GERMANY Law and Practice Contributed by: Michael Best, Gerald Herrmann and Jannis Lührs, POELLATH
POELLATH is an internationally operating firm, with more than 180 lawyers and tax advisers providing high-end advice in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich. More than half of its professionals specialise in the tax implications of the firm’s primary areas of exper - tise: transactions, asset management and private eq - uity. POELLATH is particularly renowned for its close combination of tax and legal advice regarding all its
main practice areas, such as M&A, private equity, real estate transactions and family businesses. Corporate tax services include the structuring of national and international M&A and subsequent reorganisations, corporate tax planning and the structuring of national and international groups of companies, and the ap - plication and interpretation of double taxation trea - ties.
Authors
Michael Best is a partner at POELLATH and head of the tax department. He has a wealth of experience in domestic and international tax law, the tax structuring of cross-border
Gerald Herrmann is an associated partner at POELLATH and specialises in domestic and international tax law, general tax planning and tax structuring, with a focus on private equity. He is a member of the
acquisitions and real estate transactions, and the structural and ongoing tax aspects of private equity funds, including tax matters for investors and carried-interest holders. He is a member of the German Association of Tax Advisers and has widely published on corporate tax-related aspects, as well as regularly blogging on “DER BETRIEB Steuerboard”. Michael is a sought-after speaker on German corporate tax aspects at national and international conferences, such as SuperReturn and Mupet (Munich Private Equity Training).
renowned German Steuerkreis Regensburg eV, the association for the promotion of tax education and training at the University of Regensburg, and is fluent in English and French as well as his native German. Gerald has widely published on tax-related aspects, as well as regularly blogging on current tax issues and topics on “DER BETRIEB Steuerboard”.
Jannis Lührs is a senior associate at POELLATH in the area of domestic and international tax law, with a focus on the tax structuring of private equity and M&A transactions and the structural tax aspects of private
equity funds. Before joining the firm, he worked for several years in the international tax department of EY and PwC. He studied business administration with a focus on tax law at Mannheim Business School, and was admitted as a German certified tax adviser in 2022. Jannis has published on tax-related aspects, as well as regularly blogging on current tax issues and topics on DER BETRIEB Steuerboard.
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