Whether during their lifetime or in the event of an inheritance: When it comes to inheriting, many people experience turbulent times. That is completely understandable: the Inheritance Law is complex. What's more, there are not only financial issues to clarify, but also emotional ones. Inheritance is never just rational: it affects property and family peace.
We represent entrepreneurs, private individuals, and foundations. Special emphasis is on comprehensive out-of-court advice, but also on representation in litigation. This includes in addition inheritance cases withan entrepreneurial or international dimension .
Prior to the Inheritance
- Counselling on design and review of wills, contracts of inheritance, donation agreements and lifetime transfers of private and corporate assets
- Preparation and coordination of entrepreneur´s last wills, marriage contracts and partnership agreements
- Preparation of wills for the needy
- Advice on and drafting of inheritance and compulsory portion waiver agreements
- Advice on tax-optimised designs prior to the accrual of an inheritance
- Advice on and drafting of lasting powers of attorney, living wills [providing for medical instructions in case of later incapacity], care directives as well as entrepreneurial health care proxies
After the Inheritance
- Representation in certificate of inheritance proceedings and actions to determine heirs
- Final distribution to communities of heirs
- International Inheritance Law: advice and representation in cases involving foreign countries
- Defence against and enforcement of entitlements to compulsory portions and rights to augmentation of compulsory portions
- Defence against and enforcement of preparatory rights to information and accountability
- Enforcement of or defence against claims for information, accountability, and restitution against the person holding a lasting power of attorney
- Cases of contesting a will
- Disclaimer of inheritance, estate administration and estate insolvency
- Testamentary capacity
- Settlement of estates
- Execution of the will or monitoring and, if necessary, removal of the appointed executor
- Compulsory partitions by public auctions for final distribution of real estate
- Agreements on redistribution of shares in the estate, inheritance purchase
- Advice on tax-optimized designs following the devolution of an inheritance
