HENNING-G. WIND
HENINNG-G. WIND, LL.M.
Tax lawyer – Mediator – Partner
Henning-Günther Wind is Partner and founder of Wind & Meintrup, a specialized international tax and business advisory boutique, operating out of Frankfurt, Germany. He is also Partner and Managing Director with Lauscher Schürmann Tax Consultants, a member of the ETL group, Germany’s largest group of independent tax consultancy firms and Top 5 tax advisory network. Henning is a sought after and trusted international advisor to special situations.
Henning is since more than 30 years in business. His practice focuses on tax consulting and tax compliance for international investors, businesses, high-net worth individuals, real estate companies, funds and holdings as well as family owned and middle market businesses. He provides advice on international tax structuring, private equity investments, M&A and domestic and international reorganizations. Henning frequently defends his clients in tax audits, anti-fraud, and Fiscal Court proceedings for a wide range of business sectors including energy, real estate, finance and banking, regulated entities, middle market industries, as well as family offices.
Henning was tax counsel with a U.S. headquartered private equity and hedge fund, responsible for its international tax structuring, transactions, negotiations, and fiscal and regulatory compliance. Henning advised international clients at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, a leading U.S. Wall Street law firm, on tax matters involving cross-border investments, securitization, M&A transactions, state aid and anti-trust matters as well as forensic work.
Henning started his career with the German tax authorities in 1991, where he was for ten years predominantly involved in tax audits, anti-fraud investigations and forensic cases scenarios, including representing the German tax authorities in Court proceedings.
He studied European, International and Domestic Tax and Business Law in Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands. He is further a qualified Business Mediator and experienced litigator.
Henning is a widely published author as well as a frequently requested speaker at national and international business conferences and forums.
Main areas of activity
- National and international tax law
- Inbound and Private Equity Investments
- Hedge and Private Equity Funds
- Real estate funds and real estate tax law
- Medium-sized business
- International Tax Structuring
- Tax audits and anti-fraud investigations
- Forensic tax work, including Court proceedings and litigations
- Transactional advice, negotiations and M&A work, incl. tax due diligence
- Tax compliance
- Conflict resolution, avoidance, and mediation processes
Qualifications
- Dipl.-Finanzwirt University of Applied Sciences for Finance NRW, Nordkirchen, Germany
- Institute for Finance and Tax Law at the University of Osnabrück, Germany
- EUCOTAX Delegation Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
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Master of Laws:
International and European tax law
- Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium &
Tilburg University, Netherlands - Business Mediator MAY Academy, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Career
- German Federal and State Revenue Service of the State of NRW, Germany
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Frankfurt am Main
- Strategic Value Partners, Frankfurt am Main
- Partner at Ebner Stolz, Stuttgart
- Chairman Global Real Estate Special Interest Group NEXIA International
- Founding partner at Wind & Meintrup, Frankfurt am Main
- Consultant with MAY und Partner, Attorneys at Law and Mediators, Frankfurt am Main
- Managing Director and Partner at Lauscher Schürmann, a member of the ETL group
Memberships
- American Chamber of Commerce e. V.
- Founder of the German-American Business Forum
- International Fiscal Association - IfA
- Chamber of German Tax Consultants
- Berliner Steuergespräche e. V.
- Hamburg Association for International Tax Law e. V.
- Westfälischer Steuerkreis e. V.
Lecturing activities (excerpt)
- Harvard Business Club of New York, New York
- NEXIA International Real Estate SIG Conference series in Boston, Miami, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Copenhagen
- EBS Real Estate Congress, Germany
- International Real Estate Day CBBL Forum, Germany
- Securities and Regulatory Seminar series, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- C.H. Beck Seminars series, Germany
- Speaker at round table discussion series of major international banks on wealth investment and succession planning for high-net worth individuals
Publications (excerpt)
- Wind / Fritz in: Weitnauer / Boxberger / Anders, KAGB, C. H. Beck Verlag (3rd edition 2021, 4th edition 2025 pending)
- Heyd / Kautenburger-Behr / Wind (eds.), Bilanzierung und Besteuerung in Insolvenz und Krise, C. H. Beck Verlag (2019)
- Wind, Internationales Immobiliengeschäft - Keine Steuer auf Scheingewinne und andere Obskuritäten, discussion of the influence of tax case law on real estate investments, in particular shareholder debt financing, Immobilien & Finanzierung, issue 12/2017, p. 415 et seq.
- Wind, "Usual" - and thus tax-exempt? - Discussion BFH ruling on shopping centers, Immobilon Manager, Issue 4/2017, p. 56 ff.
- Wind / Kaufmann, Renditefaktor Umsatzsteuer - Einfluss steuerlicher Fragestellungen auf Immobilientransaktionen, Immobilien Manager, Issue 9/2011, p. 82 et seq.