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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...

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...

When it comes to cross-border litigation, the parties often choose international arbitration courts to decide the case. Arbitration clauses are in many cases already provided for in the respective contracts. One of the reasons for this preference is that the language of the proceedings of an arbitration tribunal can be chosen by the parties –...

In our new year’s edition of our international newsletter, in addition to our usual legal topics and innovations for the year 2026, we will for a change focus on the fine arts: Germany’s truly unique and exceptional opera scene. Germany’s internationally renowned opera tradition reaches as far back as the 17th century, when the first...

As usual, the new year comes with numerous legal changes. Some initiatives that were originally intended to take effect at the beginning of the year have not yet been enacted. If and how these legislative proposals will still be implemented is currently unclear. Below, we aim to provide a concise overview of the most important...

In the current JUVE ranking for real estate and construction law, FGvW is listed for the first time in the area of real estate law. This recognition is based on our real estate practice, which has been successfully established in the market for many years. Thanks to strong new joiners to almost all our offices,...