Management

International tax planning, structuring of investment companies, collective funds structures, European law, constitutional law with regards to tax and finance aspects

Studies of law at the Universities of Munich and Regensburg, Dr. jur. 1989

1987 - 1997
Member of the tax department of Hoechst AG, Frankfurt / Main (now Sanofi/Aventis)

1997 - 2002
Partner of the European law firm SJ Berwin, Frankfurt / Main

since 2002
Managing director of PAROPA - Rosenthal Law Firm, Frankfurt / Main

since 1999
President of the German-Australian-Pacific-Lawyers-Association

Co-author of the Debatin/Wassermayer, double taxation agreements, countries: Australia, Ireland, Uruguay

German (native speaker)
English
Spanish (basic knowlege)
Portuguese (basic knowlege)

formation of companies, especially for German, Swiss and Austrian companies, representation, agency and distribution agreements, terms and conditions of trade, employment law including employment agreements and representing employers and employees in disputes, intellectual property including trade mark registrations, passing off, statutory and other intellectual property infringements, leasing of commercial property, international succession law including drafting wills under German and Australian substantive and procedural laws

Michael joined the law firm Schweizer Kobras in 1994 and became a partner in 1998. He was the first "Recognised Foreign Lawyer" in New South Wales being admitted in both Germany and Australia.
Until 1992, Michael practised for a number of years in Munich in general civil and commercial law.
In October 2006, Michael was also registered as a Migration Agent. He has over 20 years experience in a wide variety of legal work covering corporate and business law as well as inheritance law under German and Australian jurisdictions. He has also appeared in Australian courts as an expert in German inheritance and family law.

German (native speaker)
English

International tax planning and structuring of investments, taxation law and customs law, Asia-Pacific region, European tax law

1992 - 1994
employed at a leading international audit and tax consultancy firm

1995 - 1999
tax specialist in a German industry association

since 2000
Head of Taxation and Customs Law in the Group Tax Department of Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg; member of several tax industry associations and a frequent speaker, panelist and author especially in the areas of tax policy, international tax structuring and double taxation avoidance

German
English
French
Italian (basic knowledge)
Spanish (basic Knowledge)

Industrial property (patents, trademarks, licensing) employee invention remuneration law, r&d-contracts, mediation

Volker completed his studies of law at the University of Bonn and University of Cologne

Volker was a member of the trademark and licensing department of Merck KGaA, Germany, for 7 years.
He is currently Head of the Industrial Property of VOITH PAPER HOLDING GMBH & CO KG, Germany.
He was admitted as a Rechtsanwalt (attorney-at-law) in Germany in 1991.
He is co-founder of PatEffect Schutzrechtsmanagement GbR advising on IP management and organisation, IP strategies, patent management and licensing.

German (native speaker)
English (fluent)
French (basic)

External relations of the European Union, in particular in respect of the Pacific region; contract law and the development of a European Contract Law; transnational governance and the private sector.

Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Newcastle, Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of New South Wales, Master of Laws at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany, Master of Laws at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Anne is a lecturer in the ANU College of Law at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Anne was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1990. She was a legal practitioner for two years before becoming an academic. She has extensive experience teaching the law of contract, commercial law, international business law and the law of the European Union at numerous institutions in Australia. Anne is an adjunct lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Sydney University and at the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales

English
German
French (intermediate)