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Lawyers for corporate succession

In addition to the objective of preserving the company for future generations, corporate succession focuses on maintaining the long-term independence of a business and ensuring it remains in safe hands. Our lawyers for corporate succession have been successfully advising business owners on corporate succession planning and implementation for decades. 

Our specialist lawyers start with the existing set-up. We examine the articles of association and ownership structure, contract details, management arrangements and financial basis. The aim here is to optimise structures, possibly through a change of legal form or a restructuring of the company under corporate law.

If there is no direct successor for the business, the CMS lawyers for corporate succession will develop alternative succession models such as a sale to management (MBO, MBI), bringing in outside investors or transferring the company to a family foundation. Our corporate law advice is always carefully aligned with the tax, family and inheritance law issues that business owners and successors face. 

In complex cross-border cases, our German lawyers for corporate succession call in experts from the CMS Private Clients Specialty Group within the international CMS organisation. 

The contact details of our corporate succession lawyers are listed below. Please feel free to get in touch at any time.

More information on our services around corporate succession can be found here.

 
Markus Herz
Markus Herz
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Frankfurt
With more than ten years of wide-ranging experience, Markus Herz specialises in domestic and cross-border private equity and M&A transactions, advising German and international companies, institutional...
Peter Polke
Dr. Peter Polke
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Frankfurt
Peter Polke specialises in advising on private equity and M&A transactions, often with cross-border implications. He has long-standing experience in handling complex transaction structures and his practice...
Oliver Thurn
Dr. Oliver Thurn, LL.M. (Univ. London)
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Munich
Oliver Thurn advises on M&A, private equity and real estate transactions, both in a national and cross-border context. Oliver also advises on corporate structuring matters. Having worked in London for...
Lorenz Stefan Liebsch
Lorenz Stefan Liebsch
Senior Associate
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Frankfurt
Lorenz Liebsch advises clients on (cross-border) M&A transactions in all business sectors, both on the sell-side and buy-side. His expertise also includes general corporate and contract advice. Lorenz's...
Carolin Weiß
Dr. Carolin Weiß
Senior Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Munich
Carolin Weiß advises medium-sized and listed companies on compliance matters, including the development, implementation and optimisation of compliance management systems and internal investigations to...
Azad Demirtas
Azad Demirtas
Associate
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Munich
Azad Demirtas specialises in contract law and tort liability, including representig his clients before the state courts. He is experienced with the enforcement and defence of claims for damages as well...
Kristina Weber
Kristina Weber
Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Berlin
Kristina Weber mainly represents listed companies in complex litigation before the state courts. Her litigation expertise also comes to bear in mass litigation. Kristina started her legal career in 2019...
Mira Dorn
Mira Dorn, LL.M. Eur. (LMU, Uni Maastricht)
Senior Legal Specialist
Germany, Cologne
Mira Dorn specialises in project management and dispute coordination. As a Senior Legal Specialist in dispute resolution, she has extensive experience in case management, particularly with respect to...
Till Alex
Till Alex
Legal Coordinator
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Stuttgart
Till Alex advises high net worth individuals, owners of family businesses and shareholding families on German and international private wealth and corporate succession matters, with a focus on tax structuring...
Christoph Düllmann
Christoph Düllmann
Legal Coordinator
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Duesseldorf
Christoph Düllmann specialises in advising and representing companies in complex civil litigation. He has special expertise in mass claims. Christoph started his legal career at a firm with a focus on...