We advise companies, shareholders, investors, managing directors, board members and supervisory board members comprehensively on all questions of national and international corporate law. This applies both to structuring advice (structuring, transformations, liability avoidance) and to disputes (shareholder disputes, court disputes, arbitration proceedings).
We are experienced in corporate transactions (including M&A, private equity, venture capital), tax structuring and succession planning.
Together with our specialists in the fields of capital market law, intellectual property law, tax law and antitrust law, we represent your interests in a goal-oriented, assertive and long-term manner.
Christoph Schmitz-Schunken
Lawyer
Tax consultant
Specialist lawyer for commercial and company law
Specialist lawyer for tax law
cert. Consultant Criminal Tax Law (DAA)
Phone +49 241 94621-143
E-mail: schmitz-schunken@dhk-law.com
Lawyer
Tax consultant
Specialist lawyer for commercial and company law
Specialist lawyer for tax law
cert. Consultant Criminal Tax Law (DAA)
Lawyer in Germany and Belgium
Specialist lawyer for international business law
Specialist lawyer for commercial and corporate law
Specialist in intellectual property law and competition law
Inheritance tax / estate planning / business succession
/by Christoph Schmitz-SchunkenSections 13a – 13c of the Inheritance Tax Act (ErbStG) grant privileges for acquiring or transferring business assets. These shares in corporations and agricultural and forestry businesses may ensure these assets are transferred tax-exempt. The individual requirements for this are very complex and multi-layered.
Dismissal of the GmbH managing director
/by Christoph Schmitz-SchunkenIn this introduction, we provide an overview of the basics of GmbHs and management, as well as the reasons for the dismissal of a managing director.
Voting prohibitions in corporation and partnership law
/by Christoph Schmitz-SchunkenIn company law, you must separate the company’s legal issues from the shareholders’.