Inheritance law

Inheritance is a serious issue

Inheritance is a personal thing. A very personal one, because the “wealthy aunt from overseas who you didn't know about before and who left you a small fortune” is in fact quite rare. And so it is the family members closest to us who need to be protected, the life's work, the “company”, that is meant to continue, or the contentious inheritance dispute in which you have to assert yourself.

Experience shows that most people are reluctant to deal with issues such as their own death, their estate or company succession, and perhaps you are one of those people who do not have any close relatives or do not wish to bequeath anything at all. Then simply enjoy all of your assets during your lifetime or donate them. After all, it is your money. However, if you want to make provisions for yourself and your family or even your company and counteract disputes that may arise later (and they do occur in the case of inheritance even in the most peaceful and harmonious families), plan in good time. Especially in contentious cases, you need a strong and competent partner at your side.

Our team of lawyers in the inheritance law practice advises private individuals and companies in the Hamburg Metropolitan Area and throughout Germany and supports you in all disputes concerning inheritance law. In doing so, it works on a multidisciplinary basis with other internal or external lawyers and tax advisers.

What we do for you

Quarrels happen in the best of families. This saying is as old as it is true. Especially in connection with inheritance. Perhaps you have just experienced this yourself: you have inherited. Or you have not inherited, although you should have. Or you have inherited and do not know whether to accept the inheritance. In these cases, too, we will be happy to advise you, on the following topics among others:

• Interpretation of wills and contesting a will
• Compulsory share / rights to a supplement to the compulsory share if disinherited
• Dissolution and administration of communities of heirs
• Execution of wills and administration of estates
• Contentious disputes before the probate court or the civil court
• Certificate of inheritance proceedings, accepting and disclaiming an inheritance
• Gifts and recovery of gifts
• Inheritance tax returns
• Legacies and conditions

Our team of lawyers in the inheritance law practice will represent you competently in all out-of-court proceedings or before the civil courts and probate courts.