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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