Dr. Philipp Besson

Philipp Besson joined WTS as a partner in 2017. His profession is lawyer. At WTS, he supervises two service lines: 

• He manages the Large Multinational Groups (LMG) service line together with Carolin Kissling. At five locations, over 160 employees pool their expertise, primarily in cross-location tax support and tax compliance for large international clients, but also for selected medium-sized clients.
• The HR Taxes service line, which now has over 160 employees, combines all personnel-related tax issues and, in addition to traditional payroll tax consulting, also covers issues relating to global mobility, payroll accounting, and travel expenses as part of its consulting and service portfolio.

As a key account partner, he is also responsible for the insurance sector. Here, he contributes his more than 20 years of experience in income, sales, and insurance tax. He started as a consultant at the German Insurance Association (GdV) and then spent more than 16 years in the global tax function of one of the world's largest insurance and asset management groups based in Germany, most recently as Head of Operational Taxes.