Practice
Katharina works as a lawyer and tax consultant within the entire range of the private client business. She advises her clients, among other things, on estate and succession planning, marriage and inheritance contracts, as well as questions of relocation and exit taxation. A major part of her work focuses on structures with cross-border implications. She regularly speaks on private client matters at international conferences (e.g. IBA) and has been listed as “One to Watch” in Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite. Her clients appreciate her empathetic and engaging manner, as well as her assertive negotiating skills.

CV
- Joined POELLATH in 2012
- Admitted to bar in 2012; admitted as tax advisor in 2014
- Law School and Ph.D. in Hamburg (Bucerius Law School), Paris (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and Osnabrueck (LL.M. Taxation 2008)
Languages
German, English
“With her unstinting effort, her poise and her professionalism she brought the case to a timely and successful closure.”
US client with reference to Germany

28.01.2022
The Legal 500 2022
26.10.2021
Kanzleimonitor 2021/2022
29.01.2021
Private Client Global Elite / Legal Week 2020
all Rankings
2023
Private Client 2023: Chapter Germany
11.01.2023
The Prisoner’s Dilemma
2023
Private Client 2023: Chapter Germany
all Insights
07.12.2022
The new exit taxation - an obstacle to mobility for entrepreneurial families
06.07.2022
The cross-border advisor: globalisation, populism and backlash
19.05.2022
Tax residence in Germany according to German Income Tax Act (EStG) and Double Taxation Treaty (DBA) regulations
all Recent Events
Awards
katharina.hemmen@pplaw.com
+49 (69) 247047-34
+49 (69) 247047-30
Assistant:
Birgit Nettelrodt, Kevin Bücking