Entries by Dr. Heribert Warken

The Process of Business Succession

A successful entrepreneurial career is crowned by a successful business transfer. According to a study by the IfM Bonn, approximately 190,000 businesses are expected to be transferred between 2022 and 2026; most of these will be in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, and North Rhine-Westphalia. When attempting to structure business transfers, there are essentially only three options.

Assessing the Relocation of Operations Abroad

A survey conducted by the DIHK in mid-2023 among more than 3,500 companies in Germany shows that plans for industrial relocation are intensifying.

Nearly one-third of industrial companies (31.7%) are planning or already implementing the relocation of capacity abroad or the reduction of domestic production in response to energy policy conditions.

The matrimonial property regime

If you look at the internet posts under the term ‘equalisation of gains’, almost all of them relate to divorce law.

It is certainly true that almost every 2–3 marriages end prematurely these days, and so does the often agreed statutory matrimonial property regime of the community of acquired property.

Conversely, however, it is also true that the other portion of marriages works out and families remain intact. And it is precisely this target group that the following article is aimed at.