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.
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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

29.01.2021
The Legal 500 Germany 2021
12.11.2020
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2020/2021
12.10.2020
Expert Guides Banking, Finance and Transactional Law 2020
all Rankings
Awards
benedikt.hohaus@pplaw.com
+49 (89) 24240-372
+49 (89) 24240-999
Assistant:
Jasmin Winkler, Dr. Lucia Köster