Legal structures are often cumbersome and difficult to understand. In family businesses in particular, a stringent partnership agreement that is explicitly orientated towards the interests of the family and other legal framework agreements to avoid any disputes within the family are often dispensed with.
Protection in legal matters
For family members, being shareholders often also means the need to protect themselves and the company with marriage contracts and wills.
For entrepreneurs, it is necessary to have advisors at their side in all ongoing legal matters who are familiar with the interaction between family and company and know the strategic particularities, values and also the family's expectations of the management and take them into account in their advice.
Our advisors are at your side
We support you in the formation of companies of all kinds, we draw up the articles of association and take care of communication with notaries and all relevant authorities.
We provide ongoing support in all matters relating to company law, civil law and labour law.
Our lawyers assist you with strategic expansions such as mergers and acquisitions, carry out due diligence reviews and negotiate contracts for you.
Together with our tax consultants, we find solutions for all issues in connection with restructuring and reorganisation - also on a cross-border basis in close cooperation with lawyers from the international PKF network.
Our experienced lawyers will represent you in court before all local, regional and higher regional courts and stand by your side.
We support you in any considerations regarding the establishment of a foundation and assist you in all matters relating to foundation and non-profit law. In the event of a dispute between shareholders, we can mediate and point out solutions and support you in asserting your interests.
Together with our auditors, our lawyers develop viable solutions in many reorganisation cases, negotiate these with banks and other creditors and implement them with all stakeholders.
In close coordination with our in-house tax consultants and auditors, we take care of everything necessary to transfer the company into new hands as soon as you want to retire. Within the family, we draw up gift and succession agreements or support you in drawing up your will.
If you are planning to sell your company, we will negotiate the contracts with buyers on your behalf, draw up or review the contracts and support you throughout the entire sales phase.
Our legal advice services are specially tailored to the needs of family businesses. We speak a language that is also understandable for non-specialists. Things are brought to the point in a pragmatic way, our lawyers focus on the aspects that are important and need to be settled, with a clear line and understanding for you, your company and the economic context.