Susanne Thonemann-Micker
Partner, Practice Group Lead Private Clients
Düsseldorf, PwC Germany
Susanne Thonemann-Micker, LL.M., specializes in providing comprehensive legal and tax advice to entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals in the context of holistic planning and implementation of corporate and asset succession on a national and international level, including foundation and non-profit law.
Susanne has numerous publications on inheritance law, tax law and foundation law and regularly lectures on these areas. Susanne Thonemann-Micker is a long-standing member of the tax committee of the Germen Lawyers' Association (DAV), the tax committee of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) as well as the German Branch of the Society of Tax and Estate Practitioners (STEP). She has been listed by Juve for years as a leading expert in succession, assets and foundations.
Languages: German, English
Memberships:
- Tax Committee German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK)
- Tax Committee German Bar Association (DAV)
- Member of the board of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- Member of the board of a large German charitable foundation
Mentions:
- 2023: leading name for high-net-worth private clients and non-profit institutions; "very good lawyer" (JUVE tax)
- 2022/2023: frequently recommended (JUVE)
- 2021/2022: "very good lawyer", competitor (JUVE)
- 2020/2021: frequently recommended (JUVE)
- 2019/2020: "very committed and good advisor for succession issues", competitor (JUVE)
- 2018/2019: "very committed and good advisor for succession issues", competitor (JUVE)
- 2017/2018: "excellent, practice-oriented", "expert for tax-related succession planning" Competitor (JUVE)
- 2016/2017: "recognized, esp. for tax-related succession planning" Competitor (JUVE)
- 2015/2016: "meanwhile a real name in the market, gets to the point" Competitor (JUVE)
- 2014/2015: "committed, experienced, understands clients' concerns" Competitor (JUVE)
- 2013/2014: "thorough, quickly target-oriented", "very practice-oriented" Competitor (JUVE)
- 2012/2013: "excellent expertise, high commitment" Competitor (JUVE)
- 2011/2012: "shooting star in the succession world", "provides excellent and practical advice" Competitor (JUVE)
At a glance
Areas of focus
- Tax advice for private individuals, succession planning
Experience
- Since 2018: Partner at PwC
- Until 2017: Partner in law boutique with focus on asset and business succession planning
Credentials
- UHWN/HNI
- Boards of directors, supervisory boards, managing directors, advisory boards
- Foundations (non-profit and private)
- Family offices
- Family businesses
Education
- Specialist Lawyer for Tax Law since 2008
- Lawyer since 2005
- Until 2005: Legal clerkship, Higher Regional Court District Düsseldorf, New York
- Until 2002: Postgraduate studies in tax sciences Master of Laws (LL.M.)
- Until 2000: Law studies, Münster
