Legal Services

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Our legal advisory is closely linked to our other service areas – as integrated and holistic advice. That is why all attorneys at HLB AUGSBURG are additionally qualified as tax consultants and have many years of professional experience.

Our aim is to avoid disputes. But if necessary, we can also represent your interests in court.

Legal advice from A-Z

Doubly qualified experts
with numerous specialties

Our legal advice at a glance

Company and corporate law

Start-up consulting (corporations and partnerships)
Drafting of contracts (articles of association, corporate contracts etc.)
Advice for shareholders and managing directors
Restructuring and reorganization (transformations) of companies and groups of companies
Establishment of holding structures
M & A, company and share acquisitions; due diligence, transaction structuring, contract drafting, implementation
Preparation of and support in company and general meetings
Support in corporate law disputes, representation in court, settlement negotiations; advice on severance payments
Participation including employee participation models
Corporate law advice on succession planning

Mergers & Aquisitions

Confidentiality Agreement and Letter of Intent
Valuation of the company
Tax-optimized structuring of the purchase or sale
Financial Due Diligence, audit of the target company with regard to profitability, accounting and other business issues)
Tax due diligence, examination of the tax risks of the target company
Legal due diligence, examination of the legal relationships and legal relations of the target company
Drafting, negotiation and drafting of the sales contract
Integration of the company into the acquisition structure
Monitoring and enforcement of your rights

Restructuring

National and international reorganizations
Design and optimization of the legal forms of companies and groups of companies
Mergers, demergers, spin-offs, changes of form, transfer of assets
Drafting of contracts and coordination with notaries and registers
Efficient project management and support through all phases of the restructuring

Real estate and taxes

Sale and purchase of real estate: income tax, land transfer tax, value added tax
Holding and management of real estate: depreciation, rental income, property tax, etc.
Real estate owned by companies (partnerships and corporations)
Real estate as part of the estate: Legal considerations
Inheritance tax and gift tax: Benefits and valuation of real estate
Tax arrangements in connection with the usufruct of real estate

Public sector

Private equity management (shareholders, organs, committees), foundation, ongoing management, liquidation, purchase and sale
Privatization and reprivatization of public tasks, contract drafting, restructuring
Identification and structuring of businesses of a commercial nature; tax recognition of permanently loss-making activities, tax cross-linking
VAT, etc.

Succession advice

Inheritance and income tax planning and optimization of corporate and asset succession
Lifetime transfers, gifts and anticipated succession
Optimization of the asset structure for planned donations or in preparation for a succession under inheritance law
Inheritance and corporate law design of succession, wills, inheritance contracts, waiver of compulsory portion, etc.
Foundation solutions
Preparation of inheritance/gift tax returns including valuation
Support in tax audits
Extrajudicial and judicial appeal proceedings

Non-profit entities

Advice and support in the establishment of non-profit corporations (choice of legal form, draft statutes, coordination with the tax authorities)
Restructuring of non-profit organizations
Questions concerning the day-to-day management of non-profit organizations
Support in tax audits

Foundations

Advice and support in the planning and establishment of a foundation
Draft of the foundation statutes
Issues in the context of day-to-day administration
Advice on changes in the foundation
Coordination with the foundation supervisory authority and the financial administration

Law of Succession

Advice and support in the settlement of the estate
Precautionary measures e.g. (general) powers of attorney and living wills
Drafting of wills and testamentary dispositions
Examination of existing dispositions with regard to effectiveness and (inheritance) legal risks
Execution of wills