Since June 2024, Ellen Ashauer-Moll has been a key member of Dr. Maren Gräfe’s team, focusing on the taxation of high-net-worth individuals and family offices. She specializes in cross-border and complex capital investments, drawing on many years of experience in tax consulting. A graduate in Business Administration from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, she also qualified as a Specialist Advisor for International Tax Law after passing her written examination in 2020.

Ellen’s work revolves around identifying customized tax solutions and providing proactive guidance. She brings empathy and clarity to each client relationship, placing great emphasis on trust and open dialogue. Her clients appreciate her ability to craft results-oriented strategies, while her colleagues value her positive, collaborative spirit. Whether advising on expatriation and immigration matters or digitalizing securities accounting, Ellen’s mission is to offer clear and responsible support for all tax-related questions.

Mission & Approach

Your tax concerns are my mission. I enjoy challenges and take pride in finding effective solutions to your questions. Clients appreciate me as an empathetic and responsible advisor, while colleagues value my open and humorous approach to working with people.

Specialties

Preparation of complex tax returns in an international context
Tax advisory services for globally active families, including expatriation and immigration matters
Taxation of cross-border capital investments, investment tax law
Automatisation of accounting and reporting obligations, particularly securities accounting under the German Commercial Code (HGB) and tax reporting, FX transactions

Admission

Nurenberg Chamber of Tax Consultants: 2001

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Experience

Succession planning for high-net-worth individuals: Early inheritance arrangements with real estate and usufruct, 2022
Tax consulting for a publicly listed company: Investments in specialized investment funds, 2023
Compliance and tax declaration consulting for ultra-high-net-worth individuals: Income tax returns in an international context with complex capital investments, 2019 and ongoing tax consulting
Implementation of the flat-rate withholding tax for domestic banks and in the tax reporting of foreign banks and a leading provider of asset reporting

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Publications

Final Withholding Tax – Protecting Capital, Optimizing Taxes, 2023, 3rd Edition (1st Edition in 2008)
Taxation of Capital Investments, 2007
Training seminars on the taxation of private capital investments in the banking sector, since 2004
WM Datenservice, Tax Treatment of Capital Measures, 2024
GenoAkademie, Private Banking Tax Forum, 2024
DVFA Academy, Certificate Program in Applied Investment Management, since 2017
6th Conference on Family and Inheritance Law at Lake Starnberg, 2024
25th Finanzebs Forum, Cologne, 2024
DVFA Academy, Learn@Lunch, 2024
FORUM Institute, Private Clients Forum, Frankfurt, 2024

Affiliations

International Fiscal Association (IFA)
- Member since 2020
Tax Advisor Chamber Nuremberg Examination Committee
- Member of the oral examination board for the tax advisor exam since 2016

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Career Experience

Tax Advisor Partner, GRÄFE Tax & Legal, since 2026
Tax Advisor Salary Partner, GRÄFE Tax & Legal, 2025
Tax Advisor Salary Partner, gkn Gräfe Klümpen-Neusel, 2024
Partner Co-Head of Family Offices, Management, Rödl & Partner, 2016-2024

Education

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Business Administration
Degree: Diplom-Kauffrau (equivalent to MBA)
Specialist Advisor for International Tax Law

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Volunteer

Honors & Awards

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