Corporate law

We advise and represent clients in all corporate law matters and all persons and legal entities affected in this context.

This naturally includes in particular the company itself, its shareholders, its legal representatives (e.g. managing directors and management board) as well as supervisory bodies (supervisory boards, advisory boards, etc.). However, this naturally also includes lending parties (credit institutions, private lenders, investors, etc.).

Founding a company is often an incisive and central, perhaps even groundbreaking decision for the founders. Against this background, the choice of the right legal form (partnership or corporation) is of central importance. However, a distinction must also be made within partnerships and corporations between other legal forms such as GbR, OHG and Kommanditgesellschaft – in the case of partnerships – and GmbH, Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt) or Aktiengesellschaft – in the case of corporations.

We advise you before and during the formation of the company as well as during the existence of the company up to a possible liquidation of the same. In addition to the formation of a company and the drafting of articles of association, this naturally includes the preparation and holding of shareholders’ meetings and, if necessary, the restructuring of companies in accordance with the German Reorganization Act (e.g. mergers, demergers, spin-offs of parts of companies, changes of legal form or the conclusion of control and profit transfer agreements). Furthermore, this naturally also includes capital measures, capital increases, shareholder loans (possibly also in connection with subordination) as well as other forms of financing and financing security elements that may be considered.

However, our range of advisory services also includes legal relationships with company bodies, such as managing director employment contracts, as well as contractual relationships with third parties. Here, too, we advise all relevant parties.

In addition to founding a company and advising it during its existence, corporate transactions (so-called M&A processes) are also of central importance in the area of corporate law. Here, too, we provide competent, expert advice to all parties involved. This includes not only participation in due diligence or the drafting of corresponding contracts, but also advising the persons concerned on the manner of the sale, whether in the form of a so-called share deal (in which the shares of the company are sold or acquired) or a so-called asset deal (in which the capital-bearing assets of a company are sold or acquired). Of course, the company itself is not free of disputes.

Shareholder disputes often involve differing views on the future direction of the company or breaches of duty within the shareholder structure or its legal representatives. We also represent all relevant parties in this context.

Our advisory services are always provided with a view to finding a solution as quickly and promptly as possible, thus enabling our clients in particular to resolve the dispute in question cost-effectively and thus in the best possible legal and economic way or to prevent it from the outset by taking preventive measures.