Tax
Germany
19 years ranked
LAWYER PROFILE
Michael Best
Germany 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
Contributions and articles
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About
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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.
Chambers Review
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Tax - Germany
Band 2
Individual Editorial
Michael Best is well known for advising private equity firms and investors on fund structuring and the tax aspects of domestic and international transactions.
Indviduelles Editorial
Michael Best ist bekannt für seine Beratung von Beteiligungsgesellschaften und Investoren in Bezug auf Fondsstrukturierung und steuerliche Aspekte nationaler und internationaler Transaktionen.
Strengths
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He is so responsive, pragmatic and incredibly experienced.
TaxChambers GermanyMichael Best is always on top of latest developments and proactive in reaching out with valuable advice on these latest developments.
TaxChambers GermanyMichael Best ist stets über die neuesten Entwicklungen informiert und gibt proaktiv wertvolle Ratschläge zu diesen Entwicklungen. TaxChambers GermanyEr ist so reaktionsschnell, pragmatisch und unglaublich erfahren. TaxChambers Germany
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