Dr. Jörg Weigell († 1955-2017)

Lawyer | Specialist lawyer for tax law | Founding partner

In 1997, Dr Jörg Weigell opened his law firm in sole proprietorship. The main focus of his work was tax law with all its facets and references to other areas of law, in particular criminal law and corporate law.

He has successfully conducted groundbreaking proceedings before the Federal Fiscal Court.

In 2014, he joined forces with Manuela Beckert and Martina Butenschön to form W&R Weigell Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB.

Selected publications

  • Tax Criminal Law, 2nd edition, Munich 2013 (in German, together with Thomas Kuhn).
  • Commentary on Art. 4 DTA Switzerland, in: Debatin/Wassermeyer (eds.), Double Taxation, 118th edition 2012.
  • Documentation Obligations in the Determination of Transfer Pricing: Entry of Criminal Tax Law into International Tax Law!, IStR 2005, Issue 5, pp. 162-164 (in German).
  • The restriction of the compensation of foreign losses by the new § 2a EStG, Dissertation Münster 1986 (in German).