Dr. Benedikt Hohaus

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Munich

Practice

Benedikt works in the areas of private equity, tax law and corporate law. Within these specialist areas, he focuses on advising private equity funds and managers on all legal and tax aspects of management investments, incentives for managers and employees and management buy-out / management buy-in. Domestic and international publications, including JUVE, Chambers, The Legal500 and IFLR, regularly distinguish him as one of the leading advisors for management investments in Germany.

Transactions

POELLATH advises the management of SanderStrothmann Group as Afinum becomes majority shareholder

January 2021

POELLATH advises the management of STARK Group on sale to CVC Capital Partners Fund VII

January 2021

POELLATH advises management of thinkproject on the acquisition of majority stake by EQT

November 2020

Services

Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity
- Private Equity Transactions
- M&A
- Management Participation Programs
Corporate
Tax
- Transaction Tax Law
- International Tax Law

CV

Joined POELLATH in 1998
Lecturer at the Postgraduate Course of Studies “Mergers & Acquisitions” at the University of Muenster
Admitted to bar in 1998, admitted as specialist taxation lawyer in 2002
Studied law in Muenster/Westphalia (Ph.D. 1997), Boston (Boston Law School) and London (Queen Mary and Westfield College)
Bank apprenticeship

Languages

German, English

“outstanding strength and experience”

Chambers Europe 2020

“undisputed market leader for management advisory”

JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2019/2020

“He is an absolute expert, with an instinct for how to establish a good balance between the sponsor and management in the MPP agreement.”

Chambers Europe 2019