Dr. Rolf Schwedhelm

Lawyer
Certified Specialist in Tax Law
Cologne

Partner since:
1989

Lawyer since:
1985

Born:
1955

Family status:
Married, two children

Studied in:
Bielefeld and Göttingen
Dissertation on tax law

Other:

  • Member of the Managing Committee of the Trade and Company Law Working Party of the German Lawyers’ Association
  • Chair of the Supervisory Board of the German Bar Academy
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of H & R AG, Salzbergen

Expertise

  • Tax disputes  
  • Tax investigation  

Competence

  • Corporate transformation  
  • International tax law  
  • Taxation of sole entrepreneurs and freelancers  
  • Commercial criminal law  
  • Taxation of partnerships  
  • Corporate taxation  
  • Compliance  
  • Inheritance and gift tax / succession  
  • Company law / M & A  
  • Internal Affairs  

My path

It almost came to nothing. The appointment for my first interview foundered in a snowstorm on the way to Cologne. Coming from Göttingen, I was seeking a post as a lawyer after having completed my studies, doctorate and traineeship. But on Michael Streck’s insistence, it did come to a second appointment. My gut feeling – today one would say ‘intuition’ – told me that this was the right choice. And my intuition has proved right – so far for 40 years!