Michael Inhester

Dr Michael Inhester is a partner at POELLATH in Munich.

Michael advises national and international companies from various industries on corporate and tax law. He is known for his pragmatic and solution-oriented approach as a transactional lawyer with many years of cross-industry practical experience in areas such as M&A, restructuring, private equity and venture capital. His client base includes corporate and VC/PE companies.

Thanks to his more than 20 years of experience in the transactional sector, he possesses superior negotiating skills and the ability to instill the trust necessary for successful business transactions through his personal access to negotiating partners.

Michael studied law in Muenster/Westphalia (Ph.D., 1995) and was admitted to the bar in 1999. He worked as a research assistant at the European Union (1994) and as a lecturer for public finance at "Westfälische Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademie" (1994-1996); as an associate professor at the Niigata University (Japan, 1996-1997). He was a guest professor at the Institute of Public Finance at Beijing University (China, 1997) and an adjunct lecturer at the University of Regensburg (Institute of Tax Law; since 2002). He joined POELLATH in 1999.

He is a member of the Society for Tax Law at the University of Muenster and University of Regensburg and a member of the International Bar Association.