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P+P warmly welcomes Monika Buhmann, with a degree in Business Law, who will support Berlin's P+P partner Amos Veith, in particular on legal and economic screening of funds and fund-of-funds in the areas of private equity, venture capital, mezzanine and secondaries. JUVE Rechtsmarkt 08/08 reports on the investment of Wolfgang and Michael Herz (Tchibo) Herz in Escada ("Deal des Monats - Eine Familie und ihr Berater") and the special role of P+P partners Reinhard Pöllath. P+P founding partner Reinhard Pöllath becomes chairman of the supervisory board in fashion company Escada as a result of personnel and investment restructuring at Escada. Confucius Class - founded by ex-oriente, a P+P foundation - offers new language courses for beginners and advanced learners. Language and other courses are offered for children at the age of 6 and up and even include specialties like Chinese calligraphy. Christoph Weber joins P+P in the Munich office. Benedikt Hohaus is looking forward to being supported in his specializations such as management buy-outs and other private equity-related transactions. Angela Merkel thanked Max-Planck Endowment Foundation for the support provided to Max-Planck Gesellschaft. The Chancellor made a speech on the occasion of the annual meeting of Max-Planck Gesellschaft with more than 1,000 guests… more 25th Jour Fixe of P+P foundation ex oriente is dedicated to Olympia. On 11 July at 7:30 p.m., Caroline Roblitschka and Irmgard Enzinger will talk about "Wushu and Olympia". For the first time, Wushu has become an olympic discipline in 2008. Additionally, a trial course (Schnupperkurs) on olympia-related terms is offered …more P+P gladly welcomes Timo Winkelmann, attorney, as our new support for Stefan Lebek in Berlin on real estate matters. P+P's weekly Lunch Talks, educational inhouse trainings, covered subjects like "Was ist ein Private Equity Fonds", "Vertragliche Nebenabreden", "Finanzierungsstrukturen bei LOB" in Berlin and "Asset Allocation privater Großvermögen", "Verschärfung des § 8b des KStG" and "Aktuelle BGH-Rechtsprechung zum Kapitalgesellschaftsrecht" in the Munich office. On 9 and 11 July, P+P professionals lecture on "Real Estate meets Private Equity" et al for young professionals both within and outside of P+P. On 9 July, P+P's Berlin office hosts an event for UP Micro Loans, the P+P micro-credit foundation: "Faces of Nepal" with Mrs. Lata Sharma and Mr. Purna Lal Chuke. Key issues are institutional and cultural structures and womens' position in the Nepalese society. MUPET begins with 270 registered participants, an increase of more than 20% since 2007. Lectures such as "Football - an interesting field for Private Equity" are as well appreciated as the mutual discussions and exchange of experiences, which are also encouraged by our annual summer party. AZUR, the career magazine for young professionals, mentions P+P in the most recent issue 1/2008 (June-Oct) in various contexts: P+P is listed as one of the most reputed employers in the field of real estate and also listed in a general article about economic lawyers; a short notice is dedicated to the granting of an honorary professorship to Reinhard Pöllath and the article "Private Equity - Fondspraxis" is authored by P+P Berlin associates Ronald Buge and Tarek Mardini. Ex-oriente issued an invitation to a extraordinary lecture on "Chinas Aufbruch in die Moderne - Vielvölkerreich und Weltinnenpolitik" by renowned China expert Prof. Dr. Helwig Schmidt-Glinzer on 23 June 2008…more A generous donation enables MPEF, Max-Planck Endowment Foundation, to support the Institute of Metereology at the University Hamburg on their special program for high level scientists … more P+P is pleased to announce that Karsten Markert has joined us as a new junior attorney in Frankfurt. Karsten will support P+P's upcoming partner Patricia Volhard, especially in private equity matters. Ex-oriente, a P+P foundation, issued an invitation to the next Jour Fixe on Friday, 13 June 2008. In addition to a musical performance by little Lilian and Sunsa, Saskia Hieber will lecture on "China 2008: Sicherheitspolitik und Energiestrategie einer kommenden Supermacht"… more Konfuzius Institut e.V., a foundation of ex-oriente (which is a P+P foundation) offers language courses in Chinese for beginners and advanced students. A special course is dedicated to the Olympic games. This course teaches the colloquial language taking into account Olympic sports vocabulary. … more "Lost in stardust" is a slightly ironic article about the difficulties of becoming a name in the market… Reinhard Pöllath is the only known individual lawyer who literally achieved "astronomical publicity" when an asteroid was named after him. The article states: 'What's in a name? We are all stardust. Only (7748) Pöllath draw his circles in the firmament.' (see: JUVE 05/08: Verloren im Sternenstaub) P+P, together with the German-American Lawyers' Association (Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristenvereinigung (DAJV), organized a special event on "Taxes & U.S. Elections 2008: - A pre-election look at the next U.S. government's tax problems and choices". … more 23rd Jour Fixe of P+P foundation ex oriente shows the movie "Tuyas Hochzeit", winner of Berlin Filmfestival's Golden Bear which gives an insightful view of life in inner Mongolia. Peter Donner introduces the movie and the director and is also available for discussion and questions afterwards. Max-Planck Endowment Foundation (MPEF), founded in 2006, which currently has more than 350 Mio EUR in funds, engaged Franz Gaul as an experienced investment manager. Together with an international investment advisory panel modeled on US endowments, he will professionally administer the fund ...more P+P proudly welcomes Heiner Feldhaus and Hagen Langheim as new professionals in the Munich office. Heiner supports the team of partner Matthias Bruse, specializing in German and European corporate law, securities laws and financial markets laws and private equity. Hagen worked as a scientific assistant at the University of Würzburg before he decided to join P+P tax-specialist Richard Engl as a young professional. P+P's "Lunch Talks", held weekly in Berlin and Munich, are educational inhouse trainings for our professionals, as well as informal speeches and lectures about pro-bono work. In April, in addition to professional topics, features included "BaFin zu ausländischen Investmentvermögen", "Was ist Was - Luxemberg Gesellschaften", "Die Geprägetheorie im Gemeinnützigkeitsrecht, GmbH-Reform in der Notar-Praxis" and Deborah Nonhoff (UNHCR) lectured on "Peace Building & Human Rights Advisers" in Afghanistan. Reinhard Pöllath is nominated as new chairman of the supervisory board of Beiersdorf AG. Reinhard was one of the key counsels on the acquisition of Beiersdorf shares sold by Allianz in 2003. Since then, 50.46% of Beiersdorf shares are hold by the Tchibo owners, Wolfgang, Michael and Ingeborg Herz. P+P Pöllath + Partners, together with JurGrad, School of Tax and Business Law of the University of Münster, hosts an outstanding event, the "1. Fund Forum Frankfurt". Top representatives of public authorities, industry and universities discuss the German legal and regulatory changes in investment law ... more Ex oriente extends an invitation to the next "Jour fixe" with 6-year-old pianist Amanda Zhu and presentation of art of silhouette cutouts ... program UP Micro Loans, one of P+P's foundations, extends an invitation to the "2. Berliner Abendgespräch". Attorney-at-law and author Seyran Ates, born in Turkey and educated in Germany, speaks about "Der Multi-Kulti-Irrtum - Wie wir in Deutschland besser zusammen-leben können". At the "1. Berliner Abendgespräch" in January 2008, about 80 participants listened the speech of Dr. Reinhard Erös . On this occasion, P+P donated € 7,500 to Dr. Erös' project "Kinderhilfe Afghanistan". P+P gladly welcomes Thimo Thömmes as "newcomer of the month" in our Frankfurt office. He has an M.B.A. from Freiburg University and worked as a senior legal counsel at an international asset management company. P+P's internal and informal weekly lunch talks in Berlin and Munich in March 2008 were held by partner Wolfgang Tischbirek (In der Auskunftsfalle? - Ausländische Fonds nach Ausscheiden aus dem InvStG), Ronald Buge (Beteiligung an einer LLC und Außensteuerrecht), Andres Schollmeier (Fußball - ein interessantes Feld für PE), Lars Schmidt (Umwandlung einer deutschen AG in eine SE) and Mr. Mies from Linsinger + Partner (Abwicklungen von Unternehmen). The Max-Planck Endowment Newsletter from March 2008 discloses the financial structure of the foundation and emphazises that members of the boards do not receive any kind of financial or other compensation for their work. Administration costs are covered by the board itself and P+P Pöllath + Partners ... more UP Micro-loans, established by P+P in 2000, also has zero administration costs. Supported projects can be reviewed ...here P+P Pöllath + Partners welcomes Ina Petschke as new professional in our Frankfurt office. Her professional background as Attorney-at-Law and tax advisor makes her to a more than welcome addition. P+P invites students and trainees to an expert talk in Berlin. P+P professionals lecture about "Private Equity in der anwaltlichen Praxis" ... more The Ex oriente foundation, founded in 2006 and based in P+P's Munich office, extended an invitation to their monthly jour fixes. Today's program adresses to Chinese education and a Chinese-Bavarian exchange program for teachers ... more Interview with Reinhard Pöllath, founding partner of P+P and Chief Executive of the Max Planck Endowment Foundation about the success story of the first 18 months ...more Confucius Class - Chinesisches Sprach- und Kulturinstitut München (www.confucius-muenchen.de), also established by P+P in November 2007, offers Chinese language and calligraphy courses for children from six years and up, adults, beginners and professionals. Courses focused on law and economics are also in the making ... more In honor of P+P's 10th anniversary, we hosted an exceptional symposium ... more