Tarek Mardini

Tarek Mardini is a partner in the private funds practice group of POELLATH in Berlin. He specializes in comprehensive advice on contract, corporate, regulatory and tax law and market practice in the area of alternative investment funds and asset management.

He advises German and international fund managers on fund structuring, as well as institutional investors and family offices on investments in private equity, venture capital, private debt, infrastructure, real estate funds and other alternative investment funds.

He has supervised several hundred international fund investments for investors. He also advises on fund secondaries, including complex portfolio sales and fund restructuring.

Tarek is co-editor of a leading handbook on private equity funds and author of more than 50 articles on funds. He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.

Clients appreciate his negotiating skills, his calmness and assertiveness in complex, time-critical transactions and his ability to quickly develop new solutions. The latter is explained not least by his passion for travel, exploring other cultures and (Far Eastern) art.

He studied law in Berlin (Germany), Glasgow (UK) and the University of Connecticut School of Law (USA) where he graduated with a master of laws degree. He received a Fulbright Scholarship and Friedrich-Naumann-Scholarship.

Tarek is a board member of the German-American Lawyers Association. Before joining POELLATH, he worked for an international law firm in the US and a leading investment bank.