A company
of the ETL Group
The leading tax consulting group in Germany
Diplom-Finanzwirt (FH)
HENINNG-G. WIND, LL.M. (Int. Tax)
When passion and enthusiasm meet expertise and know-how, then we are talking about Henning-G. Wind. Born in Westphalia, he is a world traveler when it comes to national and international tax law. Henning-G. Wind was born and grew up in Bünde (Westphalia, Germany). Wind was born and raised in Bünde (Westphalia, Germany). With a degree in finance and a Master of Laws, he was already on the financial and tax scene at a young age. After studying at the universities of Osnabrück, Leuven and Tilburg, his path quickly led him to Frankfurt am Main to work for well-known companies in the sector, both nationally and internationally. He has never lost sight of his focus. As a typical networker, it is important to him to always achieve the best possible result for his clients.
Trust and proximity play an important role here, says Henning-G. Wind. For his clients, Henning-G. Wind is a trusted contact and passionate representative of his clients’ interests. He can look back on many years of experience as a party representative in transactions, contract negotiations, succession planning, tax audits and judicial and extrajudicial appeal proceedings. The experienced consultant is also a master of all-party conflict resolution, mediation and coaching. Jointly developed strategies lead to the desired goals.
Tax consultant - Mediator
VITA
Main areas of activity
- National and international tax law
- Inbound and private equity investments
- Hedge and private equity funds
- Real estate funds and real estate tax law
- SME consulting
- Structuring and design consulting
- Enforcement advice, tax support during company and tax investigation audits
- Tax advice in insolvency and enforcement cases
- Extrajudicial and judicial appeal proceedings, legal representation before tax courts, the Federal Fiscal Court and the ECJ
- Transaction advice and contract negotiations, incl. tax due diligence
- Withholding tax refunds and exemptions, advice on tax residency and double taxation agreements
- Value added tax advice on national and international transactions
- Succession consulting
- Conflict resolution, mediation
Qualifications
- Tax consultant
- Dipl.-Finanzwirt Fachhochschule für Finanzen NRW, Nordkirchen
- Institute for Finance and Tax Law at the University of Osnabrück
- EUCOTAX Delegation Vienna University of Economics and Business
- Master of Laws:
International and European Tax Law
- Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium &
Tilburg University, Netherlands - Business mediator MAY Academy, Frankfurt am Main
Career
- Financial administration of the state of NRW, in particular the appeal office
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Frankfurt am Main
- Strategic Value Partners, Frankfurt am Main
- Partner at Ebner Stolz, Stuttgart
- Chairman Global Real Estate Special Interest Group NEXIA International
- Founding partner at Wind & Meintrup, Frankfurt am Main
- Cooperation with MAY und Partner, Rechtsanwälte Mediatoren, Frankfurt am Main
Memberships
- Chamber of Tax Consultants Hesse AöR
- International Fiscal Association - IfA
- Berliner Steuergespräche e. V.
- Hamburg Association for International Tax Law e. V.
- Westfälischer Steuerkreis e. V.
- Urban Land Institute
- American Chamber of Commerce e. V.
- Initiator of the German-American SME Forum
Lecturing activities (excerpt)
- Harvard Business Club of New York, New York
- NEXIA International Real Estate SIG Conference, Boston, Miami, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Copenhagen
- EBS Real Estate Congress
- International Real Estate Day CBBL Forum
- Securities News Seminars
- C.H. Beck Seminars
- Speaker at a round table discussion series of a major international bank on asset investments and succession planning
Publications (excerpt)
- Wind / Fritz in: Weitnauer / Boxberger / Anders, KAGB, C. H. Beck publishing house (3rd edition 2021)
- Heyd / Kautenburger-Behr / Wind (eds.), Bilanzierung und Besteuerung in Insolvenz und Krise, C. H. Beck publishing house (2019)
- Wind, international real estate business - no tax on fictitious profits and other obscurities, discussion of the influence of tax case law on real estate investments, in particular shareholder debt financing, Immobilien & Finanzierung, issue 12/2017, p. 415 et seq.
- Wind, "Usual" - and therefore tax-free? - Discussion of BFH ruling on shopping centers, Immobilien Manager, issue 4/2017, p. 56 ff
