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Dr. Holger J. Jakob
Attorney, Tax Advisor, Certified Public Accountant
Certified Specialist in Tax Law
Certified Specialist in Insolvency Law
Frankfurt am Main
Eschersheimer Landstraße 25-27
60322 Frankfurt am Main
T +49 69 95 957-877
F +49 69 95 957-250
Doctorate degree: an der Universität Marburg 1998
Admitted in: 1996
Universities: Passau
- Practice areas
- Legal practice
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Holger J. Jakob advises in corporate law, tax law and insolvency law.
He has vast experience in supporting mainly medium-sized companies regarding incorporation, restructuring, merger and demerger, M&A transactions and reorganization matters. In the field of tax law, he has vast experience in tax planning and structuring, representation in tax audits and tax litigation proceedings.
Furthermore he has got long experience as insolvency administrator (Insolvenzverwalter) and he is certified public accountant (vereidigter Buchprüfer).Dr. Jakob was assistant professor (Lehrbeauftragter) for corporate law at Fulda University of Applied Science for many years as well as for VAT at the Fachhochschule für Ökonomie & Management and regularly holds lectures and courses, in particular relating to company succession.
- Areas of expertise
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- Incorporation and Restructuring of Companies, Reorganizations
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Succession
- Tax Optimization of Transactions
- Tax Optimization of Assets, Inheritances and Corporate Successions
- Restructuring
- Insolvency
- Eigenverwaltung & Schutzschirmverfahren
- Distressed M&A
- Insolvenzbezogene Prozessführung
- Memberships
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Rechtsanwaltskammer
Steuerberaterkammer
Wirtschaftsprüferkammer
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Steuerrecht im DAV
Indo German Association for Legal Cooperation - IGAL e.V.
- Languages
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German, English
- Education and career
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- 1996: admittance to the Bar (Rechtsanwalt)
- 1998: PhD (University of Marburg)
- 2000: admittance as tax lawyer (Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht)
- 2002: admittance as certified public accountant (vereidigter Buchprüfer)
- 2005: admittance as tax adviser (Steuerberater)
- 2006: admittance as insolvency lawyer (Fachanwalt für Insolvenzrecht)
- Publications
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- Schutzschirmverfahren erfolgreich beendet: FPS begleitet Norzinco GmbH bei gerichtlicher Sanierung
- FPS begleitet Transaktion im Rahmen des Schutzschirmverfahrens: Übertragende Sanierung des Arsengeschäfts der PPM Pure Metals GmbH
- PACTA SUNT SERVANDA – Verträge in Corona-Zeiten: Wer muss noch leisten? Wer muss noch bezahlen?, in: IHK Magazin Wirtschaft Mai/Juni 2020, S. 16/17
- FPS begleitet Unternehmen der Recylex-Gruppe bei weiterer Sanierung in Eigenverwaltung im Schutzschirmverfahren
- Asset Deals – Damit der Datenschutz nicht zum Dealbreaker wird, Beitrag im Handelsblatt Rechtsboard, 19.11.2019
- C.H. Beck; Schäfer/Conzen Praxishandbuch Immobilien-Projektentwicklung, 3. Auflage, ISBN 978 3 406 63919 7
- Peter Lang Verlagsgruppe: Überhangmandat und Gleichheit der Wahl, 1998, 200 S.
- Awards
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WirtschaftsWoche 2022
Dr. Holger Jakob recommended in the WirtschaftsWoche-listing in the field of corporate law as well as insolvency law as TOP LAWYER.WirtschaftsWoche 2021
Dr. Holger Jakob recommended in the WirtschaftsWoche-listing in the field of M&A as TOP LAWYER.JUVE Handbook
Dr. Holger Jakob recommended in corporate / M&A („sehr versiert“, Wettbewerber).Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers®
Dr. Holger Jakob selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers™ in Germany in the field of Tax Law.