Company Succession & Inheritance Law
MME Partners assist their clients in structuring corporate succession policies. We advise entrepreneurs who wish to hand over the future of their company to a successor. Thanks to our experience, we are able to develop steady solutions for the company, including all questions relating to inheritance law that may arise in this context. Family members and external successors as well as investors (Private Equity), who intend to take over or participate in a family business, rank among our clients.
We proceed according to a proven series of steps:
- Analysis of the legal situation and strategic positioning of the company
- Identification of the strategic and legal possibilities (planning of options)
- Substantiation of the favoured model
- Examination of the chosen model from all legal perspectives (inheritance law, contract law, company law, tax law)
- Assistance to our clients in negotiations and in the legal implementation of the chosen solution (entrepreneur’s last will, contracts of succession, inheritance settlement, execution of the will, foundations and trusts, management buy-out, management buy-in, corporate sale by share- or asset-deal, participation of Private Equity partners, shareholder’s agreements, financing contracts, shareholder loans, IPO, liquidation etc.).
Succession policies require an interdisciplinary approach. MME Partners constantly work with their established network of external experts. These partners assist us and our clients in corporate successions and the associated challenges in finance, psychology, tax, and pension plans. Our network of partners guarantees our clients full support and security in all aspects of company succesion procedures.
