Dr. David Hötzel, LL.M.

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Counsel

Berlin

Practice

David advises on real estate transactions from a tax perspective on both the buyer and seller sides (asset and share deals). A further focus of his work is tax structuring for real estate investments.
He also advises on taxation issues with cryptotokens. David published his PhD thesis on tax issues regarding cryptocurrencies and was awarded the Judiciary Award Carl Gottlieb Svarez by the government of Berlin-Brandenburg, amongst others.

Transactions

POELLATH advises B⁠o⁠s⁠s⁠a⁠r⁠d on acquisition of F⁠e⁠r⁠d⁠i⁠n⁠a⁠n⁠d Gross Group

October 2024

POELLATH advises Kai Laumann on agreement with Green Structures GmbH as growth partner of Kai Laumann Zimmerei- und Bedachungs GmbH

September 2024

POELLATH advises VTC on acquisition of Hürner Luft- und Umwelttechnik GmbH

August 2024

Services

Tax
- Tax Planning / Structuring
- Real Estate Tax Law
- International Tax Law
- Crypto / Digital Assets

CV

Admitted to bar and joined POELLATH in 2014
Advisory board member of Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Digitalisierung des Steuer- und Gesellschaftsrechts e.V. (German Society for the Digitization of Tax and Corporate Law DGDSG)
Assistant at the University of Potsdam (2011-2014)
Studied law in Potsdam (Ph.D. 2017) and San Diego (USA, LL.M. 2017 with concentration in taxation)
Ph.D. thesis honored by the Judiciary Award Berlin-Brandenburg Carl Gottlieb Svarez 2018, the Wolf-Rüdiger-Bub Prize by the University of Potsdam and the award for the best Ph.D. thesis of academic year 2017 by the University Society of Potsdam – LL.M degree awarded the Dean’s Comparative Law Award 2017 by the University of San Diego

Languages

German, English