Tanja Schienke
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Tanja Schienke
Associated Partner | Flick Gocke Schaumburg
OFFICE LOCATION
JURISDICTIONS QUALIFIED IN
Germany
TOP 3 AREAS OF EXPERTISE
(International) Succession planning particularly inheritance and gift tax
Taxation foreign trusts in Germany
Advising non-profit organizations
CROSS-BORDER CLIENT EXPERIENCE IN
What has been the highlight of your practice over the past 12 months?
Transaction of Canadian real estate into a German GmbH Holding for a German family
What advice would you give rising stars/new lawyers in the private client world?
Take the time to understand what your client wants and needs.
Never stop learning.
What is your favourite quote?
You have to try the impossible to achieve the possible. Hermann Hesse
Christian von Oertzen
Christian von Oertzen
Partner | Flick Gocke Schaumburg
JURISDICTIONS QUALIFIED IN
Germany
TOP 3 AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Personal and estate planning
Succession planning
Tax
What has been the highlight of your practice over the past 12 months?
The constant workflow of international estate planning projects, especially with the US, as well as developing several close and personal client relationships beyond the world of taxes and laws.
What advice would you give rising stars/new lawyers in the private client world?
Develop your academic skills, write a lot, speak at conferences, but at the same time be an empathic person trying to listen to the client. Try to communicate clearly and not technically, be on time and be always totally reliable.
What is your favourite quote?
"Who thinks who achieved something, has stopped to develop himself," Philipp Rosental.
Andreas Richter
Andreas Richter
Partner | P+P Pöllath & Partners
JURISDICTIONS QUALIFIED IN
Germany
TOP 3 AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Family business governance
Succession planning
Family office
What has been the highlight of your practice over the past 12 months?
Mediation between TEP shareholder groups.
What advice would you give rising stars/new lawyers in the private client world?
Focus.
What is your favourite quote?
“Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly,” Gilbert Keith Chesterton.
Dominique Jakob
Dominique Jakob
Full Professor/Owner | University of Zurich/Independent adviser
JURISDICTIONS QUALIFIED IN
Switzerland
Germany
Liechtenstein
TOP 3 AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Personal and estate planning
Philanthropy and charitable giving
Foundation Law
What has been the highlight of your practice over the past 12 months?
Complete restructuring of setup and governance of a major foundation, that will be able to play an important role in global support of child needs and health in the future.
What advice would you give rising stars/new lawyers in the private client world?
Be authentic, even if you work for and with important people.
What is your favourite quote?
"Na also, geht doch," (something like: “Ah, there you go”), The Kangaroo from the Kangaroo Chronicals, Marc-Uwe Kling.
Katharina Hemmen
Dr. Katharina Hemmen
Counsel | P+P Pöllath + Partners
JURISDICTIONS QUALIFIED IN
Germany
TOP 3 AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Succession planning
Residency and domiciliation
Tax
What has been the highlight of your practice over the past 12 months?
Transfer of shares in holding company to next generation for an UHNWI requiring close cooperation with German tax authorities (private letter ruling) and involving several other jurisdictions.
What advice would you give rising stars/new lawyers in the private client world?
What is your favourite quote?
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit,” Aristotle.