Inheritance Law

Consultations in German and International inheritance law, heirship, and law of succession.

We help our clients in the following areas:

Creating testaments and planning heirship
Law of succession (for corporations and tax reasons)
International inheritance
Dealing with estates
Protection of and defense against statutory share claims
Consultation on power of attorney and living wills

The quality of our advice on inheritance law has received several awards from various magazines:

Focus Spezial Anwälte

Germany’s best inheritance law firms (issue 06/2020) RA Höhmann top lawyer inheritance law (issue 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Capital

Germany’s best inheritance law firms (issue 06/2022)

(Issue 06/2021)
(Issue 06/2020)

Wirtschaftswoche

Particularly recommended law firm inheritance law (issue of 29.11.2019)

Further, free information on inheritance law and international inheritance law can be found at www.erbrechtsberater-berlin.de.

Before any inheriting

Inheritance law is best practiced before any inheriting is to be done. Therefore we advise our clients in the writing of their testaments and/or wills etc. In all cases of inheritance, be they simple family ones or the succession to a company, certain common questions arise (who should inherit, what should the shares be made out of and how are they influenced, how can this be accessed/changed during life etc.), but one must also consider the role of taxes and other given “pitfalls” for heirs. Our goal is not only to answer these questions and write the most practical will, but also to write a will that allows you to express yourself and avoid any future conflict. Most conflicts following an inheritance stem from an unclear or improper testament, which you can avoid with our consultation.

After inheritance

After inheritance does occur, we are able to represent our clients in court and in extrajudicial negotiations, to protect or protect from inheritance claims, and also help take action with inheritance claims. We represent single heirs, groups of inheritors, mediate between heirs and can also act as executors of the testament.

A large part of our inheritance work deals with the issues that arise from international inheritance, multi-citizenship heirs, and heirs outside of their homeland.

We will represent you in front of the local, state, and even national courts, as long as it makes financial sense for you.

For more free information on inheritance- and international inheritance law, please visit this website: www.erbrechtsberater-berlin.de. (in German)