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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Susanna Seufferth
Associate
Hanover
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Vivienne Blank
Associate
Stuttgart
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Claudia Hoffmann
Partner
Luxembourg
Sascha Wiemann
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Günniker
Essen
Jolanda Fiss
Associate
Hanover
Thierry Joseph
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Konrad Prokop, LL.M.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Bob Scharfe
Managing Partner Luther S.A.
Luxembourg
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Rafaella Gavrielidou
Associate
Luxembourg
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Tim Holenburg
Consultant
Hanover
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Kalayjian, LL.B.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Janis Rentrop
Associate
Cologne
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Victoria Schöll
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Manuel Seidel, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Anne Gensert
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Henning Brockhaus
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Xinyue Zhu, LL.M.
Business Lawyer
Cologne
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Georgios Patsinaridis
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Pia Grahmann
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefanie Samosny
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Oliver Zaruba
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Maryana Slyusarchuk
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Annekatrin Veit
Partner
Munich
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Marion Lanne
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Ofeliia Assa, LL.M., CAIA
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Achim Pütz
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Martin Hüwel
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Erik von Kügelgen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
David Martiny
Partner
Singapore
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Stefan Jokel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf