Dr Bela Jansen
Areas of practice
Dr Bela Jansen has more than 15 years’ experience advising German and international clients on regulatory and (investment) tax issues in relation to asset management and in connection with all types of fund investments. He advises providers and institutional investors on the creation, structuring or restructuring of regulated and non-regulated investment funds and other investment products (securities, real property, certificates, bonds, NPLs, private equity, hedge funds, derivative instruments, open-ended and closed-end funds). He further specialises in advising on the structuring and implementation of pension assets and pension liabilities.
Vita
Dr Bela Jansen studied law at the University of Mainz and obtained his doctorate from Saarland University (both Germany). He was admitted to practise as a tax advisor in 2004.
After passing his second state law exam, Bela Jansen worked for many years as a lawyer and tax advisor in the international law firm Clifford Chance and, most recently as Managing Partner, at WTS in Frankfurt and Munich (both Germany), where he was responsible for the Asset Management & Financial Services practice. From 2016 to 2021, he was a Partner at EY and responsible for the Transaction Tax - Investment Funds & Pension Assets team.
Bela Jansen speaks German and English. He regularly holds lectures on topics such as the taxation of investments and, in 2016, was heard as an expert before the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag on the investment tax law reform. Furthermore, he is a frequent author on tax, regulatory and pension law topics, including in Berger/Steck/Lübbehüsen and Moritz/Jesch/Mann (both commentaries on the German Investment Tax Act) and in Kirchhof/Söhn/Mellinghoff (commentary on the German Income Tax Act). He is a co-founder and professional co-manager of Arbeitskreis Investmentanlagen, an investment working group established in 2019 with numerous participants from DAX companies, large family businesses, multinationals and family offices.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendations in the categories "Banking and Finance Law - Investment Funds" (first recommendation in 2022) and "Tax Law" ("Bela Jansen: His solutions are always of the highest calibre, tailor-made and cutting-edge.") and mention in "City Focus Frankfurt" (first recommendation in 2023)
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommendation in "Tax Law" and “Regulatory Practice” (first recommendation in 2016) and "Regulatory Practice"
Clients
- Advice on the restructuring of the liquid funds of an internationally operating group of companies and setting-up of a corresponding fund platform.
- Advice on the structuring of the liquid and illiquid investments of an internationally operating family-owned group of companies.
- Advice on the creation of a European real estate fund and assistance with the individual acquisitions in various target jurisdictions.
- Comprehensive assistance with various fund investments and their tax treatment in tax audits, appeal proceedings and lawsuits.
- Regulatory and tax law advice to diverse investment management companies in connection with the creation of investment funds and the acquisition of real property and other alternative investments by these funds.
- Comprehensive assistance with the creation and structuring of an international hedge fund portfolio.
- Advice on the creation and structuring of a master-feeder fund structure taking into account diverse classes of assets (real property, securities, alternative investments and hedge funds).
Lectures
Partner
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Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Stefan Jokel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
David Martiny
Partner
Singapore
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Erik von Kügelgen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Hüwel
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Achim Pütz
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Ofeliia Assa, LL.M., CAIA
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Marion Lanne
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Annekatrin Veit
Partner
Munich
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Maryana Slyusarchuk
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Oliver Zaruba
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Stefanie Samosny
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Pia Grahmann
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Georgios Patsinaridis
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Xinyue Zhu, LL.M.
Business Lawyer
Cologne
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Henning Brockhaus
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Anne Gensert
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Manuel Seidel, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Victoria Schöll
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Janis Rentrop
Associate
Cologne
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Daniel Kalayjian, LL.B.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Tim Holenburg
Consultant
Hanover
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Rafaella Gavrielidou
Associate
Luxembourg
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Bob Scharfe
Managing Partner Luther S.A.
Luxembourg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar
Partner
Luxembourg
Konrad Prokop, LL.M.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Thierry Joseph
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Jolanda Fiss
Associate
Hanover
Julian Günniker
Essen
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Sascha Wiemann
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Claudia Hoffmann
Partner
Luxembourg
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Vivienne Blank
Associate
Stuttgart
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Susanna Seufferth
Associate
Hanover