Consultants

GRP Reisen Lenzen & Kollegen Beraterteam

Harald Reisen

Tax consultant, partner
Fachber. f. International tax law
Diplom-Kaufmann

 

Practice Areas

  • International tax law
  • Corporate tax law for corporations and partnerships
  • Groups-/Affiliation taxation
  • Tax law of the company purchase
  • Advising on audits, opposition proceedings and legal proceedings
  • business foundations and restructuring
  • Real estate transfer tax law
  • Tax-optimized company financing

 

Additional qualification

Consultant for International Taxation

 

Professional background

1989-1994
Studies of economics at the University of Essen with a focus on company taxation, business law and accounting, graduation as a Diplom-Kaufmann

1994-1998
Employee in the tax department of the WirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaftPrice Waterhouse GmbH, Düsseldorf

1998
Appointment as a tax consultant

1998-2006
Later, senior manager and authorized officer in the tax department of the auditing firm Ernst & Young AG, Düsseldorf

2006-2010
Tax consultant, authorized signatory in the internationally active tax consultancy company WTS AG, Düsseldorf

2010
Appointment as specialist consultant for international tax law

2010-2011
Individual practice in Düsseldorf

2011 to today
Partner of the tax firm
GRP Steuerberater • Wirtschaftsprüfer
Reisen Lenzen & Kollegen
(formerly GRP Gilz Reisen & Partner, Steuerberater • Wirtschaftsprüfer)

 

Consulting languages
German, English

GRP Reisen Lenzen & Kollegen Bernd Lenzen Partner

Bernd Lenzen

Wirtschaftsprüfer, Steuerberater, Partner
Diplom-Betriebswirt

 

Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte

  • Jahresabschlussprüfung (Einzelabschlüsse und Konzernabschlüsse)
  • Sonderprüfungen
  • Jahresabschlusserstellung
  • Unternehmensbewertung
  • Due Diligence und Begleitung von Unternehmenstransaktionen
  • Betriebswirtschaftliche Beratung und Gutachten
  • Compliance Management Systeme
  • Unternehmensgründungen und Umstrukturierungen
  • Nachfolgeplanungen und Rechtsformgestaltung
  • Datenanalysen
  • Unternehmensbesteuerung
  • Steuerliche Beratung von mittelständischen Unternehmen und Unternehmern
  • Begleitung und Beratung bei Betriebsprüfungen, Einspruchs- und Klageverfahren

 

Zusatzqualifikation

Dozent für ausgewählte Themen

 

Beruflicher Werdegang

1984–1987
Studium Finanz- und Steuerwesen an der Fachhochschule Niederrhein, mit Abschluss Diplom-Betriebswirt

1987–1989
Grundwehrdienst

1989–1993
Assistent / Prüfer / Prüfungsleiter bei BDO DEUTSCHE WARENTREUHAND AG, Frankfurt

1993
Bestellung zum Steuerberater

1993–2015
Partner der Dr. Müller, Haeb & Partner Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, Düsseldorf

1997
Bestellung als Wirtschaftsprüfer

2000–2015
Vorstand der Stüttgen & Haeb AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Düsseldorf

2002–2014
Vorstand der MOORE STEPHENS Deutschland AG, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin

2007–2014
Vorstandsvorsitzender der MOORE STEPHENS Deutschland AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin

2009–2015
Vorstand der MOORE STEPHENS Düsseldorf AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Düsseldorf

2012–2018
Geschäftsführer der WTP Weseler Treuhand und Prüfungsgesellschaft mbH, Wesel

2014–2018
Partner der ADKL Abels Decker Kuhfuß Lenzen & Partner mbB, Wirtschaftsprüfer Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater, Düsseldorf

2015–2018
Vorstand der ADKL Abels Decker Kuhfuß Lenzen AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Düsseldorf

2018–2022
Einzelpraxis in Düsseldorf

2023 bis heute
Partner of the tax firm
GRP Steuerberater • Wirtschaftsprüfer
Reisen Lenzen & Kollegen

 

Consulting languages
German, English

GRP Reisen Lenzen & Kollegen Patricia Klüsener

Patricia Klüsener

Certified Public Accountant (CPA Germany) Auditor, Tax Consultant
Business Graduate

