Prof. Dr. Jens M. Schmittmann

Attorney, tax consultant, specialist attorney for insolvency and restructuring law, specialist attorney for commercial and corporate law, specialist attorney for tax law, of counsel

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Prof. Dr. Jens M. Schmittmann

Vita

* 1968

Areas of expertise

Insolvency law
Restructuring law
Insolvency tax law

Teaching

FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management
University of Oldenburg

Other activities

Member of the Senate for Lawyers’ Matters of the Federal Court of Justice

Professional career

Of Counsel at HLB Schumacher Hallermann since 2024
2019 – 2022 Editor-in-chief of the magazines “Betriebs-Berater” and “Der Steuerberater”
since 2018 Member of the Bar Senate of the Federal Court of Justice
2013 to 2018 Member of the Bar Court of North Rhine-Westphalia (2nd Senate)
2007 to 2014 Dean of the Department of Business Law at the FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management (today: FOM University of Applied Sciences), Essen
2007 Appointed as a specialist lawyer for commercial and corporate law by the Hamm Bar Association
2006 Appointed Professor of Business Administration, Commercial and Tax Law at the FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management, Essen
2004 Appointed as a specialist lawyer for insolvency law by the Hamm Bar Association
2002 Admitted to the Hamm Higher Regional Court as a lawyer
2001 Appointment as a tax consultant by the Düsseldorf Chamber of Tax Consultants
2001 Appointed as a specialist lawyer for tax law by the Hamm Bar Association
Since 2000 Chief editor of the journal “Verwaltungsrundschau”
1998 Joined the law firm Dr. Schulz & Sozien, lawyers, notaries, specialist lawyers, tax consultants, in Essen. Practiced as a lawyer in the areas of tax law, commercial law and new media law. Also worked as an insolvency administrator, court-appointed trustee and liquidator
1998 Doctorate at the University of Trier under Professor Dr. Bülow as Dr. iur. with the dissertation “Telefax Transmissions in Civil Law with Special Consideration of Competition Law”
1996/1997 Employment with KPMG Deutsche Treuhandgesellschaft AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft in Düsseldorf and freelance work as a lawyer in Essen.
1996 Second state examination in law and admission to the bar
1994/1996 Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf
1994 First state law examination at the Rhineland-Palatinate Judicial Examination Office
1989/1993 Studied law, economics and Romance languages and literature at the Universities of Bochum, Bonn and Trier.