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Company Succession

Preparation of a handover plan and development of a succession strategy; examination of handover models; advisory support of the successor in the implementation of the takeover decision; securing the retirement of the entrepreneur and provision for his family; economic, legal and tax optimization of the liquidation; company valuations; financing advice

Competition Law

Advice and litigation in all matters of unfair competition, in particular design of advertising and websites; advice in court and out-of-court disputes concerning competition infringements.

Copyright and Media Law

Advice and litigation in all matters of copyright and media law (classic and new media), in particular licensing agreements, production contracts, advertising contracts, State Media Treaty, protection of minors and Internet law issues.

Corporate Law

Formation and liquidation of companies with industry focus in the technology sector, capital measures, corporate governance and compliance related to digital business models and IT value creation,

Shareholder meetings, conducting rescission proceedings, shareholder disputes, directors’ and officers’ liability, M&A transactions, financing rounds, leveraged and secondary buy outs, spin-offs, co-investment and minority investments, carry schemes and management compensation.

Data Protection Law

Public and non-public sector, national (especially employee data protection) and international incl. Third country transfer. Data and data protection contracts; commissioned data processing contracts, joint control; expert opinions, e.g. for new processes/applications; support in the event of “data breaches” and advice in supervisory authority audit procedures; support and advice for the data protection officer; additional technical measures for third-country transfers; audits; records of processing activities, data protection impact assessment, data protection due diligence, anonymization and pseudonymization concepts also by means of AI; Binding Corporate Rules (also for processor groups).

Economic Advice

Business plans; business management consulting; controlling; risk management; reporting according to national and international accounting standards; investment and financing calculations; company acquisitions/sales; company valuations; international management consulting; customer-specific reporting

EVB-IT

Advice on use and interpretation; handling of consulting on use and interpretation; handling of contracts and annexes; cross-connections with methodology and data protection; general terms and conditions law issues; innovations.

Inheritance Law

Drafting of wills, powers of attorney and living wills, compulsory portion, communities of heirs, execution of wills, anticipated succession, gift and inheritance tax law

IT Law

Hardware, software and service contracts; design and use of T&Cs; IT project contracts using various methods including agile, software customization and implementation;
Outsourcing; cloud contracts (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS); IoT, blockchain; software distribution; open source software; development contracts; service specifications and their handling; maintenance; SLA; NDA; database and software protection; escrow of source code;
Project crises and their resolution; defects and defect rights and liability issues; contentious proceedings.

IT Security Law

The Act on the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI Act), critical infrastructures, IT security requirements at financial institutions and insurers, technical-organizational measures in the area of telecommunications and telemedia, IT security measures for trade secrets

Labor Law

Advice on all practice-relevant topics of individual and collective employment law, such as drafting and reviewing employment contracts, management board and managing director contracts, employment protection law, works constitution law, non-competition clauses, remuneration and compensation systems, employee data protection, working hours, operational changes and transfers, restructuring, termination agreements, compliance.

Law of Associations and Foundations

Family foundations, non-profit status, tax optimization

Ongoing Tax Consulting & Compliance

Advice on questions of current tax law; support in the meticulous fulfillment of tax obligations (declaration, notification and withholding obligations, retention and documentation obligations); financial and payroll accounting; preparation of annual financial statements; preparation of tax returns

Process Management

Party representation in arbitration proceedings and before national courts, including labor court proceedings; licensing disputes; IT project disputes;
Administrative proceedings; internal investigations in the areas of IT, data protection, financial services; liability actions; insolvency and creditor avoidance actions.

Tax Defense Consulting

Advice in the run-up to and in the event of voluntary tax declarations; representation during tax audits; legal remedies in and out of court as well as representation before the fiscal courts and the Federal Fiscal Court; advice in tax collection proceedings (deferral, remission, write-off); advice/ defense in the event of enforcement and other coercive measures by the fiscal authorities

Tax Structure Consulting (National & International)

Expert opinions; choice of legal form and comparison of tax burdens; optimization of corporate structures (planning and implementation); concepts for splitting up and leasing out businesses; tax-optimized structuring of corporate financing; tax-oriented reallocation of assets between the business and private sectors; tax due diligence reviews in the context of corporate acquisitions; group tax law; double taxation agreements; transfer pricing; taxation of permanent establishments; foreign tax law; gifts and inheritance; international inheritance tax and asset succession planning; advice on setting up, structuring and managing a family office; advice to charitable and private foundations; advice on departures and move ins; expert opinions; double taxation agreements; foreign tax law

Telemedia & Telecommunications Law

Trademark Law

Trademark law and related fields of law, in particular trademark searches, trademark applications, proceedings before trademark offices, court proceedings in trademark matters.