Dr Gerrit Bartsch

Gerrit Bartsch is a tax consultant and German Public Auditor with many years’ experience in advising companies on national and international tax law, inbound and outbound investments, and tax structuring and advising on M&A transactions. He focuses on the shipping, energy and real estate sectors. 

He is also a lecturer at the Hamburg campus of the University of Europe for Applied Sciences and lectures on accounting and national and international tax law.

Before joining Grant Thornton, he worked for over 16 years as a partner at an international law firm.

Fields of expertise

• Tax advice on national and international corporate and group tax law
• Tax advice on restructuring and reorganisation
• Assistance with company acquisitions (M&A)

Memberships

• German branch of the International Fiscal Association, Berlin
• Hamburg Chamber of Tax Advisers [Steuerberaterkammer Hamburg]
• Berlin Chamber of German Public Accountants [Wirtschaftsprüferkammer Berlin]
• Institute of Public Auditors in Germany [Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer]

Publications

• Commentary on Art. 29 OECD-MA Limitation on Benefits, in: Haase, Außensteuergesetz Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen, 4. Ed., Heidelberg 2024, p. 1598-1673
• Ana Claudia Akie Utumi/Gerrit Bartsch/Doris Canen/Izabela Pienkowska/Joel Kreklau/Nina Schmidt/Pedro Paulo Bresciani/Roberto Codorniz Leite Pereira, Basic Issues of Tax Systems in Brazil and Germany, in: Frotscher/de Hesselle (Eds.), Comparison of Brazilian and German Tax Systems, Baden-Baden 2024, p. 13-63
• Gerrit Bartsch/Dino Höppner, Besteuerung von Earn-out-Vereinbarungen – eine ökonomische Analyse, in: Steuer und Wirtschaft (StuW), Issue 3/2024, p. 255-274
• Gerrit Bartsch, Gewinne ausschütten oder mit verkaufen? – Eine ökonomische Analyse, in: Finanz-Rundschau (FR), Issue 8/2024, p. 363-375
• Gerrit Bartsch, Rechtsformwechsel als Gestaltungsinstrument beim Unternehmensverkauf, in: Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis (BFuP), Issue 3/2023, p. 295-330.