Family-owned businesses

Family-owned businesses, family offices, (corporate) succession

Family businesses and the entrepreneurial families behind them are characterized by their own history and personal values and are often shaped by and focused on the acting entrepreneurial personality or personalities.

Integrated advise

In close cooperation with the clients’ tax advisors, we support entrepreneurial families and family offices in the development of corporate law structures, dealing with corporate governance issues, the management and control of family businesses as well as with regard to family-internal succession or the implementation of alternative solutions through M&A, management buy-in and management buy-out solutions.

We assist our clients with restructurings and joint ventures, as well as shareholder disputes.

corporate succession

Our advice includes advice on family and inheritance law, such as drafting wills and inheritance contracts and assisting with their implementation, including the division and settlement of estates as well as the execution of wills.

capital markets

Our expertise also includes the area of capital market-oriented family companies, where the interests of the entrepreneurial family and the unique (legal) requirements of the capital market must be taken into account equally.