Corporate law plays a particularly important role for companies, founders, investors, banks and insurance companies, and they all expect a high standard of legal advice. Our clients will find us to be a reliable and, above all, a highly competent partner in all matters of corporate law. Apart from many years of experience, our experts also have very broad industry knowledge and a feel for important future issues.
Our work is in particular characterized by proactive and innovative approaches to solutions tailored to individual client needs.
The expertise of our lawyers contributes to enabling our clients not only to hold their own in their respective markets, but also to position themselves as pioneers.
We advise our clients in a wide variety of fields, from strategic M&A transactions to venture capital investments and takeovers of listed companies as well as IPOs. Furthermore, our range of advice covers all issues of law regarding partnerships, stock corporations and groups of companies as well as all measures of corporate structuring up to start-up consulting. Moreover, we support our clients in the preparation and implementation of annual general meetings, in matters concerning management and supervisory boards and in corporate governance issues. We also represent our clients in avoidance actions as well as various types of restructuring proceedings and squeeze-out processes. We put together the right package for you and you will always be able to count on us!
We advise our clients on all issues relating to private foundations, such as tax-optimized options for personal asset protection. This aspect is particularly important in private foundation law.
Private foundations are confronted with numerous legal issues which can be very complex - in every stage, from formation to operational management and dissolution. Our broad know-how in the field of private foundation law enables us to use guidelines, laws and leeway in favor of our clients.
Moreover, lawyers from our firm serve as members of foundation boards in numerous private foundations.
Sometimes, takeovers present all parties involved with very complex issues; for this reason, it is important to have the right experts by your side. Our lawyers advise bidders and sellers as well as transaction targets and bondholders in every takeover phase. You may entrust us with the entire transaction thanks to our broad experience: from structuring the transaction to due diligence and from negotiating the transaction documents to obtaining approvals from the relevant regulatory authorities, we will support you every step of the way.
Our experts not only bring legal expertise to the table, but also extensive know-how in tax matters. For this reason, we can also provide our clients with highly professional support in reorganizations and restructurings, and work out tax-optimized solutions together.
The implementation of corporate governance structures and compliance programs can be very challenging – an exercise requiring the right kind of support. Our experts advise clients from a wide range of sectors - from listed corporations and private groups of companies to start-ups, supporting them in the implementation or introduction of state-of-the-art corporate governance standards and compliance programs.
The last decade has been characterized by a particularly lively start-up scene, presenting the legal sector with new challenges. For us, it is a great pleasure to use the opportunity to put entrepreneurs in touch with venture capital investors and to support young entrepreneurs in making their ideas materialize.
Disputes may also arise in the area of corporate law, and some of these have to be settled in court. Our experts have extensive experience in this field and will stand by you and your company so as to protect your interests and prevent damage to your company
Family businesses are often not only faced with business management and tax law decisions, but also with emotional ones. In particular, questions of succession planning or asset planning, or conflicts in the family can be a special challenge to a family business, also requiring special sensitivity on the part of legal advisors.
We are by our clients’ side as a competent and reliable partner, and we stand out thanks to our great enthusiasm for family businesses.