Christian Nienkemper

Born in 1966 Legal studies at the Universities of Bielefeld and Cologne First Exam ("1. Staatsexamen") in 1991 Legal clerkship ("Referendariat") at the Bielefeld District Court Second (Bar) Exam ("2. Staatsexamen") in 1994 Bar admission in 1994 Lawyer with the firm of Bruckhaus Westrick Stegemann (now: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer), Hamburg and Düsseldorf from 1994 to 1996 Self-employed lawyer in Detmold from 1996 to 1999 Certified Specialized Attorney in Labor and Employment Law since...

Friedrich Kötter-Boisserée Dipl.-Finanzwirt Attorney Certified specialist in tax law Specialists areas : Tax law, transformation-of-companies tax law, transformation-of-companies law, criminal law for tax offenses I have been advising companies/individuals of all legal forms as a lawyer since 1990, specialising in tax law, and since 1997 I have also been licensed as a specialist lawyer for tax law. My former employment with the tax authorities of the state of North Rhine-Westphali...

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I was born in 1976 and studied law in Bonn (Germany) and Strasbourg (France). After my legal traineeship at the Bonn Regional Court and the 2nd state law examination, I was admitted to the bar in 2005. In 2011, the board of the Cologne Bar Association allowed me to use the title “Specialist Lawyer for Tax Law”. In 2016, I successfully took part in the “Certified Executor of Wills (AGT)” course, which was carried out in cooperation with the Working Group for Wills Execu...