Karl Democh

+49 (89) 24240-377 call
Associate

Practice

Karl specializes in corporate and capital market law. He focuses on providing legal and tax advice on management and employee share ownership plans, management in M&A processes, and employee and management incentives. His clients include managers and employees, as well as investors and employers. Before joining the firm, Karl worked for an international law firm, where he advised on stock and capital market law, M&A, derivatives, investment funds, and corporate and tax law relating to corporate restructuring.

Services
  • Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity
    • Private Equity Transactions
    • M&A
    • Management Participation Programs
    • Corporate Restructuring
    • Strategic M&A
    • Corporate VC
  • Venture Capital
    • ESOP / VSOP
  • Finance
  • Corporate
    • Corporate Advisory
    • Corporate Actions
    • Corporate Restructuring
    • Capital Market Law
    • Corporate Compliance
    • Corporate Governance
    • German Corporate Governance Codex
    • General Meetings
  • Tax
    • Reorganization Tax Law
    • Management Participations
  • Employment Law
    • Remuneration
    • Drafting of agreements

CV

  • Joined POELLATH in 2026
  • Admitted to the bar in 2023
  • Member of the German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltsverein) and the Federal Association of Stock Exchange Associations at German Universities (Bundesverband der Börsenvereine an deutschen Hochschulen)
  • Associate at an international law firm (2023-2026)
  • Studied law at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (2015-2020)
  • Apprenticeship as insurance and finance clerk at Berufsbildende Schulen IV „Friedrich List“ in Halle (Saale) 2015
Languages
German, English
Karl Democh
Associate
karl.democh@pplaw.com +49 (89) 24240-377
Assistant:
Jasmin Winkler, Carina Köpp