GERMANY Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Valentin Todorow, Benedikt Xylander and Franziska Kästle Raue Raue is a corporate law firm with international reach. It has more than 80 attorneys advising clients on transactions and operational issues, and represents them in regulatory proceedings and disputes. Its base in Berlin reflects the firm’s particular strengths in regulated markets (energy, healthcare, media), ven ‑ ture capital and policy-related issues. Moreover, the team has significant experience in the real estate and infrastructure sectors, the digital economy, arts and cultural institutions and private client matters. Raue’s
private clients, family and inheritance law team sup ‑ ports clients navigating through divorces and all in ‑ tra-family conflicts. Advising private individuals has been an important part of the firm’s work firm since its foundation 1978, and it advises on all aspects of long-term asset planning and inheritance matters. Raue has particular experience in advising individu ‑ als whose assets include works of art, real estate, stakes in companies and start-ups.
Authors
Valentin Todorow is the head of Raue’s private client, family and inheritance law practice, and has been advising private individuals, families and family businesses on all matters relating to family and
Franziska Kästle is an associate at Raue, where she specialises in international family and inheritance law in the firm’s private clients group. She advises clients on all family and estate law matters, including pre- and
inheritance law for many years. He specialises in separation and divorce proceedings, complex financial disputes involving corporate, real estate and tax law, often with an international angle, as well as pre- and postnuptial agreements. He also has broad expertise in inheritance law and succession planning. Valentin represents clients both in and out of court.
postnuptial agreements, separation and divorce proceedings, the distribution of assets, matters of child custody and maintenance, and complex property disputes, with a particular focus on international and cross-border situations. Franziska holds a double degree in French and German law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Cologne, and has completed training at the Hague Conference on Private International Law, among other institutions.
Benedikt Xylander is a senior associate at Raue, with a special focus on international family and estate law in the firm’s private clients group. He advises on all family and estate law matters, including
prenuptial and post-divorce agreements, as well as arrangements for separation and divorce, before the courts and out of court, the distribution of assets, matters of child custody and maintenance, and the drafting and reviewing of wills and succession planning. Benedikt’s main area of practice is the litigation of complex divorces and estates, often with cross-border implications. He is a lecturer for international family law.
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