Philipp Knoke
ATTORNEY (GERMANY), Tax advisor and CERTIFIED advisor IN international taxATION
+49 (0) 40 32 55 77 – 0
knoke@alp.de
Correspondence languages:
Primary legal fields:
- Comprehensive advice for business owners and family businesses
- Succession planning, assets, foundations
- Corporate and real estate transactions and restructurings
- Tax tribunal proceedings
- National and international tax law
- Criminal tax law
Philipp Knoke is a versatile consulting partner and adviser for integrated tax and legal advice.
Education:
Born in Hamburg in 1974. After graduating from secondary school and completing military service, he studied Law at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen, the University of Leipzig and the Humboldt University in Berlin. Passed the first state examination in law in Berlin, 1999. Legal clerkship in Berlin and Madrid, then passed the second state examination in law in Berlin in 2002. Passed the tax adviser examinations in 2008. Specialist adviser in international tax law since 2010.
Professional career:
Assistant to the Executive Board at Allianz Lebensversicherungs AG until 2005. Called to the bar in 2005. Worked as a lawyer specialising in the fields of auditing and tax and corporate law in a large medium-sized business law firm in Hanover until 2008. Qualified as a tax adviser in 2008. Worked for a medium-sized law firm in Hamburg as a lawyer and tax advisor in national and international tax law until 2013, in particular advising (family-run) businesses and their owners, on national and international M&A and real estate transactions and corporate restructuring. Head of Private Clients Hamburg at a Big Four firm until 2016, focusing on providing comprehensive advice to domestic and international family-run businesses and their owners, including criminal tax law. Joined A│L│P Rechtsanwälte⋅as a tax adviser in 2016.