Law Firm ROSE & PARTNER in Berlin

Lawyers, Certified Specialist Lawyers & Tax Advisors

Welcome to ROSE & PARTNER! We are a well-established German law firm specialising on corporate law, real estate law, financial industry regulation, tax law, inheritance law & family law with offices in the major financial and commercial hubs of Germany.

Established in 2011, our Berlin offices keeps on growing and today an experienced team of 6 lawyers, certified specialist lawyers and tax consultants advises and represents entrepreneurs, investors and executives on commercial, corporate and real estate law, asset protection and estate planning. Our team in Berlin advises in English, Spanish and French. 

Our Berlin legal services are complemented by services rendered from our other German offices in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich and Cologne.

Below you will find an overview on our core service areas in Berlin:

Corporate and commercial law

A team of three corporate lawyers, headed by Dr. Ronny Jänig advises companies, entrepreneurs, executives and investors comprehensively on German corporate law. Our expertise includes, in particular:

1. Formation of companies (GbR, KG, GmbH, AG etc.), including purchasing a GmbH in Germany; joint ventures
2. Advice to shareholders, managing directors and board members
3. Drafting and negotiating articles of association, shareholders‘ agreements, by-laws, etc
4. IP/IT; copyright, trademarks and licensing agreements
5. Domestic and cross-border M&A,asset deal & share deal, earn-out and transactional due diligence including the draft and negotiation of Non Disclosure Agreements (NDA)
6. Acting as German local counsel
7. Representation in disputes between shareholders in shareholder disputes; post-M&A litigation

Real estate law

Thomas Repka advises commercial and private clients on German real estate law. Our expertise includes, in particular:

1. Advice for commercial and private real estate investors on real estate sales (asset and share deal) when buying property in Germany
2. Commercial rental law
3. Broker law

Tax law & tax advice

Dirk Mahler, dually qualified as both tax advisor and certified specialist for tax law advises on tax structuring and transactions and further represents clients vis-à-vis the tax authorities.

1. Tax structuring in the corporate sector as well as for private assets
2. Appeal against tax assessments and actions before the tax court
3. Advice and declaration of inheritance tax and gift tax
4. Representation in criminal tax law in cases of tax evasion

Inheritance Law, Succession

Sybill Offergeld, a certified specialist lawyer in inheritance and family law advises and represents in estate planning as well as in inheritance disputes.

1. Succession planning through wills and inheritance contracts
2. Handling of inheritance cases, publication proceedings
3. Representation in conflicts in communities of heirs
4. Advice to heirs, co-heirs, persons entitled to compulsory participation, executors of wills or legatees

Family law

Sybill Offergeld, a certified specialist lawyer in family and inheritance law advises comprehensively on family law with a focus on asset protection:

1. Prenuptial agreements for entrepreneurs and executives
2. Advise and representation in divorces of entrepreneurs and executives
3. Advice on descent law, adoption and paternity,

French Law

Our French native speaking colleague Dr. Cécile Walzer advises on certain Franco-German cross-border legal issues such as:

1. French inheritance law,
2. French real estate law
3. Debt collection in France

Our commitment in Berlin

Our offer of comprehensive advice and support, even in complex matters, by a team of specialized lawyers and tax advisors has become known beyond our Hamburg office through clients and publications in the press and on the Internet. Shortly after the founding of the firm, we received our first client inquiries from Berlin. Over time, it also became apparent that some of our medium-sized clients from Eastern Europe would like to have an additional contact person in Berlin.