Dr Thorsten Zumwinkel

Partner | Head of Tax Criminal and White Collar Criminal Law Düsseldorf

Address

PwC Legal

Georg-Glock-Straße 22

40474 Düsseldorf

Contact details

Tel.  +49 211 981-4843

Email  E-Mail

Qualification

  • Specialist Lawyer (Fachanwalt) for Tax Law since 2012
  • Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) since 2009
  • Graduate in fiscal affairs since 2002

Expertise

  • Legal advice and defence in tax and white-collar crime cases
  • National and international companies and groups
  • Executive boards, supervisory boards, managing directors, advisory boards
  • Private individuals

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
I offer

About me

Thorsten Zumwinkel has been advising private companies and individuals on tax and commercial criminal law since 2009, after previously working for the tax authorities. One focus of his work is advising and defending executive board members, supervisory board members, managing directors and advisory board members. Another focus of his work is corporate representation, but also criminal law prevention. In the course of his work as a lawyer he has been responsible for and played a leading role in a large number of so-called internal investigations to clarify compliance violations. Dr Thorsten Zumwinkel regularly publishes specialist articles, especially on topics relevant to criminal tax and customs law, and is the author of renowned specialist commentaries on criminal tax law and the law on administrative offences. In addition, he can be found as a speaker at leading training and professional events.

Memberships

  • German Bar Association
  • Cologne Bar Association
Career
  • Since 2015: PwC Legal, Düsseldorf
  • Until 2015: Worked for a leading tax boutique, Cologne and Munich, since 2013 as partner
  • 2010: Doctorate at the University of Cologne, Chair of Prof. Dr. Joachim Hennrichs (subject of the dissertation: The German REIT Act - tax legislation in the area of conflict between European and constitutional law)
  • Until 2008: Worked for the fiscal administration of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Until 2008: Legal clerkship, Higher Regional Court District Hamm
  • Until 2006: Law studies, University of Cologne
  • Until 2002: Dual training in the NRW tax administration with studies at the University of Applied Sciences for Finance, Nordkirchen
Publications
  • Mittelbare (ausländische) Anteilsverschiebungen an grundbesitzhaltenden Gesellschaften in: PStR 01/2023, S. 14
  • Beckschäfer/Franke-Röhricht/Wenzler, Steuerstrafrecht A - Z, 1. Auflage 2023
  • Hanken/Kleinhietpaß/Lagarden, Verrechnungspreise, 4. Auflage 2023
  • Hanken/Kleinhietpaß/Lagarden, Verrechnungspreise, 3. Auflage 2020
  • Betriebsveranstaltungen: Vorsicht bei der Teilnahme von „Geschäftsfreunden“, AG 2014, S. 79 ff.
  • Prozesskosten als außergewöhnliche Belastungen: Noch lohnt sich der Streit, Stbg. 2014, S. 72 ff.
  • Ermittlung von Spekulationseinkünften in fremder Währung: Rechtslage weiterhin unklar, Stbg. 2014, S. 120 ff. (mit Gomes)
  • Kosten eines Prozesses als außergewöhnliche Belastung steuerlich abzugsfähig?, AG 2013, S. 86 ff. (mit Mack)
  • Liquide Mittel, Festgeldanlagen und Geldmarktfondsanteile als schädliches Verwaltungsvermögen i. S. d. § 13b Abs. 2 Satz 2 Nr. 4 ErbStG - Rechtssicherheit?, Stbg. 2012, S. 263 ff. (mit Kamps)
Mentions
  • Dr. Thorsten Zumwinkel has been regularly named, awarded and recommended for many years as one of the leading German lawyers in the field of tax and white-collar crime.