Chair of Finance and Control









PROF. DR. JENS BLUMENBERG












SHORT CV






  • Since 2010

    Honorary professor at the University of Göttingen



  • Since 2005

    Chair events at the Institute for German and International Taxation at the University of Göttingen, Faculty of Business and Economics



  • Since 1998

    Partner at Linklaters LLP (until 2001 Oppenhoff & Rädler) in Munich (until 2003), Frankfurt/Main (until 2018) and Hamburg (since 2018)



  • 1992 - 1998

    Associate (until 1995) and junior partner (1996) at Oppenhoff & Rädler (now Linklaters) in Munich



  • 1995

    Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) at the Institute for International and Foreign Finance and Taxation at the University of Hamburg; Dissertation topic: The Taxation of Thin Capitalization in the USA



  • 1994

    Admitted as a tax advisor, main areas of practice: international and European tax law, restructuring, company acquisitions and sales, transfer pricing and advice in connection with tax compliance violations; Ranked as a leading advisor in German tax law in various industry directories (Juve, Chambers & Partner, Legal 500 (Tax Lawyer of the Year 2024), Handelsblatt, etc.)



  • 1991 - 1992

    Research assistant, Independent Committee of Experts on Company Taxation at the European Community (Ruding Committee) in Brussels



  • 1989 - 1991

    Price Waterhouse, International Tax Service Group, Associate in New York/USA



  • 1984 - 1989

    Studies in Business Administration at Hamburg University, graduating as Diplomkaufmann















ACADEMIC ACTIVITY



  • Numerous publications in tax science monographs, handbooks, journals and press articles

  • Numerous presentations at national and international conferences, seminars and other events









OTHER ENGAGEMENTS



  • Member of the Tax Working Group of the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.

  • Member of the Tax Committee of the Chamber of Commerce in Germany

  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the LMU Munich Tax Awards of the Institute for Taxation and Accounting at LMU Munich

  • Member of the Fachinstitut der Steuerberater e.V.

  • Member of the IFA German Branch









<br /> Portrait photo of Prof. Dr. Jens Blumenberg



Contact


Chair of Finance and Control



Prof. Dr. Jens Blumenberg

Faculty of Business and Economics

University of Göttingen

Chair of Finance and Control

Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3

(Oeconomicum)

Secretariat Room 2.235

37073 Göttingen



Tel. +49 551 39-29786

finanzenunccontrolling@uni-goettingen.de



Office hours:

By appointment