Personal Tax Consulting & Planning

With over 19 years of experience at some of the world's top law firms, Todd focuses his practice on tax and trust law, business succession and fiduciary matters, and general counsel advice. Todd advises high net worth individuals and families, their family controlled businesses and funds, as well as their foundations, trusts and family offices on a wide variety of tax, business and private client matters. Todd regularly represents private banks and financial institutions, multi-family offices and other financial advisors. He also advises tax exempt organisations on charity matters and assists private clients with their philanthropic aims. In addition to…

fter completing my business administration studies at the University of Mannheim, I worked for a long time in Frankfurt am Main as a tax consultant in a world-leading consulting firm, where I advised German and international tax authorities. After intermediate stages in medium-sized tax offices I have since July 1, 2018 the law firm SSP in Ettenheim. My main fields of expertise are both national and international tax law matters for individuals and corporations as well as restructuring and acquisition projects. In addition, we develop tax strategy concepts for corporate and private use as well as for business succession.

I chair our firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Team of 16 transactional attorneys and tax specialists and assist our firm clients with regard to achieving their estate planning objectives. Having more than 30 years’ experience as an M&A attorney and corporate advisor, combined with being a CPA and having a master’s degree in taxation, provides me with a unique background and perspective to advise the firm’s business clients in achieving their goals in the most timely and tax-efficient manner. Whether we are buying or selling a business, I structure and oversee our firm’s M&A transactions. As a trusted business advisor, I…