Legally Secure Succession Arrangements for Long-Term Success
Corporate succession is a crucial step to ensure the continuation and development of a business. Whether within the family, through sale, or by external successors, careful planning is essential to overcome legal, tax, and economic challenges. Unclear arrangements can not only threaten the future of the business but also lead to conflicts between heirs or business partners.
MTR Legal’s attorneys support you in the legal and strategic planning of your corporate succession. With experience and foresight, we develop tailored solutions that ensure the continuity of your business and consider your personal and entrepreneurial goals.
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Secure Transfer to the Next Generation
Family-internal succession is one of the most common forms of business transfer. It offers the opportunity to keep the business in the family and continue the life’s work. However, questions arise regarding fair asset distribution, successor qualifications, and tax burdens. Precise legal structuring is crucial for a smooth transfer process.
MTR Legal supports you in planning and implementing family-internal business succession. We clarify inheritance and compulsory share rights, examine tax optimization possibilities, and help you establish clear rules for the responsibilities and decision-making powers of the successors. With our help, you secure the continuity of your business and family cohesion.
Strategic Planning for a Successful Sale
The sale of a business offers an alternative to family-internal succession and allows the entrepreneur to realize the business’s value and secure their financial future. However, a successful sale requires careful preparation, from valuation to contract design and clarification of tax and legal aspects.
MTR Legal assists you in planning and conducting a business sale. We review your company’s legal structure, draft legally secure sales contracts, and support you in negotiations with potential buyers. Our goal is to facilitate a smooth sales process and achieve maximum value for your business.
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Efficient structuring to minimize tax burdens
The transfer of a business is often associated with significant tax burdens, especially due to inheritance and gift taxes. However, German tax law provides specific benefits, such as the “exemption rule,” which allows for partial or full tax relief under certain conditions. Strategic planning is essential to take advantage of these benefits and reduce the tax burden.
MTR Legal assists you in the tax optimization of your business succession. We examine the conditions for tax privileges, develop tax-efficient transfer models, and help you design your succession plan legally secure and economically sustainable. With our support, you ensure the long-term preservation of your company assets.
Clear legal basis for business succession
Articles of association and wills play a central role in the legal structuring of business succession. Unclear or conflicting arrangements can lead to conflicts between heirs and shareholders and threaten the continued existence of the company. Therefore, a coordinated and legally secure arrangement is essential.
The attorneys at MTR Legal advise you on adapting articles of association and wills to the requirements of your succession plan. We clarify questions on voting rights distribution, the transfer of business shares, and the integration of successors into the company structure. Our advice ensures that your company is legally stable for the next generation.
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