22.10.2026

Silke Gharbi Joins WTS to Strengthen the Firm's VAT Practice for Financial Service Providers

Munich, October 21, 2026. WTS, an international full-service provider of tax consulting and complementary financial advisory services, expanded its value-added tax practice in October with the addition of Silke Gharbi. The attorney, who specializes in financial services providers, has joined WTS along with a team of three.

Silke Gharbi advises companies operating nationally and internationally in the asset management, banking, and insurance sectors on value-added tax compliance. Her areas of expertise include VAT process consulting with a focus on risk assessment, the development of tax compliance management systems, and advising on and supporting ongoing compliance efforts. She also advises on VAT-related group structures and supports transactions in the financial and real estate sectors. At the intersection with real estate, she has already led numerous projects involving input tax adjustments under Section 15a of the German Value-Added Tax Act (UStG), relying on automated solutions.

WTS has been one of Germany’s leading consulting firms in both financial taxes and value-added tax for years and was named “Germany Indirect Tax Firm of the Year” by International Tax Review this year. In the area of sales tax, WTS covers the entire spectrum of services, from structuring and planning to compliance and technological solutions.

Silke Gharbi and her team will strengthen WTS’s value-added tax practice in Frankfurt, which is already highly active in the financial services sector and is led there by partners Nils Bleckmann and Christoph Schlief.

About WTS

WTS is an international full-service provider of tax and complementary financial advisory services headquartered in Munich, Germany. The firm specializes in high-end advisory services for complex situations and delivers efficient & reliable ongoing tax compliance support. WTS counts large multinational corporations as well as numerous mid-sized global market leaders among its clients, counting 95% of the Dax40 companies amongst its clients.

With a consistent technology- and AI-centric advisory approach, WTS is one of the pioneers of the digitalization of the tax consultancy industry. WTS deliberately refrains from conducting annual audits and is therefore an independent and long-term partner.

WTS has 11 offices across Germany and also operates locations in Poland and the UK. Through its international network, WTS Global, the company has a presence in more than 100 countries.

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