Legal and Tax Advice for International Clients in Germany.

Corporate & Transactions

For foreign parent companies, founders, shareholders and investors.

• Setting up a German GmbH, subsidiary or branch
• Shareholder agreements and articles of association
• Corporate governance and housekeeping
• Financing rounds, venture capital and private equity
• M&A and joint ventures, including cross-border transactions

Particular focus on M&A, private equity and venture capital, based on transaction experience at PwC Legal and GSK Stockmann.

Commercial Contracts

For companies doing business in or with Germany.

• Supply, distribution, service and cooperation agreements
• General terms and conditions
• Drafting, review and negotiation under German law
• Alignment with your existing international terms
• Enforcing and defending contractual claims, out of court and in court

Real Estate

For investors, companies and private buyers.

• Acquisition and sale of residential and commercial property
• Legal due diligence
• Holding structures through German or foreign companies
• Commercial and residential leases
• Close coordination with notaries and tax advisers

Employment

For employers and management in Germany.

• Employment and managing director contracts
• Hiring your first employees in Germany
• Terminations and settlement agreements
• Employment aspects of restructurings and transactions

Succession & Private Wealth

For international families, entrepreneurs and heirs.

• Wills and inheritance agreements with cross-border elements
• Business succession and lifetime transfers of assets
• Compulsory portion claims
• Division of estates and communities of heirs
• German probate proceedings, including the certificate of inheritance (Erbschein)

In business succession, inheritance, corporate and tax law intersect. GY Legal advises on all of them from a single source.

Tax

For companies, investors and private clients.

• Tax aspects of company set-ups and restructurings
• Transactions and investments
• Real estate acquisitions and structures
• Inheritance and gift tax in succession planning

GY Legal advises on tax law itself and works closely with an experienced German tax adviser, for example on tax returns and accounting.