We advise on all company law matters. The spectrum of our services particularly covers the following fields:
- Advice on formation, i.e. choosing the appropriate legal form (including foreign legal forms), drafting the articles of association/partner ship agreements, off-the-shelf companies
- Ongoing advice on company law, e.g. amending articles of association/partnership agreements, advice in connection with changes in the management as well as on implementing capital measures
- Liquidation of companies/partnerships
- Group law, i.e. advice in connection with inter-company agreements such as business management agreements and business lease agreements as well as domination agreements and/or profit-and-loss transfer agreements (particularly in connection with fiscal unities)
- Changing the registered office (seat) of foreign companies to Germany
In connection with the restructuring of an enterprise we also implement complex, usually tax-driven, structures. Here the focus of our services is on the following:
- Structuring to prepare for company acquisitions or disposals
- Implementing holding structures, also of a cross-border nature, including associated measures such as (internal) refinancing
- Measures pursuant to the German Reorganization Act (Umwandlungsgesetz), e.g. mergers, divestments, spin-offs, change of legal form
- Cross-border structuring, including mergers and accruals
Our clients include both national and international groups as well as small and medium-sized enterprises.