Dr. Andreas Richter, LL.M.

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Practice

More than twenty years ago, Andreas was the first lawyer at POELLATH to specialize exclusively in tax, legal and strategic advice to large private clients. Since then, together with his partners and colleagues, he led POELLATH to the top of the market in the fields of succession, private clients and foundations. Andreas is considered a pioneer of family office advisory work in Germany.

Over the years, he advised on several hundred asset and corporate successions, managed over a hundred foundation projects and assisted several dozen single family offices with structuring. In the last decade, entrepreneurs have increasingly asked him to advise and mediate in some of the most significant foundation and shareholder disputes.

In addition to his classical legal practice, Andreas holds a large number of positions on supervisory and advisory boards of family businesses and family offices, acts as executor for entrepreneurial assets and serves on the board of directors and trustees of charitable foundations. At Humboldt University, he teaches international and corporate tax law. In addition to his profession, Andreas is passionate about rowing and tennis.

Services

CV

  • Joined POELLATH in 2001
  • Fellow at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
  • Academician of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law and Tax Committee Member
  • (Founding) Chairman of the Executive Board of the postgraduate course “Business Succession Inheritance Law Asset Management” (www.jurgrad.de)
  • Interim director of the Institute for Foundation Law at Bucerius Law School (2006-2007) and Member of the Advisory Board since
  • (Founding) Managing director of the Berliner Steuergespräche e.V. (www.berlinersteuergespraeche.de)
  • Doctorate on German and US foundation law under Prof. Reinhard Zimmermann (Max Planck Institute Hamburg; 2000)
  • Associate at a major international law firm in New York (1996-1997)
  • Master studies at Yale Law School (LL.M. 1996)

  • Studied law in Konstanz and Hamburg
  • Studied English law at Trinity College, Cambridge (UK; B.A. Hons 1993)
Languages
German, English, French
“I think Andreas is an outstanding lawyer. He is a tax expert with a foundation background.”
Chambers HNW Guide
“He is very detail-oriented in his approach and is recognised for his thorough and technical outlook. Clients appreciate his in-depth analysis.”
Chambers HNW Guide
“Andreas is one of the best-known experts in private wealth in Germany. He has been doing this for many, many years so whenever it comes to establishing trusts he knows his way.”
Chambers HNW Guide
“He always has a good overview and maintains an impressive reputation.”
Chambers HNW Guide
“Andreas Richter is an incredible lawyer”
Chambers HNW Guide
“If there were ever a conflict of interest in Germany, I would always refer my clients to him. I trust him.”
Chambers HNW Guide
“We are thrilled to receive the good news and appreciate the work that has gone into this.”
Client
“the go-to lawyer” for private client matters
Chambers HNW Guide
“extremely competent advisor”
JUVE Handbuch Steuerrecht
“lauded by peers as ‚an out-standing private client lawyer‘ in the domestic market”
Who’s Who Legal Germany
“He is very technically skilled and provides great advice.”
Chambers HNW Guide
“He has a holistic view on family matters”
Chambers HNW Guide
“outstanding knowledge of tax issues and their intersection with private client work”
Who’s Who Legal Private Client
“I think Andreas is an outstanding lawyer. He is a tax expert with a foundation background.”
Chambers HNW Guide
“He is very detail-oriented in his approach and is recognised for his thorough and technical outlook. Clients appreciate his in-depth analysis.”
Chambers HNW Guide
“Andreas is one of the best-known experts in private wealth in Germany. He has been doing this for many, many years so whenever it comes to establishing trusts he knows his way.”
Chambers HNW Guide
“He always has a good overview and maintains an impressive reputation.”
Chambers HNW Guide
“Andreas Richter is an incredible lawyer”
Chambers HNW Guide
“If there were ever a conflict of interest in Germany, I would always refer my clients to him. I trust him.”
Chambers HNW Guide
“We are thrilled to receive the good news and appreciate the work that has gone into this.”
Client
“the go-to lawyer” for private client matters
Chambers HNW Guide
“extremely competent advisor”
JUVE Handbuch Steuerrecht
“lauded by peers as ‚an out-standing private client lawyer‘ in the domestic market”
Who’s Who Legal Germany
“He is very technically skilled and provides great advice.”
Chambers HNW Guide
“He has a holistic view on family matters”
Chambers HNW Guide
“outstanding knowledge of tax issues and their intersection with private client work”
Who’s Who Legal Private Client
Dr. Andreas Richter, LL.M. (Yale)
Partner
Attorney-at-Law | Specialist lawyer for tax law (Germany)