• Dr. Jörg Luxem

    • Tax-Lawyer
    • Tax Adviser
    • Tax Law Specialist
    • Company law, inheritance law, company acquisitions, mercantile law, commercial law mediator
    • Managing Partner
  • Dr. Ingo Heuel

    • Tax-Lawyer
    • Tax Adviser
    • Tax Law Specialist in Cologne
    • Criminal Tax Law (Criminal Tax Proceedings, Voluntary Self-Disclosure in Cases of Tax Fraud)
    • Managing Partner
  • Roswitha Prowatke

    • Tax-Lawyer
    • Tax Adviser
    • Tax Law Specialist
    • LL.M (Commercial Criminal Law) in Cologne
    • Criminal tax law (voluntary self-disclosure in cases of tax fraud, criminal proceedings for tax offences), liability law and law on fees for tax advisers
    • Managing Partner
  • Lars Kelterborn

    • Tax-Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Tax Law Specialist in Cologne
    • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (University of Applied Sciences)
    • Audits, tax investigation, tax fraud, voluntary self-disclosure and international tax law
    • Managing Partner
  • Jan Rehorst

    • Tax-Lawyer
    • Tax Adviser
    • Tax Law Specialist
    • Contract lawyer
  • Dorothée Gierlich

    • Associate Tax-Lawyer
    • Tax Law Specialist
    • Commercial and Company Law Specialist
  • Linda Zopes

    • Associate Tax Adviser
    • M.Sc. Business
  • Kestutis Rudzika

    • Tax-Lawyer
    • Transfer pricing expert
    • Certified Tax Expert International Taxation
    • Partner not within the meaning of PartGG [German Law on Partnership Companies]
  • Benno Scharpenberg

    • Tax-Lawyer
    • Tax Adviser
    • Former President of the Fiscal Court
    • Of Counsel
  • Dirk Beyer

    • Associate Tax Lawyer
    • Tax Law Specialist in Cologne
    • Audits, tax investigation, tax fraud, voluntary self-disclosure - former head of the audit and tax investigation department
  • Dorothea Luxem-Groß

    • Associate Lawyer
    • Mediator
  • Dr. Isabell Matthey

    • Associate Tax-Lawyer
    • Tax Law Specialist
    • LL.M. (commercial and tax law)
    • Audits, tax investigation, tax fraud and voluntary self-disclosure
  • Sarah Harink

    • Associate Tax-Lawyer
    • Tax Law Specialist
    • LL.M. in tax law

       

  • Dr. Thomas Stemmler

    • Contract Lawyer
  • Philipp Stegmann

    • Associate Tax Lawyer
    • Inheritance Law Specialist
    • LL.M. (company succession, inheritance law and wealth management)
  • Martin Wölky

    • Associate Tax Adviser
    • International tax law
  • Dr. Alex Janzen

    • Associate Tax-Lawyer
    • Tax Law Specialist
    • Lawyer specialized in banking and capital market law
  • Daniel Sivrikaya

    • Associate Tax-Lawyer
    • Business law graduate
  • Domenik von Thenen

    • Associate Tax-Lawyer
  • Alexandra Herrmann

    • Associate Lawyer
  • Hannah Groß

    • Associate Tax Adviser
    • M.Sc. Law and Finance
    • Inheritance Tax, Gift Tax, Sales Tax

Your Tax-Lawyers, Tax Law Specialists and Tax Advisers in Cologne & Zurich.

LHP Tax-Lawyers Tax Advisers is a Cologne-based law firm operating throughout Germany and specialising in the field of criminal tax law, tax disputes and tax structuring. We have successfully advised our clients in these fields for almost 20 years. In addition, in the context of our tax-related legal advice, we advise companies and entrepreneurs, as well as private individuals, in questions of company-law structuring or asset succession focussing on optimal inheritance-tax designs. Our high degree of specialisation ensures that we can fulfil both our own and our clients' high-quality requirements. We are tax-lawyers, tax advisers, tax law specialists, certified criminal tax law advisers, expert consultants in international tax law and business mediators. 

Specialisation ensures the highest possible quality for our clients

Awards

We do not only satisfy our clients' demands. Our awards, which are based on recommendations by colleagues, confirm our counselling approach based on the principle of having, at least, two advisers.

Reliability

Should you need help immediately - as is often the case in criminal tax law - we make sure that you get an appointment quickly (in urgent cases usually on the same day).

Specialisation

Because of our high level of specialisation we are familiar with all developments and details within the relevant individual legal fields. We regularly publish articles in the relevant specialist journals and make presentations at the relevant conferences.

