Advising family owned enterprises and entrepreneurs in all legal and tax matters is a further essential part of our interdisciplinary practice. Together with our clients, we identify the ideal corporate structure suitable for their aims, implement the optimal taxation structure of the company and draft the respective contracts. While implementing the undertaking we put special attention to an effective corporate structure including a clear separation of competences between shareholders and management as well as, as the case may be, the establishment of corporate organs that lead to efficient management supervision.

If the business requires liquidity that is not provided through its internal cash flow or by the shareholders or partners, we negotiate financing contracts with banks and other investors, irrespective of whether they are conventional loan agreements or more recent forms of financing such as mezzanine capital.

We advise our clients on the income tax and gift tax consequences of intended company successions. In the event of the management being handed over to an external manager, our labour law specialists draft and negotiate the managers’ service contracts. In the event of the business being sold to a strategic or financial investor, our clients benefit from our long-term experience in the areas of M&A and private equity.