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Lawyers for family business owners

CMS Germany has been advising family business owners for decades on all matters related to commercial law, tax law and inheritance law. Family-controlled and family-managed firms value our lawyers for family business owners as reliable partners who provide advice on the company’s strategic direction both within Germany and internationally, assist with operational aspects of the business and help to plan the transition to the next generation.

Interdisciplinary teams comprising corporate law experts, employment lawyers and specialists in tax, family and inheritance law engage with the special features of your business, allowing them to respond appropriately at all times. This includes our lawyers helping family business owners to successfully address the many challenges posed by today’s markets while aligning business interests and family well-being in the best possible way.

Our lawyers help family business owners in selecting management personnel and asset managers, when deciding to establish a family office and around the creation of a family constitution. In close consultation with the business owner, our lawyers analyse asset management risks, provide support for investment projects and transactions, and develop strategies for corporate succession.

We also advise families and family-owned companies with substantial assets on their business interests in other countries, working jointly with the CMS Private Clients Specialty Group within the international CMS organisation. 

Would you like to talk to one of our lawyers for family business owners, without any obligation? Please see below for a list of our experts in this field.

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Hans Christian Blum
Hans Christian Blum
Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Erbrecht (Certified lawyer for inheritance law) | Co-Head of the CMS Private Clients Group
Germany, Stuttgart
Germany, Cologne
Hans Christian Blum advises entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals. His clients primarily aim at protecting and preserving family businesses/family assets as well as keeping peace in the family...
Daniel Otte
Dr. Daniel Otte, LL.M. (Boston Univ.)
Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht (Certified lawyer for commercial and corporate law)
Germany, Cologne
Daniel Otte advises entrepreneurs and family businesses on strategic management and equity interest issues. He is particularly experienced in corporate law disputes and represents clients in and out of...
Jasper Philippi
Dr. Jasper Philippi
Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Erbrecht (Certified lawyer for inheritance law)
Germany, Hamburg
Jasper Philippi advises private clients, entrepreneurial families and family offices on corporate succession and asset planning including cross-border aspects. He focuses on inheritance law and the law...
Dirk Schauer
Dr. Dirk Schauer
Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Erbrecht (Certified lawyer for inheritance law) | Head of Private Clients, CMS Germany
Germany, Stuttgart
Dirk Schauer advises entrepreneurs and private clients on national and international estate planning and corporate succession planning as well as on foundations. He advises on the structuring and protection...
Angelika Thies
Prof. Dr. Angelika Thies
Partner
Tax Adviser
Germany, Munich
Angelika Thies has long-standing experience advising family-owned businesses and groups on all German and international aspects of company taxation, particularly regarding complex restructurings within...
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...
Heiko Wiechers
Dr. Heiko Wiechers
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Stuttgart
Heiko Wiechers is a corporate lawyer focussing on domestic and cross-border transactions and reorganisations. He advises his clients on foreign investments and on joint ventures, in particular with a...
Michael Schellenberger
Dr. Michael Schellenberger, Mag. rer. publ.
Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Erbrecht (Certified lawyer for inheritance law)
Germany, Stuttgart
Michael Schellenberger assists business owners and high net worth individuals with their asset structuring, corporate investment management, succession planning and matrimonial regime issues. He also...
Luise Uhl-Ludäscher
Luise Uhl-Ludäscher, Dipl.-Ökonomin, Dipl.-Finanzwirtin (FH)
Principal Counsel
Tax Adviser
Germany, Stuttgart
Luise Uhl-Ludäscher specialises in tax planning, advising medium-sized family businesses and there owners and families as well as high-net-worth individuals on corporate succession and estate planning...
Michael Heuser
Dr. Michael Heuser
Counsel
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Erbrecht (Certified lawyer for inheritance law)
Germany, Stuttgart
Michael Heuser specialises in conflict resolution for private clients, advising heirs, beneficiaries of compulsory portions, executors, shareholders, entrepreneurs and family businesses on contentious...