Tax team joins Heuking at Frankfurt office

Effective December 1, 2021, a tax team will join the Frankfurt office of business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek. Coming from BAM Corporate Services GmbH, Jörg Michelsen (49) will work as Equity Partner. He is accompanied by Sebastian Eibich, lawyer and tax advisor, as Senior Associate, Rolando Casonato, business school graduate, and Olga Arndt, business school graduate, as Senior Tax Specialists, all from BAM Corporate Services GmbH.

Jörg Michelsen was Head of Tax at BAM Corporate Services GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, a subsidiary of Dutch construction group Royal BAM Group nv (Royal BAM), since 2012. Previously, he had worked as Manager Corporate Tax, Compliance and International Tax Services at KPMG AG for four years. Mr. Michelsen holds degrees in business administration and taxation as well as in civil engineering.

His practice focuses on comprehensive tax and accounting advice for major construction and PPP projects and on corporate restructuring, including the handling and implementation of projects in the field. His additional areas of expertise include tax advice on the posting of expatriates and transfer pricing/documentation in cross-border construction projects.

“The addition of Mr. Michelsen and his team represents a strategic expansion of the Tax Practice Group’s advisory services. Mr. Michelsen’s long-standing practical experience allows us to comprehensively advise on tax and accounting issues at complex construction and PPP projects, including their implementation in practice. We are experiencing increased need for advice in this area, which we will be covering even better for our clients with the new team members in the future,” Klaus Weinand-Härer, Partner in the Tax department, pointed out.

“Based on the focus of his practice and his experience, we are convinced that Mr. Michelsen and his team will be an outstanding expansion of Heuking’s competence in tax advice, particularly in M&A, real estate development, and PPP,” added Dr. Andreas Urban, Managing Partner of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek.