Alexander Keßeler

Associate | Tax
Rechtsanwalt, Dipl.-Finw. (FH)

T: +49 211 863 295 21M: +49 173 105 34 79E: alexander.kesseler@lmps.de
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Alexander Keßeler focuses on advising family businesses and private clients on tax issues of national and international tax law, in particular in the area of possession and wealth-related taxes. His advice includes aspects of foundation and inheritance law.

He completed a dual course of studies to become a Diplom-Finanzwirt (FH) at the University of Applied Sciences for Finances NRW and then studied law with a focus on tax law at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Subsequent to his studies, he worked as a research assistant in the tax department of Hogan Lovells. Alexander completed his legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf with stages in our tax law team and at Deutsches Stiftungszentrum GmbH. In addition to his work as a lawyer, he is a doctoral candidate in the field of German Real Estate Transfer Tax at the chair of Prof. Dr. Valta at the HHU Düsseldorf.

Alexander regularly publishes articles in leading professional journals on current issues of tax law. He is the author in NWB Grunderwerbsteuergesetz Kommentar.

Alexander Keßeler is married.

Education

since 2023 Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, PhD studies

2022 Second Legal State Examination

2020 – 2022 Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, legal clerkship

2019 First Legal State Examination

2014 – 2019 University of Bonn, law studies

2011 – 2014 University of Applied Sciences for Finances NRW, Diplom-Finanzwirt (FH)

Languages

German and English

Publications

  • Hofmann, Grunderwerbsteuergesetz (12th edition, Editor: Eiling), §§ 1, 2, 3, 22a, 23, 24 GrEStG (partly together with Dr. Astrid Eiling)
  • Eiling/Keßeler, EuGH, BFH, FG, BMF – Überall Neues zur ausländischen Familienstiftung!, IStR 2026, 145
  • Eiling/Keßeler, Besteuerung deutscher Anleger mit Beteiligungen an ausländischen Private Equity- oder Venture Capital-Fonds, Anmerkung zu Schleswig-Holsteinisches FG v. 8.10.2024 – 3 K 37/22, IWB 2025, 265
  • Schütz/Keßeler, Aktuelle Entwicklung in der Grunderwerbsteuer, NWB-EV 2025, 144
  • Eiling/Keßeler, 15 Jahre Lohnsummenregelung im Lichte der Rechtsprechung, ZEV 2024, 211