P+P Pöllath + Partners	Attorneys • Tax Advisors
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P+P's 20 partners and 70 attorneys and tax advisors focus solely on legal and tax advice on acquisitions (M&A), private equity/venture capital, fund formation, financial products structuring, asset management, real estate and family offices.

P+P advisors have consistently been ranked at the top of professional listings in national and international surveys. In 2006, several P+P partners have been ranked as "leading" or "highly recommended" in private equity fund structuring, M&A and tax. In these specialized areas, P+P offer state-of-the-art expertise, judgment and independence, and full service:

Transactions / Fund Formation

Structuring and placing private equity, venture capital, alternative assets (hedge and other closed-end or open-end funds), including funds of funds (starting with the very first private equity funds in Germany in the 1970s) and financial products, as well as reviewing (screening) funds or products for institutional and private investors (including sale or purchase of portfolios in the secondary market), corporate acquisitions and structuring, listing and delisting, succession and tax structuring, real estate (including restitution of East German properties).

Asset Management

Strategy, succession (including funds, family offices, entrepreneurs, investment banks), financial products, trusts, foundations, tax rulings and audits, and real estate.

P+P are fully independent and work with leading professionals from other firms, nationally and internationally, as well as with other advisors, banks, etc. The majority of our clients and mandates are based abroad. We know the most recent developments in our practice areas so that we can better counsel for or against a particular course of action.

For more information (including pro bono work and P+P foundations Up Micro-Loans and Defend the Defenders):

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