POELLATH

POELLATH is a leading German law firm with an international reach, specializing in business and tax law. With over 180 legal and tax professionals in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich, we stand for excellent legal and tax advice with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, investment funds, real estate transactions, corporate and capital market law, tax law, as well as succession, assets and foundations. Our specialized practice groups don’t just know the law – together with our clients, we actively shape best practices in the market. National and international rankings regularly list us among the top law firms in our core areas of expertise.

Managing Partners: Eva Nase, Peter Peschke, Jens Steinmüller

Number of partners: 36

Number of lawyers: 180

Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt

POELLATH is widely regarded as one of Germany’s leading advisor to entrepreneurial families, (U)HNWIs, family offices and foundations. Our 30plus-strong, fully integrated team of private client, corporate and tax experts works seamlessly across Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt.

We combine legal precision, tax excellence, and discreet advice. We translate complex issues relating to asset and corporate succession, international structuring, and philanthropy into viable, generation-proof solutions that are predictable, practical, and economically sound.

Structures that endure

• through our 360° comprehensive advice – succession, asset structuring, governance, philanthropy, and ongoing compliance from a single source;

• thanks to the unique integration of law and tax – inheritance, corporate, and tax law are seamlessly integrated (relevant for inheritance/gift tax, exit/entry taxation, income tax, and real estate transfer tax, among other things);

• enabled by its independent international reach with our best friends’ law firm network for conflict-free access to top advisors for cross-border residence, trust, and foundation matters, with POELLATH acting as a single point of contact;

• based on deep expertise in private and philanthropic capital – we establish modern, tax-optimized foundations, trust/fiduciary and impact/social venture structures and support corporate and charitable foundations in Germany and abroad;

• informed by a close alignment with entrepreneurial realities, with best practice know-how in family governance, pool and holding structures, advisory boards, shareholder agreements, and management/family office setups as well as

• strengthened by its close interaction with POELLATH’s corporate, private equity, investment funds and real estate teams – delivering investments, real estate assets, co-investments and portfolio structures from a single source.

The range of services covers the following areas:

• Family-owned Companies

• High-Net-Worth Individuals

• Asset Management

• Family Office Structuring

• Foundations and Trusts

• Succession

• Tax Planning / Structuring

• Marriage and Divorce

• Inheritance Tax Law

• Dispute Resolution

• Art Law

• Family Governance

• Departure and Residency Taxation

Contact: Stephan Viskorf, Andreas Richter

Tel: +49 89 24240 490, +49 30 253 53 131

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]