Nina advises private clients as well as medium-sized and large companies on all ongoing and structural tax matters. She specializes in tax matters related to venture capital and private equity, advising funds, investors (both corporations and individuals) and startups.
Education an Career
Nina studied tax law at the University of Applied Sciences for Finance at Nordkirchen, which forms part of the tax administration of the state of North-Rhine Westphalia. She then completed her master's degree in the "Master of International Taxation (M.I.Tax)" program at the University of Hamburg. Prior to joining YPOG, she worked for several years at SMP and Flick Gocke Schaumburg.
Experience
Nina’s recent work highlights include advising:
- General Atlantic on ongoing tax advice and advice on tax declarations in Germany
- Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners on several ongoing tax matters, accounting / financial statements and annual tax returns for their venture capital and private equity funds
- e.ventures on several ongoing tax matters as well as annual tax returns for their venture capital and private equity funds
- Cherry Ventures on several ongoing tax matters, accounting / financial statements and annual tax returns for their venture capital funds
- private clients on several ongoing tax matters as well as annual tax returns
Qualifications
- German qualified tax advisor (Steuerberaterin)
- Graduate in tax administration (Diplom-Finanzwirtin) (from the University of Applied Sciences)
- Specialist adviser for international tax law
- Master of International Taxation (M.I.Tax; Universität Hamburg)
Languages
- German
- English
- Basic Issues of Tax Systems in Brazil and Germany – General Rules on Corporate and Individual Taxation
in: Frotscher/De Hesselle, Comparison of Brazilian and German Tax Systems, 1. Edition (2024), Nomos Verlag (together with Roberto Codorniz Leite Pereira and Joel Kreklau) - Basic Issues of Tax Systems in Brazil and Germany – Anti-Tax Avoidance Rules
in: Frotscher/De Hesselle, Comparison of Brazilian and German Tax Systems, 1. Edition (2024), Nomos Verlag (together with Roberto Codorniz Leite Pereira) - The implementation of the GloBE Rules (Pillar Two) in the USA
Tectum Verlag. 2023 - § 50d Abs. 3 EStG: Also for so-called meander structures to be reduced in a validity-preserving manner
ISR - Internationale Steuer-Rundschau, 2022, pp. 247-249 [in German] (together with Dr. Florian Oppel) - Covid-19 and International Tax Law
Der Betrieb Spezial, 3/2020, 2f. [in German] (together with Ann-Kristin Lochmann)
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