GERMANY Law and Practice Contributed by: Tarek Mardini, Antonia Puglisi and Enzo Biagi, POELLATH
POELLATH (formerly known as P+P Pöllath + Part - ners) has approximately 180 professionals, around 60 of whom contribute to one of the largest and most experienced fund structuring practices in continental Europe, with locations in Berlin, Frankfurt and Mu - nich. The firm is a market leader in the structuring of private equity funds in Germany and maintains strong relationships with German law firms in juris - dictions abroad. The firm also advises initiators of and investors in private equity funds and worldwide fund participations in the area of alternative invest - ments. The team has extensive expertise in fund
structuring; advising regarding the Alternative Invest - ment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), the German Capital Investment Code (“KAGB”) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II); asset management; and secondary transactions. This in - cludes all relevant fund structures in private equity (buyout, venture capital), private debt, distressed debt, real estate, infrastructure, natural resources, education, hybrid funds, hedge funds, digital assets funds, captive funds, master-feeder structures, sepa - rate accounts, annex funds as well as primary and secondary fund of funds.
Authors
Tarek Mardini is a partner in POELLATH’s private funds practice who specialises in private investment funds and asset management, and advises on all related legal, regulatory and tax aspects. He regularly advises
Enzo Biagi is an associate in POELLATH’s private funds practice. He advises German and international fund managers and institutional investors on structuring and investing in private equity funds and other
both German and international fund managers in structuring and marketing buyouts, venture capital, private debt, fund of funds, and other investment funds. On the investor side, he has reviewed and negotiated several hundred international fund investments for German institutional investors and family offices. He often advises on secondary fund transactions (including GP-led transactions). Tarek is a regular speaker at international conferences and the author of around 65 articles on investment funds. international fund managers and institutional investors on structuring and investing in private equity funds and other alternative investment funds. Her practice focuses on contractual and regulatory aspects, including issues relating to the German Capital Investment Code (“KAGB”), the distribution of financial instruments (marketing, pre-marketing) as well as in connection with the German Banking Act (“KWG”), German Investment Firm Act (“WpIG”) and Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II). Antonia Puglisi is a senior associate of the private funds practice group at POELLATH. She advises German and
alternative investment funds. His practice focuses on contractual, tax and regulatory aspects, including issues relating to the German Capital Investment Code (“KAGB”), the distribution of financial instruments (marketing, pre-marketing), German insurance regulations (“VAG/AnlV”, Solvency II), as well as German and international tax law.
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