WP/StB Karl Petersen

Public Accountant / Tax Consultant

Diplom-Kaufmann

Managing Director

Dr. Kleeberg & Partner GmbH
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Steuerberatungsgesellschaft (Audit and Tax consultancy firm)

Augustenstraße 10, 80333 München

Tel: +49 (89) 559-83-0
E-Mail: karl.petersen(at)kleeberg.de

Teaching

• Accounting in accordance with the German Commercial Code (Summer Semester 2011)

Professional Career

• 1981 - 1983: Apprenticeship as a bank clerk at Bayerische Vereinsbank AG
• 1983 - 1988: Studied business administration, Ludwig-Maximilians Univeristy in Munich
• 1988 - 1989: Corporate customer consultant, Bayerische Vereinsbank AG
• 1989 - 1995: Audit manager/Authorised officer at the Arthur Andersen auditing and tax consulting firm in Munich
• since 1995: Dr. Kleeberg & Partner GmbH auditing and tax consulting firm in Munich

Main Consulting Areas

• Annual and special audits in various sectors and legal forms
• Consolidated accounting in accordance with HGB and IFRS
• Implementation of conversions in accordance with IFRS
• Implementation of IPO projects
• Due diligence and company valuations
• Assistance with corporate mergers, purchases and sales of companies
• Consulting projects dealing with company restructuring
• Tax-related consultancy concerning the redesign of corporate concepts
• Company tax planning

Committee Work

• Chairman of IDW (Institute of Public Auditors, Germany)
• Advisory board member at the Chamber of Public Accountants

Selected Publications

• Authorship of commentary and expert articles in various reference works on financial accounting and auditing
• Editor, IFRS-Praxishandbuch 2011, 6. Auflage, München 2011.
• Editor, Systematischen Praxiskommentars Bilanzrecht as well as Handbuchs Bilanzrecht, both Bundesanzeiger-Verlag, Köln, 2010.
• BilMoG in Fallstudien - Einzel- und Konzernabschluss, NWB Verlag, Herne, 2010 (mit C. Zwirner/K.P. Künkele).
• BilMoG in Beispielen, Anwendung und Übergang - Praktische Empfehlungen für den Mittelstand, NWB Verlag, Herne, 2. Auflage, 2011 (with C. Zwirner/K.P. Künkele).
• Bilanzanalyse und Bilanzpolitik nach BilMoG, Einzelabschluss, Konzernabschluss und Steuerbilanz, NWB Verlag, Herne, 2. Auflage, 2010 (with C. Zwirner/K.P. Künkele).
• BilMoG, Gesetze - Materialien - Erläuterungen, Verlag C.H. Beck, München, 2009 (ed. with C. Zwirner).
• Konzernrechnungslegung nach HGB, Wiley VCH-Verlag, Weinheim, 2009 (with C. Zwirner).

Mr. Petersen’s further publications can be found here.