Bettina Mertgen
Lawyer, Tax Advisor, Certified Specialist in Tax Law, Specialist Consultant in Customs and Excise Duties
Partner
Bettina Mertgen advises companies involved in international trade on all matters of customs, excise and foreign trade law. She defends clients in tax audits and in alleged violations of customs, excise or foreign trade regulations, assists in setting up new or reviewing existing compliance management systems (CMS/ICS) in this area and conducts litigation in areas such as customs valuation or tariff law.
- Foreign Trade Law (Embargoes, Sanctions, Export Control, Investment Control, Reporting)
- Customs Law
- Excise Duties (Energy, Electricity, Alcohol, Coffee and Tobacco Tax)
- Green Trade (LkSG, CSDDD, Deforestation, CBAM etc.)
Studies and legal clerkship in Frankfurt am Main and New York
Lecturer in export control law in the lecture ‘International Business Law’ at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz; until 2/25– Lecturer in customs law in the lecture ‘VAT and Customs Law’ at the Justus-Liebig-University-Gießen
Bar Association Frankfurt; Chamber of Tax Advisors Hessen; European Forum for External Economic Relations (EFA) [Europäisches Forum für Außenwirtschaft e.V.]
German, English
„Women in Tax - Leaders in Germany“ und “Indirect Tax Leader”
Leading partner in foreign trade law
"The team is very knowledgeable and experienced. In addition, the consultants have a good feel for business needs (e.g., cash flow or weak processes) and tailor their advice accordingly. The collaboration can be structured flexibly, from complete outsourcing of certain tasks to close hand-in-hand work on tasks that require close feedback with in-house colleagues."
