Lawyers for Succession Planning

Our lawyers for succession planning focus on planning the long-term transfer of private or company assets to the next generation, structuring the arrangements for maximum legal certainty and finally implementing them in the interests of the business-owning family. 

Our succession and estate planning experts will present you with the options for transferring assets during your lifetime, which is often more favourable from a tax point of view. These options could include gifts to children or the establishment of a private foundation, for example. Our lawyers can also advise you on the trade-off between gift tax and inheritance tax, taking the relevant tax allowances into account. 

In order to make the best possible arrangements for your estate in accordance with your wishes, our specialist lawyers draft deeds of gift and inheritance contracts to suit your specific financial situation, as well as testamentary dispositions. 

We support family businesses in adding succession planning to their articles of association and creating corporate succession arrangements that are optimised with regard to both tax and business aspects.

If assets are held outside Germany or the testator (temporarily) resides abroad, our succession and estate planning lawyers will also consider inheritance tax and any gift tax issues in the relevant countries.

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

More information on our expertise in succession and estate planning can be found here.