Practice
Twenty years ago, Andreas was the first lawyer at POELLATH to specialize exclusively in tax, legal and strategic advice to large private clients. In the following two decades, together with his partners and colleagues, he led POELLATH to the top of the market in the fields of succession, private clients and foundations. 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 of charitable foundations. In addition to his profession, Andreas is passionate about tennis.
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CV
- Joined POELLATH in 2001
- Academician of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law
- Chairman of the Executive Board of the postgraduate course “Business Succession Inheritance Law Asset Management” (www.jurgrad.de)
- Mandates on boards and advisory boards of foundations and family offices
- Interim director of the Institute for Foundation Law at Bucerius Law School (2006-2007)
- Managing director of the Berliner Steuergespräche e.V. (www.berlinersteuergespraeche.de)
- Practice at a major international law firm in New York (1996-1997)
- Studied law in Konstanz, Cambridge (M.A. 1998), Hamburg, Yale (LL.M. 1996), Regensburg (Ph.D. 2000)
Languages
German, English, French
“He is very good. He has a very international practice and has several contacts in various jurisdictions.”
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
“If there were ever a conflict of interest in Germany, I would always refer my clients to him. I trust him.”
Chambers HNW Guide
„outstanding knowledge of tax issues and their intersection with private client work“
Who’s Who Legal Private Client

24.06.2022
Handelsblatt/Legal Success – Best Lawyers®: Top commercial lawyers in Germany 2022/2023
28.01.2022
The Legal 500 2022
17.01.2022
Who’s Who Legal Guide Germany 2022
all Rankings
25.04.2022
Taxation of Trusts in Germany: New Guidelines for Transparency and the Gift Taxation of Distributions
25.04.2022
Financial investors and family businesses: Friendship or Enmity?
April 2022
Conference report of 81st Berliner Steuergespräch: “Tax policy outlook for the new legislative period”
all Insights
Awards
Dr.
Andreas
Richter, LL.M.
(Yale)
Partner
Attorney-at-Law | Specialist lawyer for tax law (Germany)
andreas.richter@pplaw.com
+49 (30) 25353-132
+49 (69) 247047-34
+49 (30) 25353-999
+49 (69) 247047-30
Assistant:
Paula Gelbke, Mandy Heiduschka, Sylvana Schwedler