„We come into play when all else fails.”

Dr. Michael Streck

Our core competencies

  • Tax disputes
     
  • Tax investigation
     
  • Tax structuring
     
  • Advisers' liability
     

Our competencies

  • Internal Affairs
     
  • Taxation of the private individuals
     
  • Taxation of sole entrepreneurs and freelancers
     
  • Taxation of partnerships
     
  • Corporate taxation
     
  • Corporate transformation
     
  • Insolvency tax law
     
  • Non profit organizations / foundations / public sector
     
  • Value added tax
     
  • International tax law
     
  • Commercial criminal law
     
  • Compliance
     
  • Inheritance and gift tax / succession
     
  • Special transaction and excise taxes
     
  • Customs duties
     
  • Income tax and social insurance law
     
  • Company law/M & A
     
  • Adviser liability
     
  • Taxation of real estate
     
We are highly specialised.

We count ourselves among Germany’s leading law firms in the area of tax law.

We are highly specialised. The quality of our consulting is based on many years of experience coupled with our specialist focus. Our competence is assured through continuous knowledge exchange as well as lecturing and writing activities.

We are not a ‘lawyer factory’. Each mandate is led by one of our partners, who is able to draw on the know-how of the entire partnership. If your mandate requires it, we are large enough to set a team onto it.

We also act as consultants to advisers. In our view, tax advisers, auditors and lawyers are partners and not competitors.

Leading business journals rank us amongst Germany’s best-known law firms. We regularly achieve high placements in the law-firm rankings that are now published on an annual basis. In the surveys, carried out by Handelsblatt, Wirtschaftswoche, Focus, Juve, etc. with the top lawyers and leading commercial law practices, we regularly appear among the highest ranking practices and individual lawyers.

We regard these awards not only as recognition of our success, but also as an incentive that motivates us to sustain the highest possible standards in our work. This gives our clients the reassurance that they can depend on our excellent expertise in tax law and criminal tax law at all times.

Awards Streck Mack Schwedhelm
Wirtschaftswoche
Inheritance Law

In the category "The best lawyers and law firms for insurance and inheritance law" Streck Mack Schwedhelm and our partner Dr. Heinz-Willi Kamps were awarded.

Handelsblatt
Germany's Best Lawyers

In the category "Germany's Best Lawyers" our partner Dr. Markus Wollweber was awarded.

The Best Lawyers in Germany
The Best Lawyers in Germany 2022

In the category "The Best Lawyers in Germany" our Cologne partner Prof. Dr. Burkhard Binnewies and Dr. Markus Wollweber were awarded.

Focus
Top Business Law Firm 2023

Streck Mack Schwedhelm was named a Top Business Law Firm 2023.

Focus
Top-Steuerkanzlei 2023Top Tax Firm 2023

Streck Mack Schwedhelm was named a Top Tax Firm 2023.

Focus
Top Lawyers 2023

In the category "Top Lawyers" our partners Dr. Rolf Schwedhelm, Prof. Dr. Burkhard Binnewies, Dr. Heinz-Willi Kamps, Dr. Peter Talaska, Dr. Markus Wollweber and Dr. Jörg Alvermann were honored.

Focus
Top Business Law Firm 2022

Streck Mack Schwedhelm was named a Top Business Law Firm 2022.

Focus
Top Tax Firm 2022

Streck Mack Schwedhelm was named a Top Tax Firm 2022.

Focus
Top Lawyers 2022

In the category "Top Lawyers" our partners Prof. Dr. Burkhard Binnewies, Dr. Klaus Olbing, Dr. Heinz-Willi Kamps (Tax Law and Inheritance Law), Dr. Martin Wulf, were awarded.

Brandeins
Best Business Law Firm / Tax Law 2023

Streck Mack Schwedhelm was awarded in the field of tax law.

Brandeins
Best Business Law Firm / Tax Law 2022

Streck Mack Schwedhelm was awarded in the field of tax law.

Juve
Business and tax law

Evaluation

The firm is one of the market leaders in criminal tax law. The firm's success is based on several respected partners who advise and defend clients on a broad range of tax law and criminal tax law issues. Banks and individuals continue to find their way to SMS, especially as a result of the ever-increasing number of cum-ex accusations by the Cologne prosecutor's office. The need for advice on insurance and sales taxes has also increased, even though the number of carousel transactions in the latter area has declined. Thanks to the addition of a partner in the previous year, criminal mandates beyond tax law have also gained in relevance, especially with an antitrust component. Tax compliance remains a mainstay, for which the firm is also regularly involved in preventive work.

Strengths

Extensive experience in individual and corporate advice, close ties to tax practice; tax compliance.

Often recommended

Dr. Jörg Alvermann

Dr. Martin Wulf ("technically good, precise in dealing with clients and colleagues; collegial and reliable in base defenses", competitor)

Prof. Dr. Burkhard Binnewies ("fast, constructive, pleasant", "highly qualified", competitor)

Legal 500
Tax Law

Streck Mack Schwedhelm was awarded in the field of tax law.