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Inheritance Law and Business Succession in Vienna get advice now!
Legal Advice for Secure Asset and Business Succession
Arranging your own succession of assets is an important decision that should be made as early and carefully as possible. This is particularly true where, in addition to private assets, a business, shares in a company or real estate are to be transferred.
We advise our clients comprehensively on all key matters of inheritance law and business succession. The aim is not only to establish a legally effective arrangement, but also to take individual wishes into account, avoid conflicts within the family and safeguard the long-term preservation of assets or the business.
Inheritance Law for Testators and Heirs
Forward-looking estate planning creates clarity and can help avoid later disputes. We advise you on arranging your personal succession and support heirs in asserting and enforcing their rights.
We advise in particular on:
- the drafting and review of wills
- arranging statutory and testamentary succession
- compulsory share claims and waivers of compulsory share rights
- gifts and anticipated succession arrangements
- the legal structuring of asset transfers
- disputes over estates and conflicts within the family
- the administration of estates
- the enforcement or defence of inheritance law claims
A clear and legally compliant arrangement during one's lifetime can help avoid later uncertainty and conflicts. Together with our clients, we develop a solution that fits their personal and family circumstances.
Business Succession
The transfer of a business places particular demands on its legal structuring. In addition to inheritance law issues, corporate law, economic and tax aspects must be taken into account in particular.
We support entrepreneurs in planning and implementing their business succession – regardless of whether the transfer is to take place within the family, to individual successors or to other persons.
Our advice covers in particular:
- the legal planning of business succession
- the drafting and review of wills and inheritance agreements
- the transfer of shares in a company
- gifts and anticipated succession arrangements
- taking compulsory share claims into account
- corporate law provisions for the succession scenario
- coordinating inheritance and shareholders' agreements
- legal support in the transfer of businesses
- avoiding and resolving conflicts among stakeholders and family members
Early planning is particularly important for businesses. Unclear or contradictory arrangements can lead not only to family disputes but also to significant economic problems for the business.
Compulsory Shares and Inheritance Disputes
Particularly in the case of substantial assets or the transfer of a business, compulsory share claims can play a significant role. We review the available legal structuring options and support our clients in enforcing or defending against such claims.
If an inheritance dispute nevertheless arises, we represent our clients both out of court and before the courts. Our aim is always to achieve the most efficient and sustainable solution possible.
Personal and Forward-Looking Advice
Inheritance law decisions often have far-reaching consequences – for one's own assets, the business and, not least, family relationships.
We therefore place great importance on personal and individual support for our clients. We take the time to understand the family and economic circumstances, identify possible structuring options and jointly develop a legally sound solution for the future.
