GERMANY Law and Practice Contributed by: Christian von Oertzen and Philipp Windeknecht, Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Flick Gocke Schaumburg has seven offices in Ger - many – in Bonn, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart and Düsseldorf. With more than 50 years’ experience in the field, the firm combines out - standing expertise in German and international tax law with specialist know-how in other relevant areas of business law. Flick Gocke Schaumburg advises on national and international mergers and acquisitions, disposals, venture capital and private equity trans - actions, and complex restructurings; it also provides
comprehensive advice to high net worth individuals, family-owned businesses, foundations and non-prof - it organisations on all tax and legal issues related to wealth management and succession. The firm’s cli - ent roster is currently in excess of 2,000, including the majority of DAX-listed companies. In terms of tax crime and white-collar matters, Flick Gocke Schaum - burg covers the entire spectrum, from risk assess - ments to representation in criminal proceedings.
Authors
Christian von Oertzen is a partner at Flick Gocke Schaumburg and head of the private clients department. He has more than 30 years’ experience in advising national and international clients on estate planning, probate,
Philipp Windeknecht is a partner at Flick Gocke Schaumburg, in the private clients department. As a lawyer and certified tax adviser with more than ten years of experience, his main practice areas include estate
income tax and capital gains tax matters, and on immigrating to or expatriating from Germany. Christian lectures regularly on these legal issues and has published several manuals and articles on estate and gift tax planning and conflict of law questions. He is a member of a number of prestigious professional bodies, including the International Academy of Estate and Trust Laws.
planning (civil law and tax law), probate and relocation to and from Germany. He also advises national and international clients on pre- and postnuptial agreements, charitable planning, establishing foundations and art (tax) law. Philipp publishes articles on national and international estate planning on a regular basis, and also gives lectures on these issues. He is a member of the International Bar Association and the International Fiscal Association.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49 MesseTurm D-60308 Frankfurt am Main Germany Tel: +49 6971 7030 Fax: +49 697 170 3100 Email: christian.von-oertzen@fgs.de Web: www.fgs.de
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