Your Attorneys, Tax Law Specialists and Tax Advisers in Cologne & Zurich

Disputed tax law - tax dispute and legal protection

Our specialist lawyers for tax law advise you in all tax matters in the enforcement of your tax claims. This is especially the case in contentious tax audits and lawsuits before the fiscal courts and appeals before the Federal Fiscal Court. Our tax attorneys look back on up to 20 years of practical experience in tax law and competently support your tax concerns.

Criminal tax law - tax evasion and tax avoidance

LHP Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater are specialists in tax law with a long-standing focus on criminal tax law with an emphasis on voluntary disclosure. We offer qualified advice on criminal tax law throughout Germany and represent our clients as criminal defense attorneys in court. Our attorneys have many years of experience, a high level of expertise in tax law and criminal tax law, as well as the ability to assert themselves in criminal tax proceedings.

International tax law - cross-border issues

As tax lawyers and tax consultants specializing in international tax law (Fachberater für Internationales Steuerrecht), we advise companies and private individuals on the optimal tax structuring of international activities and restructuring, the optimization of payment flows taking into account German and international tax law and the relevant double taxation agreements, advise on transfer pricing or inheritance and gift tax issues with cross-border implications. 

Tax structuring - tax optimization and tax avoidance

The legally secure and tax-optimized structuring of desired changes in corporate structures or private asset relationships is in safe hands with our team of attorneys, specialists in tax law and in commercial and corporate law, as well as tax consultants. In particular, as consultants for international tax law, we specialize in cross-border issues of tax structuring.

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

LHP Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater provide advice in matters of contract law and in matters of corporate and company law. With our team of lawyers, tax law specialists, business mediators and tax advisors, we support clients, among other things, in setting up a company, amending articles of association, restructuring companies or expanding companies (M&A). In cases of shareholder disputes, we stand by your side as trained mediators and business mediators or disputing lawyers. We advise you on the establishment of foundations and support you in the ongoing legal and fiscal management of the foundation.

Inheritance law and succession for private individuals and companies

As attorneys for inheritance law and tax advisors, we are competent partners for both private individuals and companies in all legal and tax-related questions of asset succession. In addition to providing advice on inheritance law, we also focus on the settlement of estates. We advise you comprehensively and competently in all questions concerning the assertion of your claims as heir, beneficiary of a compulsory portion or legatee and are available as executor of a will if required.

Currently in focus: cryptocurrencies

As lawyers and tax advisors as well as specialist lawyers for tax law and criminal law, we have experience in tax structuring and legal advice in connection with the taxation of cryptocurrencies as well as in criminal tax proceedings. We competently assist you in all matters related to crypto assets and also offer the service of cryptocurrencies tax consulting.

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

As attorneys, 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 attorneys 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.