Dr. Hans-Michael Pott, Partner
Juve names Dr. Hans-Michael Pott as one of Germany’s leading lawyers for tax law disputes (Juve Handbuch 2015/2016)
Career
- Lawyer, partner of the partnership
- Legal education, legal training and doctorate in Bonn, Kiel and Cologne
- Admission as lawyer in 1986
- Specialised qualification as tax lawyer (Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht) 1990
- Until 1992 partner at Knobbe & Pott Rechtsanwälte, Bonn; until 1996 partner of the law firm Droste Rechtsanwälte (now Hogan Lovells), Düsseldorf
- Beginning of 1997 founding of the Düsseldorf office of Sernetz·Schäfer Rechtsanwälte
- Member of the board of the Düsseldorf Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf) as well as the European Committee of the German Federal Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer); head of the Committee for European and International Law of the German Lawyers’ Institution (Deutsches Anwaltsinstitut); president of the Tax Commission of the Federal Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft)
- Head of the insurance law instruction course at the German Lawyers’ Institution
- Main practice areas: tax, including the law relating to excise duties and customs, corporate law, insurance law
- Languages: German, English, French, Spanish
- Numerous seminars and lectureships on tax law, European law, international company law
Publications