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LANGUAGES: German and English
LANGUAGES: German and English
LANGUAGES: German and English
LANGUAGES: German and English
LANGUAGES: German and English
LANGUAGES: German and English
LANGUAGES: German and English
LANGUAGES: German and English
LANGUAGES: German, English and Spanish
LANGUAGES: German, English and Italian
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LANGUAGES: German, English and Turkish
LANGUAGES: German and English
LANGUAGES: German and English
Languages: German and English
LANGUAGES: German and English
LANGUAGES: German, English and Turkish
LANGUAGES: German and English
ONLY THOSE WHO THINK ENTREPRENEURIALLY CAN GIVE GOOD LEGAL ADVICE.
Your company and the commercial and legal issues, pitfalls and optimisation approaches arising from your business activities are the main focus of our consultancy. We think like you.
We advise our clients in all national and international matters of commercial law, company law, tax law, labour law, tenancy law, building law and commercial law.
Our mediators are also at your disposal in the areas of alternative dispute resolution, conflict management and mediation.
The Whistleblower Protection Act was now passed by the Bundestag on 11 May 2023 and confirmed by the Bundesrat on 12 May 2023.
Publication in the Federal Law Gazette is expected to take place in calendar week 20, so that the Whistleblower Protection Act will enter into force four weeks later - i.e. in mid-June 2023.
Two important deadlines apply:
As of 01.01.2024, comprehensive changes in the law are pending for partnerships. A civil-law partnership (GbR or BGB partnership) will then finally be recognised by law as having legal capacity (which was previously only recognised by case law). This will also make it easier to change to another form of partnership and to carry out transformations under the Transformation Act. Thus, in future, BGB companies can also be part of mergers and demergers.
Our partner Gero Wähner was consulted by Hessischer Rundfunk as a building law expert on an extensive case in which a married couple had bought a building plot in Eltville, but are now probably not allowed to build their house on it. More can be found at: https://www.hessenschau.de/wirtschaft/ehepaar-aus-eltville-kauft-grundstueck-darf-darauf-aber-nicht-bauen-v2,grundstueck-streit-eltville-100.html
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The trial before the Federal Fiscal Court on the constitutionality of the solidarity surcharge has now taken place on 17.01.2023. There were no legal or tax arguments in favour of retaining the solidarity surcharge.
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The parties disputed whether, in the respective assessment periods, the income of a family foundation was attributable for tax purposes to the parties to the assessment on the basis of § 15 para. 1 sentence 1 of the Foreign Tax Act in the version applicable to the years in dispute (AStG) and whether the provisions of § 15 para. 1 sentence 1 AStG and § 15 para. 1 sentence 1 AStG were applicable to the parties to the assessment. sentence 1 of the Foreign Tax Act and § 15 para. 6 of the Foreign Tax Act are compatible with the Basic Law and with European law, i.e. the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in the version of the Treaty of Lisbon (Official Journal of the European Union - Abl EU - 2008, no. C 115, 47).
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Dear clients, dear business partners,
we would like to thank you for the extremely good, loyal
and trustful cooperation during this year.
The entire WZM-Team wishes you Happy Holidays
and a successful and happy start into the new year.
The Whistleblower Protection Act was now passed by the Bundestag on 11 May 2023 and confirmed by the Bundesrat on 12 May 2023.
Publication in the Federal Law Gazette is expected to take place in calendar week 20, so that the Whistleblower Protection Act will enter into force four weeks later - i.e. in mid-June 2023.
Two important deadlines apply:
- Companies with 250 or more employees have three months after the law comes into force to set up an internal whistleblower system.
- Companies with 50 to 249 employees have until 17 December 2023 to set up a corresponding whistleblowing system due to the EU Whistleblower Directive already in force.
We recommend appropriate measures.
As of 01.01.2024, comprehensive changes in the law are pending for partnerships. A civil-law partnership (GbR or BGB partnership) will then finally be recognised by law as having legal capacity (which was previously only recognised by case law). This will also make it easier to change to another form of partnership and to carry out transformations under the Transformation Act. Thus, in future, BGB companies can also be part of mergers and demergers.
Up to now, the assets of the BGB company were the joint assets of the respective partners. From 01.01.2024, however, the assets will be treated as the companys own assets. This does not mean, however, that the partners will no longer be personally liable - they will continue to have unlimited personal liability for the companys debts.
