

Helmut König
Tax Advisor
Partner
- T +49 211 518989-117
- F +49 211 518989-29
- Dusseldorf
Competences
Corporate Charities & Non-Profit Organisations Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity Restructuring, Recapitalisation & Insolvency Tax Law Foundations Administration of Foundations Associations & Federations Assets, Succession, FoundationsLanguages
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Helmut König
Career
Helmut König is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT's Dusseldorf office and head of the Tax practice group. His area of activity comprises mainly tax structurings and transformations but also advice on VAT issues, tax procedural law, corporate restructuring and recapitalization. His clients include German and international businesses from the service and manufacturing sectors, private equity, tax-privileged corporations and public-law institutions.
Helmut König studied business economics at the University of Bielefeld (graduation in 1986, Diplom-Kaufmann). He was publicly appointed Tax Advisor in 1991 and Certified Public Accountant* in 1997. Helmut König was partner of Rölfs WP Partner AG (1999-2006) and Mazars Hemmelrath/ Marccus Partners (2007-2010). He has been working with BEITEN BURKHARDT since 2010.
(* Activities requiring the qualification as Certified Public Accountant are executed in an independent accounting and auditing firm.)
Helmut König is recommended.
(Legal 500 Deutschland 2020 and Legal 500 EMEA 2020)
Helmut König is recommended due to his "comprehensive expertise".
(Legal 500 Germany 2019 and Legal 500 EMEA 2019)
Helmut König is recommended.
(The Legal 500 Germany 2016 & The Legal 500 EMEA 2017)
Awards
Memberships
- Member of the IDW working group "Sales Tax"
- Member of the IDW working group "Tax Compliance"
Publications / Lectures
Books:
The Securitisation Transaction - Asset-based financing of enterprises at the capital market
Helmut König, co-author: Risk Transfer (pp. 127-134)
Ed. Heinrich Meyer/Frank R. Primozic, Boorberg-Verlag, 2011
Steuern in der Insolvenz (Taxes in Insolvency)
Helmut König, co-author: Restrukturierung, Sanierung Insolvenz (Restructuring, Recapitalisation, Insolvency)
Ed. Andrea Buth/Michael Hermanns, Verlag C.H. Beck, revised 3rd edition
Leitfaden zum EU-Umsatzsteuerrecht (Guide on VAT Law in the European Union)
Helmut König, co-author
Ed. Dieter Hild/Helmut König, IDW-Verlag, 2003
Probleme des Umsatzsteuerbinnenmarktes (Problems related to the VAT Single Market)
Helmut König, co-author
IDW-Verlag, Arbeitskreis "Umsatzsteuerbinnenmarkt", 1997
Essays:
Observing Tax Laws and Protecting the Company from Sanctions
Helmut König
Gastgewerbe Magazin, 15 September 2016
In-house Control System Reduces Risks
Helmut König
PREGAS Presseportal, 15. September 2016