ITR - World Tax 2013, The Comprehensive Guide to the World's Leading Tax Firms

International Tax Review researchers and journalists interview corporate tax directors and advisers by phone, e-mail and face-to-face to compile the leading firms in 56 countries. According to their research, clients "are happy with the advice provided by P+P, a tax team that has an acknowledged strength in investment funds and private-equity work". They comment: "We are invariably satisfied with their work. They display a deep knowledge of the issues faced by our industry and have consistently shown a practical approach to advising us... Michael Best is a very talented tax lawyer, and has a very good team supporting him ... [P+P] is very strong with private and hedge funds ...[and] the team is good at PE work..." Other commended tax lawyers include Berlin partner Thomas Töben, counsels Nico Fischer, Hardy Fischer, Gerhard Specker and Sören Reckwardt.