Tag: Occupational field of law and legal services
“It only matters what you thought about it”
Hanno Berger The accused is 71 years old. He faces 15 years in prison. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In the dock of the Bonn Regional Court, Hanno Berger is tugging at…
“Cum-Ex-Mastermind” Hanno Berger is considering confession
Dusseldorf He was a fugitive for nine years and has been in the dock for three months. Now Hanno Berger might confess. Germany’s best-known tax lawyer could concede in court…
Jens Bormann: Germany must make it easier to start a business
The Covid-19 pandemic has acted as a “digitization booster” in many areas. This also applies to company law. However, notarizations have so far been left out, they could only be…
Berger always lectured about his innocence in the Cum-Ex tax affair. Now his lawyer brings a confession into play. But that shouldn’t be enough for the court.
Hanno Berger in court The tax attorney Hanno Berger faces up to 15 years in prison. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf He was a fugitive for nine years and has been in…
Volkswagen in the clutches of justice
Dusseldorf They were half judgments, half homilies. When the lawyers at Volkswagen AG opened their mail in year three of the diesel affair, they had to take a deep breath.…
Leipzig Regional Court replaces UDI insolvency administrator
UDI biogas plant The drama surrounding the bankruptcy of the eco-investment house UDI continues: the district court dismisses the insolvency administrator. (Photo: udi) Berlin The letter that gets insolvency administrator…
Adler: race for damages
Just three days later – and thus probably faster than ever before in a comparable case – lawyer Maximilian Weiss from the law firm Weisswert in Stuttgart filed the first…
This is how the start of the second trial against Hanno Berger went
Cum-Ex trial against Hanno Berger in Wiesbaden In the billion-dollar tax scandal surrounding cum-ex stock deals, a second trial against key figure Hanno Berger has begun. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Chief…
Big business with illegality
illustration With the most recent State Treaty on Gambling, online casinos are actually supposed to be legalized. (Photo: Getty Images/Tetra images RF) Frankfurt In Germany, online casinos are actually illegal.…
Big business with illegality
illustration With the most recent State Treaty on Gambling, online casinos are actually supposed to be legalized. (Photo: Getty Images/Tetra images RF) Frankfurt In Germany, online casinos are actually illegal.…
Poland’s parliament votes to dissolve disciplinary body
Ursula von der Leyen and Andrzej Duda Poland wants to abolish the disciplinary body, which has been widely criticized by the EU. (Photo: Reuters) Warsaw Poland’s Sejm has approved a…
Poland’s parliament votes to dissolve disciplinary body
Andrzej Duda Poland’s controversial disciplinary chamber for judges is to be replaced by a new body. (Photo: Reuters) Warsaw In a dispute with the European Union over the independence of…
Cum-ex: Hanno Berger – extradition for fraud?
Hanno Berger The string puller in the Cum-Ex tax affair faces a long prison sentence. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The German criminal process requires the presence of the accused. Alluding to…
Tax attorney is combative at the start of the process
Hanno Berger (centre) next to his lawyers Carsten Rubarth (right) and Martin Kretschmer The former tax attorney faces up to 15 years in prison. (Photo: dpa) Bonn At 10:10 a.m.,…
Hanno Berger in the dock
Hanno Berger The string puller in the Cum-Ex tax affair is facing two processes. He faces a long prison sentence. (Photo: Simon Habegger / 13 Photo) Dusseldorf Idiots, weaklings, socialist…
Hanno Berger in the dock
Dusseldorf Idiots, weaklings, socialist gangs. The contempt that Hanno Berger feels for the German judiciary knows many foul words. The tax attorney once called the prosecutors there “ass fiddles in…
The best tax consultants and auditors 2022
consultation Despite increasing digitization, tax consultants and auditors rely on personal advice. (Photo: dpa Picture Alliance / zerocreatives) Cologne It aims to make real estate taxation fairer. At the beginning…
Hanno Berger’s defenders throw in the towel
Hanno Berger The string puller in the Cum-Ex tax affair is facing two processes. He faces a long prison sentence. (Photo: Simon Habegger / 13 Photo) Dusseldorf It could hardly…
War in Ukraine: commercial law firms end mandates in Russia
Gazprom under pressure Law firm Freshfields is ending its long-standing relationship with the Russian energy giant. (Photo: Reuters) Cologne Not long ago, commercial law firms boasted about their relationships with…
Without Anne Brorhilker, the scandal would probably never have been cleared up
Dusseldorf At the beginning of her career she dealt with drug addicts and petty criminals, but from 2013 prosecutor Anne Brorhilker entered the world of investment bankers and the super-rich.…