Flick Gocke Schaumburg opens in Düsseldorf

International Tax Review is part of Legal Benchmarking Limited, 1-2 Paris Garden, London, SE1 8ND

Copyright © Legal Benchmarking Limited and its affiliated companies 2026

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement

Flick Gocke Schaumburg opens in Düsseldorf

people move 2 big

Independent law firm Flick Gocke Schaumburg is opening an office in Düsseldorf in early 2018, drawing on a team of tax and transfer pricing experts from its Bonn office.

To form the core of the new Düsseldorf office, and tax lawyers Jens Hageböke and Markus Keuthen will be moving from the Flick Gocke Schaumburg’s Bonn office.

The firm has also hired transfer pricing expert Michael Puls from Deloitte, who will start on February 1 2018.

Puls spent six years working for Big Four firms before moving to Flick Gocke Schaumburg in 2007, where he stayed until 2013. He then worked for Luther and later Deloitte, where he headed the transfer pricing practice. Puls is experienced in transfer pricing and international tax, and focuses on global documentation, tax planning and structuring, tax audits, mutual agreements and arbitration proceedings.

The team will also receive support from Flick Gocke Schaumburg’s tax partners Thomas Rödder, Joachim Schmitt and Xaver Ditz as well as other partners.

Additionally, six associated partners will be working in the Düsseldorf office all or most of the time, including tax lawyers Christina Hildebrand, Ralf Dremel and Marc Jülicher, and newly appointed associated partners Alexander Hasbach and Carsten Quilitzsch.

more across site & shared bottom lb ros

More from across our site

Overall revenues for the combined UK and Swiss firm inched up 2% to £3.6 billion despite a ‘challenging market’
In the first of a two-part series, experts from Khaitan & Co dissect a highly anticipated Indian Supreme Court ruling that marks a decisive shift in India’s international tax jurisprudence
The OECD profile signals Brazil is no longer a jurisdiction where TP can be treated as a mechanical compliance exercise, one expert suggests, though another highlights 'significant concerns'
Libya’s often-overlooked stamp duty can halt payments and freeze contracts, making this quiet tax a decisive hurdle for foreign investors to clear, writes Salaheddin El Busefi
Eugena Cerny shares hard-earned lessons from tax automation projects and explains how to navigate internal roadblocks and miscommunications
The Clifford Chance and Hyatt cases collectively confirm a fundamental principle of international tax law: permanent establishment is a concept based on physical and territorial presence
Australian government minister Andrew Leigh reflects on the fallout of the scandal three years on and looks ahead to regulatory changes
The US president’s threats expose how one superpower can subjugate other countries using tariffs as an economic weapon
The US president has softened his stance on tariffs over Greenland; in other news, a partner from Osborne Clarke has won a High Court appeal against the Solicitors Regulation Authority
Emmanuel Manda tells ITR about early morning boxing, working on Zambia’s only refinery, and what makes tax cool
Gift this article