The tax group at P+P Pöllath Partners comprises around 25 fee earners. Sabine Demel and Pia Dorfmüller have joined this year as tax consultant and partner respectively. Stephan Viskorf has been promoted to partner.Pöllath is seen by its peers as a market ...
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The tax group at P+P Pöllath Partners comprises around 25 fee earners. Sabine Demel and Pia Dorfmüller have joined this year as tax consultant and partner respectively. Stephan Viskorf has been promoted to partner.
Pöllath is seen by its peers as a market leader in fund structuring work, for which it has a strong team in Frankfurt. The group has expanded to provide advice across most areas of corporate tax, while the Berlin branch has a growing real estate and litigation practice.
The group has been busy in both private equity and M&A work this year. Uwe Bärenz and Tarek Mardini advised Süd Beteiligungsgesellschaft on the sale of 12 private-equity fund interests to several institutional investors, the volume of which amounted to €135 million. Michael Best, Benedikt Hohaus and Barbara Koch-Schulte also worked on the acquisition of Takko Fashion by Apax Funds, possibly the largest transaction in Germany this year.
Other work this year includes advising Karstadt Quelle Employee Trust and Primondo Specialty Group on the sale of six retail businesses to the Carlyle Group and advising on the creation of a new joint consumer bank by Landesbank Berlin and Deutsche Sparkassen Leasing. Clients that the practice has represented this year include Morgan Stanley, Procter & Gamble, 3i, Barclays Private Equity, GFO Management and EQT Partners.
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