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Legal questions that concern entrepreneurs and private individuals. Explained in plain language.

Short articles from practice, without legalese. They are no substitute for advice in an individual case, but they show what matters.

Business succession

Why business succession begins five years before the handover

Most entrepreneurs plan their succession too late. Then it is the options that are missing, not the buyer. What needs to be done legally in the five years before the handover.

12 June 2026 · 5 min

Inheritance law

The advance care directive: who runs your company if you no longer can?

An accident, a serious illness: without an advance care directive, the child and adult protection authority (KESB) decides who acts on your behalf. For entrepreneurs this is a risk that a single document can eliminate.

17 July 2026 · 4 min

Inheritance law

Inheritance law since 2023: more room for handing over the company

The revision of inheritance law has lowered the compulsory portions. This opens up new possibilities for entrepreneurs to transfer the company to one person without disadvantaging the other heirs.

28 August 2026 · 4 min

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