Catarina Herbst Partner

Qualification

Lawyer, tax consultant, tax law specialist

Areas of expertise

• Corporate
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Inheritance law and business succession

Special sector knowledge

• Trade and competition
• Real estate

Languages

• German
• English

Brief biography

• since 2015 part of Mazars Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
• 2010-2015 Esche Schümann Commichau, lawyer and tax consultant
• 2003-2008 Research assistant at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
• 2007-2010 Clerkship in Hamburg
• 1997-2003 Law studies at the Universities of Jena and Limerick (Ireland)

Profile

Dr. Catarina Herbst has been a partner at Mazars since 2015 and is responsible for the area of asset and company succession in our law firm's Hamburg office. Previously, she worked as a lawyer and tax advisor at Esche Schümann Commichau in the Private Clients department. Dr. Catarina Herbst has a strong focus on asset and company succession and advises our clients comprehensively on all questions of (tax-optimised) asset transfer. She is the author of numerous essays and judgement notes as well as an author in commentaries and handbooks. Dr. Herbst lectures at the BECK Academy on tax-optimised company succession and real estate succession. She is also a lecturer at HAAS GmbH (also in the area of corporate succession) and at the Institute for Inheritance Law.

Lecturing/teaching assignments

•     BeckAkademie
•     Haas Ltd.
•     Haas Training Centre

Publications

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