 

Practice Areas

  • Consolidated accounting according to German Commercial Code (HGB) and IFRS
  • Financial Due Diligence investigations
  • Advice in connection with company acquisitions and disposals
    (Merger & Acquisition advice)
  • Modelling of planning of scenarios
  • Development of remediation concepts
  • Crisis management of companies
  • Financial modelling, deviation and plausibility analyses
  • Consulting in the field of optimization of accounting and bookkeeping systems
  • Audits of annual financial statements, confirmations of value,
  • Certificates according to Section 16 of the Makler u. Bauträgerverordnung (MaBV) (German Brokers and Property Developers Ordinance)
  • Company valuations according to IDW (German Institute of Public Auditors) S1

Industry focus: Plant construction, industrial and automotive sector, public companies, especially energy supply, real estate

 

Professional background

1986–1991
Studied Business Administration at the University of Cologne, focus on Industrial Management, Auditing and Tax Law, graduated as Diplom-Kauffrau (Graduate of Business Administration)

1991–1997
Activity in the audit department of KPMG Peat Marwick, Düsseldorf, renamed KPMG DTG AG, Düsseldorf

1996
Examination and appointment as tax consultant

1997–1999
Employee of Ernst & Young AG, Frankfurt, Senior, Manager/Prokurist (Authorized Signatory)

1999
Appointment as auditor

1999–2009
Manager/Authorized Signatory of Ernst & Young AG, Düsseldorf, in the Audit Department

Since 2009
Individual private practice in Meerbusch

Since April 2019
Of-Counsel of the tax firm
GRP Steuerberater • Wirtschaftsprüfer
Reisen Lenzen & Kollegen
(formerly GRP Gilz Reisen & Partner, Steuerberater • Wirtschaftsprüfer)

 

Consulting languages
German, English

GRP Reisen Lenzen & Kollegen – Julia Borack

Julia Borack

Steuerberaterin / tax consultant

Fachberaterin for international tax law
Diplom Finanzwirtin (FH) / Graduated in tax administration
Master of Laws (Taxation)

 

Practice Areas

  • Inheritance tax law / gift tax law
  • Value-added tax law
  • Tax planning
  • Consultation on tax audits, opposition proceedings and legal actions
  • Private and operational (business) tax returns

 

Professional background

2011-2014
Combined study programme at Fachhochschule für Finanzen (University of Applied Sciences for taxation), Nordkirchen

2014-2018
Tax assistant in the tax firm Gilz Reisen & Partner

2018
Appointment as a tax consultant

2018-2020
Studied Tax Law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
Graduated with Master of Laws (LL.M)

2018 to today
Tax consultant as employee pursuant to Art. § 58 StBerG in the tax firm
GRP Steuerberater • Wirtschaftsprüfer
Reisen Lenzen & Kollegen
(formerly GRP Gilz Reisen & Partner, Steuerberater • Wirtschaftsprüfer)

 

Consulting languages
German, English

Peter Zimmermann

tax consultant
Graduate economist

 

Practice Areas

  • Preparation of financial statements according to HGB and tax balance sheets (E-balance sheet)
  • Corporate tax law for corporations and partnerships
  • Group / affiliation taxation
  • Tax law of the company purchase
  • Advising on audits and opposition procedures
  • Business start-ups and restructuring
  • Tax-optimized corporate finance
  • Optimization of process flows in accounting
  • Value-added tax law
  • Company valuations

 

Professional background

1999-2005
Studied economics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, focusing on financial sciences, in particular the analysis of tax systems and optimization under economic aspects
Study internship in the tax department of Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft KPMG AG, Cologne
Graduated economist

2006-2012
Employee in a medium-sized tax firm in Düsseldorf

2009-2011
External consultant in a globally active American company in North Rhine-Westphalia

2012
Appointment as a tax consultant

2012 to today
Tax consultant as employee pursuant to Art. § 58 StBerG in the tax firm
GRP Steuerberater • Wirtschaftsprüfer
Reisen Lenzen & Kollegen
(formerly GRP Gilz Reisen & Partner, Steuerberater • Wirtschaftsprüfer)

 

Consulting languages
German, English