Fields of Activity

Any asset succession is subject to complex legal regulations whether in case of inheritance or during lifetime. It depends upon professionally arranging that your assets are cost- and tax-efficiently passed on to the next generation without conflicts among all parties concerned.

 

The same applies to the processing and the settlement of inheritance among fellow heirs and the assertion of legal portion claims and bequests. Here, legal laymen quickly come up against their limits. As specialised inheritance lawyers we can rely on the necessary and profound experience and expertise in the successful arranging of succession as well as in the successful enforcement of inheritance claims of any kind.

 

Particularly in the following fields, we assist you with our proven specialist knowledge on a results-oriented, cost-transparent and a legally watertight basis.

 

Our fields of activity in inheritance law

• Structuring of tax-optimised wills and inheritance contracts
• Donation and transfer agreements
• Asset prevention and asset protection
• Estate planning
• Asset structuring for patchwork families
• Representation in inheritance disputes and probate proceedings
• Defence and enforcement of compulsory portion and legacy claims
• Setting apart communities of heirs
• Interpretation of wills
• Will contests
• Execution of wills
• Mediation

OUR FIELDS OF ACTIVITY IN ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

• Administration of national and international estates
• Organisation of burials and permanent grave maintenance
• Dissolutions of households
• Administration of leasing agreements and other contractual relationships, especially insurance contracts
• Organisation of burials and permanent grave maintenance
• Determination and transfer of bank deposits and securities
• Disposal of real estate
• Clarification of the testator‘s fiscal status including outstanding tax returns
• Satisfaction of compulsory portion claims and bequests
• Administration of digital legacy

OUR FIELDS OF ACTIVITY IN FAMILY LAW

• Structuring of marriage contracts and asset protection
• Descent matters
• Property law matters
• Civil partnership matters
• Precautionary power of attorney for future protection and law for the elderly in general

OUR FIELDS OF ACTIVITY IN REAL ESTATE LAW

• Tax-optimised contract design for the takeover of real estate by way of anticipated inheritance
• Structuring of usufruct reservations and residence rights
• Advice and representation in partition auctions and foreclosure
• Advice and representations in the fields of „Landguterbrecht“ (manor inheritance law), handing over of farms, „Höfeordnung“ (farm order) and „Hofzuweisungsverfahren“ (farm allocation processes)

OUR FIELDS OF ACTIVITY IN FOUNDATION LAW

• Establishment of foundations in the lifetime or upon death
• Explanation and selection of tax-privileged, non-profit purposes
• Foundation strategy
• Structuring of statutes and rules of procedure
• Coordination and correspondence with the responsible foundation supervisory authority

OUR FIELDS OF ACTIVITY IN THE FIELDS OF INHERITANCE AND GIFT TAX LAW

• Asset structuring under legal and tax aspects
• Consultation on tax-optimised transfer of assets
• Preparation of inheritance tax declarations