Private Clients
Our range of services in succession, assets and foundations
We advise business owners, entrepreneurial families, wealthy individuals and family offices on all legal and tax issues relating to the structuring and succession of private and business assets.
The trusting client relationships we have in the Private Clients sector are the result of outstanding expertise, value-orientated advice and the sensitivity required in dealing with the demanding tasks of our clientele.
Comprehensive advice for bespoke and sustainable solutions
As trusted advisors, we support our clients with a high level of professional expertise and personal commitment. Our Private Clients team of experienced legal and certified tax advisors has extensive knowledge in all relevant areas of law – from inheritance, corporate, tax, foundation and trust law to family, private international and procedural law. We combine legal and tax expertise with the empathy needed to develop customised and sustainable solutions with our clients.
Full service for Private Clients, interdisciplinary and international
Our Private Clients sector is embedded in CMS's full-service approach. This means that, if required, we can access the expertise of our more than 650 specialised colleagues at CMS Germany in all related areas of law at any time to solve even the most complex issues all in one place and at the highest professional level.
As part of the international CMS Private Clients Specialty Group, we work closely with our specialised CMS Private Clients teams in numerous jurisdictions around the world. This enables us to handle cross-border mandates efficiently, all in one place and at the highest legal level.
Our expertise – as diverse as our clients themselves
The private individuals and business owners who engage us have a wide range of needs when it comes to their wealth management and succession planning. Our Private Clients experts advise in particular on the following topics:
- Planning and implementing corporate succession
- Structuring and succession in private assets
- Realignment after the sale of a company
- International orientation of the family
- Tax arrangements and tax optimisation
- Foundations and trusts
- Contingency planning
- Drafting prenuptial agreements
- Estate settlement
- Execution of the will
- Dispute resolution
- Family governance and long-term strategic support for the family
Your next step
Would you like to find out more about our range of Private Client services or do you have specific questions about wealth management or succession planning? Our Private Clients team will be happy to assist you. We look forward to hearing from you.
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