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Dr. Barbara Koch-Schulte is a partner at POELLATH in Munich. She specializes in legal and tax advisory on management participation (MBI/MBO), including ESOPs, phantom shares and other incentive programs. A main focus is the accompaniment of management participation in the taxation process, in tax audits and other disputes with the tax authorities. Her clients are managers and employees, as well as investors and employers. Her dual qualification as a lawyer and tax advisor also makes her a sou...

Dr Frank Thiäner is a partner at POELLATH in Munich. Frank advises shareholders, investors and companies on M&A transactions. His focus is on private equity, family-owned enterprises and cross-border transactions. He also advises on venture capital transactions and succession planning. His clients include well-known German and international private equity funds, owners of medium-sized companies and private investors. He is one of the founders of the Munich M&A Forum e.V., served ...

Dr. Dorothea Hofer joined Prüfer & Partner in 1993 and has been a managing partner since 1998. After gaining her PhD in physics from the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, she worked for Siemens in the area of semiconductor technology. Dr. Hofer’s practice includes: patent and utility model infringement proceedings before the Regional Courts of Munich, Düsseldorf, Mannheim and Hamburg, and before the competent higher regional courts; opposition proceedings before the ...

Felix Siebler is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Public Law and Public Private Partnership. Felix practices law in Munich, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Felix Siebler since 2024. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Felix Siebler is held by other lawyers.

Markus Engelhard is active in all fields of life sciences, pharmacology, and biotechnology, having a particular focus on therapeutic biomolecules and pharmaceutically active agents. His clients include start-up companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, multinational corporations, universities, and academic research institutions. He supports them in acquiring and enforcing intellectual property rights, building up patent portfolios, and representing them in opposition, invalidation, and i...

Lawyer, Accredited Specialist in Insolvency Law Partner

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Ludwig Zesch advises national and international private equity funds, corporate borrowers, debt funds and financial institutions on a range of complex domestic and cross-border financings. His practice includes acquisition finance, direct lending, leveraged buyouts and corporate financing. Ludwig has particular experience handling significant acquisition financings involving a range of debt structures, including unitranche/super senior structures. Prior to joining McDermott, he worked for oth...

Lawyer Senior Associate

Tom Petsch has long-standing experience in representing local and international clients in complex corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings. He also sits as an arbitrator. His main areas of practice include general commercial disputes, banking and finance disputes, professional liability disputes and post-M&A disputes. Together with Dr. Karl J.T. Wach, Tom co-authored an article in Dr. Walter Eberl´s book “Beweis in Schiedsverfahren”( Evidence in A...