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VALFORD | Rechtsanwälte

Market entry and company formation

  1. Advice on market entry and the choice of legal form

  2. Foundation of corporations and partnerships as well as associations 

  3. Commercial law advice 

  4. Joint ventures, strategic partnerships and cooperations

Corporate Housekeeping

  • Corporate housekeeping documents (e.g. for organ orders and changes, relocations, submission of annual financial statements, etc.)

  • Monitoring of reporting and documentation obligations 

  • Preparation and support of and representation in (electronic) general and annual general meetings 

  • Provision of e-meeting rooms for company meetings

corporate governance

  • Articles of association, articles of association and syndicate agreements

  • Contracts between companies and their bodies (managing directors, board members, supervisory and advisory boards) or shareholders, in particular managing director and board member contracts and employment contracts

compliance

  • Structuring of compliance systems and creation and review of compliance guidelines, rules of procedure and training materials 

  • Advising managing directors, board members, supervisory and advisory boards as well as shareholders on compliance matters, in particular on liability issues and the preventative avoidance of or handling compliance violations 

  • Advice on issues related to compliance with capital preservation regulations, equity substitution and prohibited return of contributions 

  • Representation in shareholder disputes

corporate finance

  • Structuring of equity and debt financing (capital increases, shareholder loans, cash pools, loan agreements, etc.) 

  • (Startup) Grants 

  • Advice on alternative forms of corporate financing (silent partnerships, profit participation rights, hybrid/mezzanine capital, etc.)

reorganizations

  • Structuring and implementation of reorganization measures (national and cross-border mergers, demergers, contributions, conversions, changes of legal form and reorganizations)

Market entry and company formation

  • Advice on market entry and the choice of legal form

  • Foundation of corporations and partnerships as well as associations 

  • Commercial law advice 

  • Joint ventures, strategic partnerships and cooperations

Corporate Housekeeping

  • Corporate housekeeping documents (e.g. for organ orders and changes, relocations, submission of annual financial statements, etc.)

  • Monitoring of reporting and documentation obligations 

  • Preparation and support of and representation in (electronic) general and annual general meetings 

  • Provision of e-meeting rooms for company meetings

  • Articles of association, articles of association and syndicate agreements

  • Contracts between companies and their bodies (managing directors, board members, supervisory and advisory boards) or shareholders, in particular managing director and board member contracts as well as employment contracts

corporate governance

  • Structuring of compliance systems and creation and review of compliance guidelines, rules of procedure and training materials 

  • Advising managing directors, board members, supervisory and advisory boards as well as shareholders on compliance matters, in particular on liability issues and the preventative avoidance of or handling compliance violations 

  • Advice on issues related to compliance with capital preservation regulations, equity substitution and prohibited return of contributions 

  • Representation in shareholder disputes

compliance

corporate finance

  • Structuring of equity and debt financing (capital increases, shareholder loans, cash pools, loan agreements, etc.) 

  • (Startup) Grants 

  • Advice on alternative forms of corporate financing (silent partnerships, profit participation rights, hybrid/mezzanine capital, etc.)

  • Structuring and implementation of reorganization measures (national and cross-border mergers, demergers, contributions, conversions, changes of legal form and reorganizations)

reorganizations

Family, Private Affairs and Foundations

We advise families and their businesses, private individuals, private foundations, family offices and their corporate bodies in all matters relating to family, corporate, foundation and insolvency law. We also assist in the purchase or sale of family-owned companies or parts of companies, real estate and other assets.

 

Complex structures inevitably bring about conflicts. Within the framework of crisis management and conflict resolution, we offer mediation as an all-party procedure in private as well as professional matters. Especially in families and family businesses, a quick as well as result-oriented conflict resolution is often crucial. Forward-looking, mediation can be used to work out a constructive approach to conflict and enables self-determined solutions.

 

We work closely with experts in personal and asset protection and can thus provide our clients with comprehensive support in matters of private as well as corporate security with our partners.

 

Our service portfolio includes inter alia:

Financing of Family Businesses

  • Capital increases, shareholder loans, loan agreements

  • Subsidies

  • Alternative forms of corporate financing (silent partnerships, profit participation rights, hybrid/mezzanine capital etc)

  • Operating lease and operating transfer agreements

Family Businesses

  • Formation and re/structuring of family businesses and holding structures

  • Ongoing advice on corporate law, in particular on capital maintenance regulations, equity substitution and prohibited return of capital contributions

  • Articles of association, statutes and syndicate agreements and rules of procedure

  • Preparation, attendance of and representation at (electronic) general and shareholders' meetings

  • Provision of e-meeting rooms for shareholders' meetings

  • Advice on family business governance issues

  • Strategic advice in particular in connection with family constitutions and succession arrangements

  • Conflict mediation in family and economic/business matters

  • Representation in shareholder conflicts

Private Foundations and Family Offices

  • Formation and re/structuring of private foundations as well as family offices

  • Advice to founders, beneficiaries and foundation bodies

  • Assumption of foundation board functions

  • Conflict management

Operating Premises Transactions and Reorganizations

  • Structuring of acquisitions/sales of companies or parts of companies (also from insolvency)

  • Tech-enabled due legal diligence (on the seller or buyer side)

  • Preparation, review and negotiation of all transaction documents (purchase agreement, corporate and company law documents etc)

  • Preparation and support of the signing and closing of corporate transactions

  • Structuring and implementation of reorganization measures (national and cross-border mergers, demergers, contributions, conversions, changes of legal form etc)

Family and Private Matters

  • Advice in connection with the conclusion of marriage and partnership agreements and marriage pacts

  • Citizenship law

  • Divorces

  • Health care power of attorneys and patient's living will

  • Advice on inheritance law as well as preparation and examination of testaments, codicils and gifts on death

Real Estate

  • Drafting, reviewing and negotiating real estate purchase and gift, financing, rental, lease, easement and condominium agreements

  • Real estate transactions for foreigners

  • Land registry processing

  • Advice in matters of condominium law

  • Advice in connection with renewable energy communities and subsidies

Assets as well as Asset and Personal Protection

  • Asset structuring and succession planning

  • Acquisition, sale, donation and transfer of assets

  • Advice in connection with personal and asset protection

Conflict Management in Private Matters

  • Identification of and assistance in resolving intra-family conflicts

  • Divorce mediation

  • Mediation in inheritance matters and succession planning

Crisis Management in Business Matters

  • Identification of and support in the resolution of internal conflicts

  • Stakeholder management, especially of external consultants (e.g. PR agencies)

  • Development of crisis management plans and communication strategies 

  • Information preparation for decision makers

Restructuring and Turnaround

  • Support in the legal implementation of restructuring concepts and expert opinions

  • Restructuring and refinancing agreements, standstill agreements, reorganization loan or bridge financing agreements etc

  • Advising corporate bodies in matters of reorganization law, in particular in connection with liability risks and rescission issues

Insolvency and Liquidation

  • Advice on asset protection and realization of collaterals as well as liability issues under insolvency law

  • Advice prior to and in connection with filing for insolvency

  • Representation of companies in crisis during ongoing reorganization and insolvency proceedings

  • Liquidation of companies

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