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.