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We continue to expand our practice in the areas of estate planning and business succession, as well as foundation and tax law, with the addition of Dr Georg Tolksdorf as a partner, and Vanessa Siemer as an associate. Both are joining from ADVANT Beiten to FGvW’s Hamburg office. Dr Tolksdorf provides comprehensive advice to private...

The participation of external managing directors as partners in the companies they manage is a common structuring tool to align shareholder and management interests and to retain the management team. Often, the corporate position as partner is functionally tied to the office of managing director, so that the end of the management mandate also leads...

If a company wishes to place its trade secrets under the protection of the Trade Secrets Act (GeschGehG), it must take appropriate measures to protect those secrets. The higher the value of the trade secret, the more effective the protective measures must be. This was decided by the Baden-Württemberg Regional Labor Court in its ruling...

FGvW advised Schwarzwaldmilch GmbH Freiburg on the acquisition of all shares of Martin Bauhofer Käserei GmbH in the Allgäu region in Germany. The Schwarzwaldmilch Group is one of the leading dairies with 430 employees in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany. In 2025, the group collected and processed approximately 260 million kg of milk at its locations in...

We are delighted to have been recommended in the latest ranking by The Legal 500 Germany 2026 in 16 practice areas: Construction Law (including Dispute Resolution), Corporate Law, Employment Law, Environmental and Planning Law, Competition Law, Health, Information Technology & Digitization, Insurance Law (Dispute Resolution), M&A (mid-sized deals), Medical Law, Plant Construction, Private Clients and...

Germany is one of the most densely forested countries in the EU. Approximately one third of its total area is covered with woods. Reason enough to take a closer look at Germany, its forests and the Germans’ relationship to their forests. For thousands of years, forests were considered dark and dangerous. Especially in the Middle...

Everyone loves a good piece of cake. And every region, every country, every individual has their own favorite and traditional cakes and desserts. But despite regional varieties, there is one cake that the New York Times recently titled the world’s most famous and popular cake. And since you are reading our “Germany – Good to...

I was born and grew up in Berlin. I often spent my youth on the tennis court or the ski slopes. After living and going to school in New Zealand’s Southern Island for a year, I returned to Berlin for my A-levels. Due to my interest in economics and politics, I kept toying with the...

Summer has finally come and as temperatures rise, crowds of people seek refreshment and recreation in public swimming pools. Outdoor swimming pools have been a favorite pastime and place to go in Germany for more than a century and remain to be indispensable until today. Starting with industrialization, from the 19th century onwards, bathing in...

When it comes to planning a summer vacation, opinions usually differ as to what real relaxation looks like for you – is it the green of the forests and the high mountains, combined with physical activity while hiking, climbing or camping and a brave dip in a fresh mountain lake? Or rather the vastness of...