Company formation and choice of legal form.
Choosing the optimal legal form (GmbH, UG, AG, GbR, branch office) to suit your goals and the desired scope of liability.
Choosing the optimal tax structure at formation.
Calculating the tax burden of different scenarios as early as the formation stage.
Tax advice on company financial reporting.
Guidance on the deadlines and scope of statutory accounting and disclosure obligations.
Review and drafting of formation documents (shareholders’ agreement, articles of association).
Drafting and reviewing the articles of association and shareholders’ agreement to safeguard your interests.
Review and drafting of managing director service agreements.
Structuring the managing director’s agreement: powers, remuneration and liability.
Support with company acquisitions (M&A) and due diligence.
Legal review and execution of the transaction when buying or selling a business.
Drafting commercial and distribution agreements.
Drafting and reviewing supply, service, distribution and franchise agreements.
Support with conversions and restructurings.
Mergers, demergers and changes of legal form, taking all legal consequences into account.
Resolution of corporate disputes.
Representation in conflicts between shareholders and with the company’s corporate bodies.

Developing a comprehensive defence strategy in white-collar criminal law.
Risk analysis and building a line of defence in white-collar crime cases.
Defence in the investigation, interim and main proceedings.
Representation at every stage — from the investigation through to trial, in all instances.
Information from German criminal police and Interpol databases.
Requests for information, and challenges to and deletion of data held in the systems of the BKA (Federal Criminal Police Office) and Interpol (Red Notices).
Protection of witnesses and victims.
Support during questioning and representation of the victim’s interests as a joint plaintiff (Nebenklage).
Extradition proceedings and European Arrest Warrants.
Defence against extradition requests and European Arrest Warrants.
Advice on voluntary self-disclosure (Selbstanzeige).
Preparing a voluntary disclosure which, if filed in time, can result in exemption from punishment.

General tax advice.
Explaining the tax consequences of transactions and life events.
Preparation of tax returns.
Preparing and filing tax returns for individuals and businesses, and handling correspondence with the tax office (Finanzamt).
Tax advice and tax structuring.
Structuring assets and businesses to avoid double taxation.
Ongoing tax support for businesses (Steuerberatung).
Support during tax audits and appeals against decisions of the tax authorities.

Divorce.
Comprehensive support throughout the divorce proceedings and representation before the family court.
Child and spousal maintenance.
Calculating and enforcing maintenance for children and spouses.
Determining the child’s place of residence.
Custody, the child’s place of residence and contact rights.
Division of assets.
Dividing jointly owned assets and advising on marriage contracts.
Pension rights adjustment (Versorgungsausgleich).
Dividing the pension entitlements acquired during the marriage between the spouses.
Wills and inheritance contracts.
Drafting testamentary dispositions that reflect your last wishes, taking taxes and the compulsory share into account.
Estate administration and certificate of inheritance.
Support in accepting the inheritance and obtaining the certificate of inheritance (Erbschein).
Disputes between heirs and enforcing the compulsory share.
Representation in disputes over the division of the estate and the compulsory share (Pflichtteil).
Inheritance and gift tax.
Lawful structuring to minimise inheritance and gift tax.

Review of employment contracts.
Reviewing and drafting employment contracts for legal compliance.
Protection against dismissal and negotiating severance.
Filing an unfair dismissal claim and negotiating a severance payment.
Recovering outstanding wages and severance pay.
Enforcing claims for wages and severance pay, through the courts if necessary.
Challenging a formal warning (Abmahnung).
Assessing the warning and demanding its removal from your personnel file.
Termination agreements.
Reviewing and negotiating the terms of a mutually agreed termination of employment.
Protection in mass redundancies.
Reviewing the dismissal procedure and the social selection criteria (Sozialauswahl).
Employment references.
Enforcing the issue and correction of your employment reference (Arbeitszeugnis).
Representing employers.
Advising companies on employment law and supporting them in disputes with employees.

Advice on acquiring German citizenship.
Assessing your entitlement to naturalisation, including questions of multiple citizenship.
Advice on obtaining and extending a residence permit.
Choosing the right legal basis and providing support with the issue and extension of your residence permit.
Support in obtaining an EU Blue Card.
Comprehensive support for skilled professionals applying for the EU Blue Card.
Challenging visa and residence refusals.
Filing appeals and challenging refusals in court.
Corporate immigration and support for employers.
Assisting entrepreneurs and employers with hiring foreign employees.