Our services

Disputed tax law - tax dispute and legal protection

Criminal tax law - tax evasion and tax avoidance

International tax law - cross-border issues

Tax structuring - tax optimization and tax avoidance

Tax-related legal advice - corporate law, commercial law & mediation

Inheritance law and succession for private individuals and companies

Currently in focus: cryptocurrencies

Dr. Jörg Luxem
Tax-Lawyer, Tax Adviser, Tax Law Specialist, Mediator
Dr. Ingo Heuel
Tax-Lawyer, Tax Adviser, Tax Law Specialist, Certified Adviser in Criminal Tax Law (DAA)
Roswitha Prowatke
Tax-Lawyer, Tax Adviser, Tax Law Specialist, LL.M. (Commercial Criminal Law), Certified Adviser in Criminal Tax Law (DAA)
Lars Kelterborn
Tax-Lawyer, Tax Adviser, Tax Law Specialist, Specialist Consultant for International Tax Law, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B)
Jan Rehorst
Tax-Lawyer, Tax Adviser, Tax Law Specialist
Dorothée Gierlich
Associate Tax-Lawyer, Tax Law Specialist, Commercial and Company Law Specialist
Linda Zopes
Associate Tax Adviser, M.Sc. ((Business) (Diplom-Kauffrau)), Specialist Consultant for International Tax Law
Kestutis Rudzika
Tax-Lawyer, Transfer Pricing Expert, Certified Specialist for International Tax Law
Benno Scharpenberg
Tax-Lawyer, Tax Adviser, Of Counsel
Dirk Beyer
Associate Tax-Lawyer, Tax Law Specialist, former Head of Audit and Tax Investigations Department
Dorothea Luxem-Groß
Associate Lawyer, Mediator
Dr. Isabell Matthey
Associate Tax-Lawyer, Tax Law Specialist, Criminal Law Specialist, LL.M. (Tax)
Sarah Harink
Associate Tax-Lawyer, LL.M. (Tax Law), Tax Law Specialist
Dr. Thomas Stemmler
Contract Lawyer
Philipp Stegmann
Associate Tax-Lawyer, Inheritance Law Specialist, Tax Law Specialist, LL.M. (Company succession, inheritance law and wealth management)
Martin Wölky
Associate Tax Adviser
Dr. Alex Janzen
Associate Tax-Lawyer, Tax Law Specialist, Lawyer specialized in banking and capital market law
Daniel Sivrikaya
Associate Tax-Lawyer, business law graduate
Domenik von Thenen
Associate Tax-Lawyer
Alexandra Herrmann
Associate Lawyer
Hannah Groß
Associate Tax Adviser, M.Sc. Law and Finance

Exclusive know-how in working with the tax office and the tax authority

As tax-lawyers, tax advisers and tax law specialists, as well as former tax officers, LHP Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater have very exclusive know-how in dealing with tax authorities and, in particular, the tax offices and the tax investigation department. A number of pitfalls have to be avoided, in particular, in litigation before the fiscal court and the Federal Fiscal Court. The same also applies to criminal tax proceedings. The latter require extensive and detailed knowledge of internal processes within the administration, of tax law and criminal law. In these cases, experts who are only tax advisers or who are only lawyers sometimes reach their limits. Because of our long-standing experience on both sides of the negotiation table, we can, as a rule, achieve excellent results for our clients. 

Do you need an appointment with a lawyer and tax adviser in Cologne?

In urgent cases (e.g. during a house search by the tax investigation department), you can get an appointment with a lawyer or tax law expert and tax adviser in Cologne at short notice - usually on the same day - at 0221/390977-0. During a first meeting, we can usually provide the client with an evaluation of his/her legal situation and an outlook regarding possible further proceedings. In this context, our counselling approach is based on transparency and honesty, i.e. in case success is less likely, we directly address this fact and point out the risks in existence. Sometimes, a personal visit is not possible. Therefore, an appointment can also be made via Skype. Simply talk to us.

Being right is not enough - we make sure that you win your case.

You must win your case. Our tax-lawyers and tax advisers in Cologne are specialists and renowned experts in tax law disputes, criminal tax law and structuring counselling. We have obtained the necessary additional qualifications as tax advisers and/or tax law specialists and also have long experience, especially in proceedings before the fiscal courts and as defence lawyers in criminal tax proceedings. In addition, as lawyers, tax advisers or tax law specialists, our former tax officials know how "the other side" works.

We also advise colleagues (as tax advisers and lawyers)

Colleagues (tax advisers and lawyers) appreciate our advice in those cases which are not part of their day-to-day work. We are pleased to provide them with our special skills as partners - and not as competitors. This applies, in particular, in cases from the fields of litigation before fiscal courts, criminal tax law (in particular in defending criminal tax proceedings), professional third-party liability and fee issues as well as expert reports and structuring proposals regarding specific legal and tax issues. Upon request, we offer colleagues client protection and act behind the scenes. 

LHP Tax GmbH und LHP Legal GmbH

Cologne
An der Pauluskirche 3-5, 50677 Cologne,
T: +49 221 39 09 770

Zurich
Tödistrasse 53, CH-8027 Zurich,
T: +41 44 212 3535