Inheritance Law, Estate and Succession Planning

Estate planning does not begin with legal documents. It begins with an understanding of your values, your family and your long-term goals.

Those who wish to preserve their assets across generations and national borders need solutions that look beyond the present. Drawing on many years of experience in Austrian and Swiss inheritance law, we develop tailored strategies that reflect your personal, family and business circumstances – forward-looking, legally sound and sustainable.

We support you from strategic planning through to the implementation of your last wishes. Wills, marital and inheritance agreements and other estate-planning arrangements are integrated into a comprehensive overall strategy. Where appropriate, we involve your tax advisors, your principal bank, your family office or other trusted advisors. We also draw on our established international network of specialists whenever cross-border matters require an interdisciplinary approach.

We take entrepreneurial structures and corporate law considerations into account alongside existing and future family circumstances. Advance directives and living wills complement comprehensive estate planning and provide clarity – including in the event that you are no longer able to make decisions yourself.

We also stand by your family and heirs after a death. We provide support throughout the estate administration process or, if appointed as executor, carry out your last wishes with the necessary diligence and determination – whether in the context of mediation, the enforcement or recovery of assets, or court proceedings in Austria and Switzerland.

Our goal is to create an estate plan that not only stands up legally, but also preserves what matters most to you.