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Lawyers for Family Offices

A successful family office reflects the structure and core values of the associated business-owning family. Our family office lawyers address your specific requirements around setting up a family office to handle professional asset allocation and management. Such an arrangement relieves family-owned businesses and wealth owners of many routine tasks.

The CMS lawyers specialising in family offices develop tailor-made solutions based on the particular needs and objectives of the family in question. We start by exploring the risks and return expectations, which includes taking the philosophy of the family business and the personality of the owners into consideration.

Our lawyers support the family office in relation to structuring family wealth, drafting shareholder agreements and employment contracts, and advise on all corporate law and tax aspects of investments in real estate, art, etc. or equity interests. Assisting with arrangements for corporate succession is a further service provided by our lawyers for family offices.

Want to find out more about family office options? Or perhaps you have some general questions? Our lawyers for family offices will be happy to help, their contact details can be found below.

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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Stephan Pulvermacher
Stephan Pulvermacher
Senior Associate
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Stuttgart
Stephan Pulvermacher advises entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals on German and international asset and business succession. He is experienced in all legal issues relating to the structuring...