Michael Best

Practice Areas

Michael Best is a partner at POELLATH in Munich. He is the head of POELLATH's tax practice.

He specializes in domestic and international tax law, in particular (i) structural and ongoing tax aspects of private equity funds including tax matters of the investors and carried interest holders and (ii) tax structuring of (cross-border) acquisitions and real estate transactions.

Career

Michael studied at the Universities of Munich and Augsburg (Dr jur 1991). He has been a tax consultant since 1992 and was partner in German law/tax firms (1996 - 2001), before he joined POELLATH in 2001.

Publications

His publications include numerous articles in professional domestic and international journals in the above areas, inter alia for Chambers Corporate Tax Practice Guide. He is a sought after lecturer in his areas of expertise.