Jürgen Michels
Tax law
Rechtsanwalt
Steuerberater
Associate
Admitted to the Bar since: 1992 in Germany
Email: michels@jsw.law
Training and career/work history:
- Training as a spaecialist tax clerk
- Studied law at the Universities of Frankfurt, Münster and Cologne
- Academic assistant at the University of Cologne
- Since 1993 lawyer at JSW Rechtsanwälte and OFM Oebel Fröhlich Michels GmbH Auditors and Tax Consultants
- 1996 duly appointed as tax consultant
- Since 1997 managing shareholder of OFM Oebel Fröhlich Michels GmbH Auditors and Tax Consultants
Main Areas of Practice:
- Restructuring and conversion projects (mergers, split-ups, change of legal form)
- Tax-optimised succession planning and succession models for companies and private individuals
- Consulting on company acquisitions
- Tax matters on domestic and international real estate transactions
- Advice in complex matters of real estate transfer tax
- International tax law
- Advice on the foundation of a company (selection of legal form given tax and legal environments)
- Appeals proceedings and proceedings before fiscal courts
Memberships:
- Chamber of Public Accountants (Wirtschaftsprüferkammer) in Berlin
- Chamber of Tax Consultants (Steuerberaterkammer) in Cologne
Languages: German and English
Irmtraud Wendland
Tax law
Rechtsanwältin
Counsel
Admitted to the Bar since: 1988 in Germany
Email: wendland@jsw.law
Training and career/work history:
- Studied law at the University of Cologne
- Two semesters at the London School of Economics
- From 1982 six years as an associate in a notary’s office in Cologne
- Since 1988 lawyer at JSW Rechtsanwälte
- From 1989 – 2009 managing director of OFM Oebel Fröhlich Michels GmbH Auditors and Tax Consultants
- Since 1990 Partner at JSW Rechtsanwälte
Main Areas of Practice:
- Company foundations
- Restructuring and reorganization projects (mergers, split-ups, change of legal form)
- Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
- Company succession concepts including advice on inheritance law
- Preparation of shareholder’s meetings and supervisory board meetings
- International real estate transactions
- Due-diligence audits in connection with company acquisitions and real estate transactions
- Lecturing in the field of corporate law
Memberships:
- German Forum of Inheritance Law (Deutsches Forum für Erbrecht) e.V., Munich
- From 2007–2019 member and from 2015–2019 Chairman of the Advisory Board of CONSULEGIS EWIV/EEIG
- Since 2014 member of the Supervisory Board of HEUBECK AG
Languages: German and English