Joachim S

Since 2003
German lawyer - Rechtsanwalt, member of the Cologne Bar, Cabinet SCHULZ, Germany
Franco-German business law. International taxation: representing companies before the tax authorities on VAT matters. Supporting clients of the Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

04/2004 - 05/2019
Legal and Tax Director, member of senior management, CFACI (Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry). Managing a team of 10 lawyers, tax specialists and accountants with dual Franco-German expertise, and managing subcontractors in these fields. Services in every area of international business law and international taxation, and permanent representation of more than 500 companies: setting up and winding up companies, tax agent for more than 300 companies for VAT and insurance tax, payroll manager in France and in Germany for the employees of more than 100 foreign companies (drafting employment contracts, hiring procedures, personnel management, dismissal procedures), VAT recovery in every member country of the European Community for more than 150 companies, representative of foreign companies for their employees posted to France for more than 150 companies a year, management consulting, commercial management and administration, auditor in the field of data protection for companies belonging to the CFACI and development of data processing procedures, registered office services, support and representation in the related fields: company law, international taxation, employment law, commercial law, commercial litigation, business development, human resources, international trade, commercial agency law, trademark protection, data protection, arbitration, mediation.
Files handled and communication in the following languages: German, French and English.

04/2004 - 05/2019
Member of the « Tour Orphée » residents' committee
Management of a high-rise condominium of about 300 units in Paris.

01/2012 - 05/2019
General Secretary of the CFACI MEDIATION Centre - Creation and management of a mediation centre. Settlement of international commercial disputes worldwide

2005 - 2006
Visiting lecturer, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
« University diploma in German law ». Comparative German-French company law

06/2003 - 03/2004
Lawyer, Cabinet d'avocats STORP, Paris
Drafting of contracts, management of disputes, incorporation of companies, international business law, company law, employment law

11/2001 - 02/2002
Trainee lawyer/judge, SOFFAL, law firm, Paris
Franco-German international business law, French and international taxation, Franco-German company law

02/2000 - 11/2001
Legal counsel, SSP, law firm, Cologne/Paris
Disputes in the field of Franco-German company law, international company law, drafting of legal instruments under French law, private international law, French and international succession matters

2000 - 2002
Trainee lawyer/judge : Referendariat, Cologne, Cologne Regional Court
SOFFAL, Paris, training in Franco-German business law and tax law, SSP law firm, Cologne, Brühl Town Hall (administrative law, general civil matters), Cologne public prosecutor's office (indictments, criminal proceedings), Cologne District Court (drafting of judgments, general civil matters).

10/1999 - 01/2000
Legal counsel, France Télécom, Paris, legal department of the International Relations division
Comparison of the German and French legal systems, drafting of reports on telecommunications law before the commercial and European courts, European competition law

02/1995 - 03/1995
Legal counsel, internship at the Dupuis-Kallmann-Lammert law firm, Bonn/Cologne
Commercial law, drafting of legal instruments in the media sector

08/1994 - 10/1994
Legal counsel, internship in the legal department of the Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union, Brussels
Drafting of reports in the field of competition law and trademark law, participation in the sessions of the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament, drafting of reports on those sessions for the German ministry of foreign affairs, European Union law