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Business succession in Germany · Berlin · advising across Germany
Business succession in Germany
Business succession combines ownership, leadership and personal expectations. A durable solution needs both legal structure and commercial perspective.
Who it is for
For owners, families and successors.
Succession may remain in the family, pass to management or involve a sale; each route requires a different legal architecture.
Shareholders
Shareholders can align their commercial interests with the rights and obligations that shape transfer structure.
Management
Management gain a practical basis for taking responsibility and carrying governance & transition through to completion.
Advice
Connect the ownership transfer with future management.
Transfer terms, consideration, governance and transition arrangements are developed as one executable concept.
Objectives & stakeholders
Available routes for objectives & stakeholders are weighed by their legal effect, operational burden and room for negotiation.
- Establish the facts relevant to objectives & stakeholders
- Test the available options and their commercial effect
- Turn the agreed route into clear documents and actions
Transfer structure
The aim is a durable approach to transfer structure that remains clear when the business has to use it.
- Establish the facts relevant to transfer structure
- Test the available options and their commercial effect
- Turn the agreed route into clear documents and actions
Governance & transition
The advice starts with the commercial outcome and tests how governance & transition can support it in practice.
- Establish the facts relevant to governance & transition
- Test the available options and their commercial effect
- Turn the agreed route into clear documents and actions
Contact
Preparing business succession?
Describe the business, stakeholders and intended horizon. I can help turn initial ideas into a workable structure.
How we work
Create clarity around a long-term decision.
Objectives and interests are organised, alternatives compared and the chosen route implemented in a realistic sequence.
Request counselUnderstand the position
The objective, stakeholders, existing documents and timing are organised before work begins on objectives & stakeholders.
Develop the right route
Options for transfer structure are assessed by legal effect, commercial consequence and practical workload.
Carry the decision through
The agreed approach to governance & transition is taken through documents, approvals and completion.
Dr. Philipp LerchAttorney · Berlin
Profile
Legal precision meets commercial understanding.
As an attorney with experience at an international business law firm and an additional background in computer science, I combine corporate law expertise with a clear understanding of business models, processes, and technology.
- Former attorney at Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Two German honours examinations with a focus on commercial and corporate law
- Dr. jur. and LL.M. Corporate and Commercial Law, University of Sheffield
- B.Sc. Computer Science, Free University of Berlin
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How does advice on business succession in germany begin?
The first step is to understand the objective, stakeholders, documents and timing. That shows whether a focused review is sufficient or whether objectives & stakeholders needs a broader workstream.
Which decisions shape business succession in germany?
Transfer structure usually shapes the commercial effect of the arrangement. The decisive issues are therefore addressed before drafting moves into detail.
What can support with business succession in germany include?
Support can be limited to a specific assessment or continue through drafting, negotiation and completion, including governance & transition and coordination with other advisers where needed.
Contact
Preparing business succession?
Describe the business, stakeholders and intended horizon. I can help turn initial ideas into a workable structure.