J.D., Dr.iur.)
- LL. M. Southern Methodist University, Dallas
MEMBER:
- New York State (Section of International Law and Practice) and American Bar Associations
- German American Chamber of Commerce of the Western United States
- German American Lawyers Association
FRATERNITY: Phi Alpha Delta, Dallas.
BIOGRAPHY:
- Author: "Rückwirkung im Steuerrecht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der steuerlichen Rückwirkung von Verträgen" (Retroactivity in Tax Law under Specific Consideration of Retroactivity of Contracts), ISBN 3-7890-1153-3
- Assistant Professor, University of Bonn. Germany Clerk (Rechtsreferendar), Department of Justice, Mainz.
With:
- Bankwest, Perth, Autralia, 4 months
- B.F. Goodrich Canada Ltd., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, 2 months
- Coopers & Lybrand, New York, N. Y., 4 months
- Arthur Andersen, Düsseldorf, 1 year
- German Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Rio de Janeiro, 3 months
- Ernst & Whinney, Frankfurt am Main, 3 years
- Storey, Armstrong, Steger & Martin, Dallas, Texas, 6 months
- Jupiter Hospital Corporation, Long Beach, California, 4 months
LANGUAGES: German, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
BORN: Bamberg, Germany