Dr. Christian Behrendt

Commercial and distribution law

National distribution

• Delivery agreements
• Purchase agreements
• General Terms of Purchase and Sale
• Agency agreements

Proceedings and arbitration proceedings

• Litigation in Germany and abroad
• Strategies for the prevention of proceedings and reduction of risks
• Proceedings for the preservation of evidence, in- and out-of-court

Tenancy law, real estate marketing and management

Commercial tenancy and lease law

• General lease agreements
• Real estate transactions (purchase and sale, leasing, due diligence, rent guarantee)
• Collection of outstanding payments

Tax law

• Consulting with regard to tax planing for all tax types
• Conduction of objection proceedings with regard to all tax types
• Preparation of voluntary reports of tax evasion including the review and assessment of bank receipts

Corporate law/M&A

Incorporation

• Selection of the legal form (corporate law and tax law)
• Drafting of the partnership agreement, further agreements between the partners
• German stock corporation and private company law (e.g. OHG, KG, GmbH & Co. KG, GmbH, AG, KGaA, eG)

Life and growth of the company

• Takeover of other companies (M&A)

Restructuring

• Transformation law, transformation tax law
• Consolidation, split, restructuring, contribution, merger

Disputes within the company

• Disputes between the partners, with members of bodies and with the company
• Representation of interests out of court (in particular in partners' meetings, general meetings, supervisory board, advisory board)
• Representation of interests in court

Company succession

• Entrepreneur's last wills
• Gifts, usufruct
• Inheritance tax law
• Foundation (charitable foundation, family foundation)
• Execution of wills, administration of estates
• Sale of companies

Purchase and sale of companies (M&A)

• Preparation of the purchase of a company (tax optimization, bundling of the assets to be sold, separation of assets, sales brochure)
• Transaction structure (in particular asset or share deal, tax aspects)
• Transaction management
• Agreements prior to due diligence (e.g. non-disclosure agreement, letter of intent)
• Preparation and execution of and support during due diligence (including installation of a(n) (electronic) data room)
• Negotiations
• Drafting of the company purchase agreement

Corporate tax law

• Company related corporate and income tax law
• Inheritance and gift tax law
• Conversion tax law

Insolvency law and reorganization

• Rights of parties furnishing security and of parties to which a security is furnished in case of insolvency
• Insolvency rescission

Asset planning, succession, succession law

Asset succession and company succession

• Succession planning
• Entrepreneur's last wills, testamentary and prenuptial of the entrepreneur