Tackling tax avoidance

I have over ten years of experience in providing comprehensive advice, particularly to high net worth individuals and families with cross-border activities in connection with often very complex, international asset structures. Due to my extensive expertise in the entrepreneurial field, I also work with start-up founders as well as medium-sized and large family businesses on complex tax and related business management issues. My technical expertise as well as my empathetic, open and engaging manner are highly sought after by my clients. I specialise in international and national tax law as well as procedural tax law, in particular criminal tax law. Among other things, I advise on tax-optimised asset allocation, restructuring of assets and business groups, succession planning taking into account all personal aspects of families and their members, cross-border mobility of private individuals, business tax planning, (self-disclosure) declarations, complex tax audits as well as appeal and fiscal court proceedings. Due to my openness to technology, I am very familiar with digital business models. I have been working for many years as a lecturer at various universities in Germany and abroad, for which I also been honoured with a teaching award. I also regularly give lectures in Germany and abroad, is the author of numerous specialist articles, commentaries (Foreign Tax Act), podcasts etc. I previously worked for seven years at POELLATH (Counsel), Frankfurt, and four years at Ebner Stolz (authorised signatory), Hamburg, both in tax law. I studied business administration at the University of Bayreuth (specialising in tax and finance) and completed my Ph.D. in 2014 on the topic of ‘Cross-border divisions of corporations within the European Union’ under Prof. Dr Jochen Sigloch. In the same year, I also passed my tax advisor exam.

I am an international tax lawyer with a six years' experience in general corporate law, three years international tax law and past two years in financial market operation. I am based in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia and working for an international law firm headquartered in Milan.

With well over 10years of banking experience in corporate banking and finance, my expertise in doing the unthinkable through strategic client engagements and relationship deepening has helped many of our customers across the world build a sustainable business model. It gives me so much joy to watch my clients businesses grow beyond borders while looking good with the regulators. I am an international tax expert, a business relationship associate and a strategic planner. Value creation and leaving our customers better than we met them is what we do. It’s a fine blend of tax and finance laced with a strong passion for excellence.