Dr. Nils Wigginghaus
Lawyer and Notary in and for Gütersloh
Certified Specialized Attorney in International Business Law
Vita
- Born in 1974
- Legal studies at the University of Konstanz
- First Exam ("1. Staatsexamen") in 2002
- Legal clerkship ("Refrendariat") in the district of the Düsseldorf Higher District Court
- Second (Bar) Exam ("2. Staatsexamen") in 2004
- Research associate under Prof. Dr. Astrid Stadler (Chair for Civil Law, Civil Procedure, Private International Law and Comparative Law) at the University of Konstanz
- Bar admission in 2005, with the firm since 2005
- Doctor of Laws (Dr. jur.) 2007
- Appointment as notary in 2013
- Visiting lecturer at the University of Constance since 2014
- Visiting lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin since 2015
- Certified Specialized Attorney in International Business Law since 2017
- Vice-chairman of the international network of independent law firms "Pangea Net"
Memberships
- Deutscher Anwaltverein
- Deutsch-Chinesische Juristenvereinigung
Publications
Monographs
- Synergieeffekte zwischen Straf- und Zivilprozess
Eine Untersuchung zur prozessökonomischen Verbindung von Straf- und Zivilprozess unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Problems doppelter Beweiserhebungen. Konstanz, 2007
Contributions to books
- Mitautor German Civil Code – Volume II: Books 4-5 (Dannemann / Schulze), 2022,
Kommentierung der §§ 2274 – 2302 (Erbvertrag) - German Civil Code - Kommentar zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuch, §§ 759-779 BGB 2020
- Das Mandat beim Unternehmenskauf und -verkauf (außer §§ 31, 36), zusammen mit Dr. Franz Tepper in: Arens/Tepper, Das gesellschaftsrechtliche Mandat, Bonn 2007
- Beiträge in Arens/Tepper, Praxishandbuch Gesellschaftsrecht, 2. Auflage 2013
Kapitel 6 Das Mandat beim Unternehmenskauf- und verkauf
§ 27 Vorvertragliche Vereinbarungen, Due Diligence
§ 28 Arten des Unternehmenskaufs
§ 29 Gewährleistung des Verkäufers
§ 30 Haftung des Erwerbers für Verbindlichkeiten des Verkäufers
§ 32 Kaufpreis und Zahlung
§ 33 Lieferung des Unternehmens
§ 34 Besondere Beratungslagen
§ 35 Formerfordernisse
Kompetenzen
International law
International transfer of trade marks and technology
- National and international application and management of trade marks
- International defense against pirated copies
- International know-how protection
- International know-how agreements
- International non-disclosure agreements
International direct investments
- Foundation of subsidiaries abroad
- Joint Ventures
- International purchase and sale of companies
- Management of participations abroad
- Establishment of holding structures
International proceedings and arbitration
- Litigation abroad
- Enforcement of claims against foreign debtors
- International arbitration proceedings (as party representative and arbitrator)
- Strategies for the prevention of proceedings and reduction of risks
Notaries
- Property law
- Corporate law
- Succession law
- Precautionary legal advise
- Drafting and certification of agreements and unilateral declarations of intent
- Authentication of signatures
- Electronic register applications
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)
- Foreign legal forms (e.g. Ltd, Plc, Inc., LLC)
- Trust
Life and growth of the company
- Conduction of general meetings and partners' meetings
- Participation rights, silent partnerships (typical, atypical)
- Private equity companies
- Subsidiaries (foundation and acquisition, foreign subsidiaries)
- Corporate compliance, corporate governance
- Cooperation agreements, joint ventures, join ventures in Germany and abroad
- Takeover of other companies (M&A)
Restructuring
- National and international holding structures
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
- Arbitration (as party representative and arbitrator)
Company succession
- Entrepreneur's last wills
- Gifts, usufruct
- International models
- Supervisory board, advisory board
- Sale of companies
Purchase and sale of companies (M&A)
- Determination of the type of sales process (e.g. auction, sale to competitors)
- 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
- Distressed M&A, acquisition from the insolvency administrator
- Purchase of a foreign company
- Purchase by a foreign purchaser
Asset planning, succession, succession law
Succession law
- Design of last wills
- Revocation of a last will
- Contracts of inheritance (notarial)
- Withdrawal from a contract of inheritance
- Directions pertaining to legacies and conditions
- Prior and subsequent succession, also excepted prior succession
- Order of the execution of a will
- Will to the benefit of persons with disabilities, in need or overly indebted
- Provisions for the offsetting and balancing of gifts
- Renunciation of inheritance
- Renunciation to the compulsory portion
- Inheritance tax
- Determination of the legal succession including spousal inheritance rights
- Contesting of the acceptance of an inheritance
- Community of heirs
- Contesting a will
- Interpretation of a will
- Accepting or rejecting the office of the executor
- Compulsory portion regulations
- Request for the issuance of a certificate of inheritance
Asset succession and company succession
- Succession planning
- Legal and tax succession model
- Prevention of claims for compulsory portions
- Anticipated succession
- Transfer of company assets
- Foundation of family-owned businesses/family pools
- Sale of companies
- Enduring power of attorney
- Entrepreneur's last wills, testamentary and prenuptial of the entrepreneur
- Transfer agreements
- Agreements on the renunciation of the compulsory portion
- Lump sum provisions
Asset planning
- Legal structuring of (family-owned) companies