Your notaries at CMS Germany

Your notaries

Dr. Tobias Kilian

Of Counsel

Rechtsanwalt, Notary Public

Frankfurt

T +49 69 71701 316

Dr. Matthias Kuß

Partner

Rechtsanwalt, Notary Public

Berlin

T +49 30 20360 1606

Dr. Andreas Otto

Partner

Rechtsanwalt, Notary Public | Co-Head of the CMS Real Estate Group

Berlin

T +49 30 20360 1506

Dr. Jochen N. Schlotter

Partner

Rechtsanwalt, Notary Public

Frankfurt

T +49 69 71701 345

Dr. Jörg Zätzsch, LL.M. (Tulane University)

Partner

Rechtsanwalt, Notary Public

Berlin

T +49 30 20360 2701

Many legal transactions involving corporate law and real property law require certification by a German notary. The purpose of notarisation is to ensure that these particularly important transactions are legally compliant.

Our notaries cover all aspects of notarial practice, especially corporate and real estate law, but also inheritance law. On request, they can all certify documents in English, some also in French or Spanish.

The notaries are supported by a team of specialist employees who are familiar with the requirements of notarisation work and the associated processes.

What we do

Our corporate law practice includes the following activities:

• Drafting articles of association and shareholder resolutions
• Advising on shareholders’ meetings and taking minutes
• Formation of companies such as GmbH, AG, S.E. etc. and capital increases
• Transformation procedures such as mergers, demergers and changes of legal form
• Control and profit transfer agreements
• Pledging of shares in a business
• Preparation and execution of corporate transactions, whether structured as an asset deal or a share deal 
• Commercial register applications, relocation of registered offices or opening and closing down branches

Our real estate law practice includes the following activities:

• Drafting, notarisation and execution of property transfers, including the acquisition or sale of land for development purposes, with the relevant preliminary commitments and financing by means of land charges
• Creation of mortgages, usufruct rights, easements and pre-emption rights
• Formation of apartment ownership and part ownership and establishment of heritable building rights