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.
Transactions
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- 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
“remains a trusted adviser for management boards and private equity houses for prominent transactions and incentive programmes.”
Chambers Europe
“Benedikt Hohaus is market-leading for anything to do with management participation.”
Chambers Europe
““there is almost no way around [him] when it comes to complex management participation structures”
JUVE Handbuch Steuerrecht
“outstanding strength and experience”
Chambers Europe
“undisputed market leader for management advisory”
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien
“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
“remains a trusted adviser for management boards and private equity houses for prominent transactions and incentive programmes.”
Chambers Europe
“Benedikt Hohaus is market-leading for anything to do with management participation.”
Chambers Europe
““there is almost no way around [him] when it comes to complex management participation structures”
JUVE Handbuch Steuerrecht
“outstanding strength and experience”
Chambers Europe
“undisputed market leader for management advisory”
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien
“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
12.03.2024
German Federal Fiscal Court confirms its case law on the taxation of management participations
28.10.2022
What notification obligations apply to management participations?
01.09.2022
Interview: Management participations – focus on current market trends
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Awards
benedikt.hohaus@pplaw.com
+49 (89) 24240-372
+49 (89) 24240-999
Assistant:
Jasmin Winkler, Carina Köpp