In addition, a new company register will be introduced, which will be kept at the district courts. There is no obligation to be entered in the new register, but every registered BGB company must have an appropriate legal form suffix such as "eGbR" or "registered civil law partnership". In addition, beneficial owners (Section 3 (1) GwG) must be reported in the transparency register.
However, it is mandatory that companies wishing to register ownership of a property in the land register must first register with the companies register. The same applies to the acquisition of rights entered in public registers (e.g. GmbH shares, industrial property rights).
In the aforementioned cases, we strongly recommend prior registration.
Our partner Gero Wähner was consulted by Hessischer Rundfunk as a building law expert on an extensive case in which a married couple had bought a building plot in Eltville, but are now probably not allowed to build their house on it. More can be found at: https://www.hessenschau.de/wirtschaft/ehepaar-aus-eltville-kauft-grundstueck-darf-darauf-aber-nicht-bauen-v2,grundstueck-streit-eltville-100.html
The female soccer players of Goethe Uni Frankfurt, supported by WZM, took an excellent 5th place at the European University Championships 2022 in Lodz, Poland, defeating among others the university selection from Switzerland and Norway in exciting matches.
Congratulations to the team!
https://www.eusa.eu/events/games/lodz-2022
The female soccer players of Goethe Uni Frankfurt, supported by WZM, took an excellent 5th place at the European University Championships 2022 in Lodz, Poland, defeating among others the university selection from Switzerland and Norway in exciting matches.
Congratulations to the team!
https://www.eusa.eu/events/games/lodz-2022
The TSG Neu-Isenburg womens team, which we have supported since the 2019/2020 season, has started the new season of the regional league with WZM.
Away at SC Freiburg, a 3:1 defeat after a hard fight was a respectable result.
Picture: Mandy Goodyear
In difficult times such as these, it is all the more important to encourage solidarity and help those who suffer from the consequences of the corona pandemic.
For this reason, our team has decided to support Kinderhilfe Diekholzen in their action "Comforted Teddy". We hope that this cuddly friend will help the children with their recovery.
We would like to thank all the helpers, nurses and doctors who do a great job every day and especially those who make not so pleasant situations a little more beautiful with this fantastic initiative.
In difficult times such as these, it is all the more important to encourage solidarity and help those who suffer from the consequences of the corona pandemic.
For this reason, our team has decided to support Kinderhilfe Diekholzen in their action "Comforted Teddy". We hope that this cuddly friend will help the children with their recovery.
We would like to thank all the helpers, nurses and doctors who do a great job every day and especially those who make not so pleasant situations a little more beautiful with this fantastic initiative.
Since the season 2019/2020 we have been supporting the women's football team of TSG 1885 e.V. Neu-Isenburg, which has risen to the third highest German league in 2019 as the current Hessen champion.
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Since the season 2019/2020 we have been supporting the women's football team of TSG 1885 e.V. Neu-Isenburg, which has risen to the third highest German league in 2019 as the current Hessen champion.
A Merry Christmas 2019 to the Bärenherz Foundation for seriously ill children. WZM waives Christmas gifts and presents for our clients from now on. This year this will be in favour of a donation to the Bärenherz Foundation. This foundation supports institutions for the relief of families with seriously ill children who have a limited life expectancy. We would also like to thank our clients, who have also made a donation on our initiative.
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A Merry Christmas 2019 to the Bärenherz Foundation for seriously ill children. WZM waives Christmas gifts and presents for our clients from now on. This year this will be in favour of a donation to the Bärenherz Foundation. This foundation supports institutions for the relief of families with seriously ill children who have a limited life expectancy. We would also like to thank our clients, who have also made a donation on our initiative.
WZM supports YOU GOTTA FIGHT! The two friends Andrea Petkovic and Jonathan "Johnny" Heimes were once considered exceptional talents in German tennis and dreamed of becoming world-class players.Together they founded the charitable initiative YOU GOTTA FIGHT!
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WZM supports YOU GOTTA FIGHT! The two friends Andrea Petkovic and Jonathan "Johnny" Heimes were once considered exceptional talents in German tennis and dreamed of becoming world-class players. But their paths separated early on. While Andrea moved up to world class, Johnny fought against cancer and for survival. Together they founded the charitable initiative YOU GOTTA FIGHT! ("DU MUSST KÄMPFEN!") for children suffering from cancer.
"4:6, 4:5, 15:40 - 2 match points against you. YOU GOTTA FIGHT! It s not over yet."
This SMS from Jonathans friend Johann was the trigger for an unrestrained fight against cancer. And how Johnny fought! But he is not only fighting for himself, but also for the children and adolescents in the oncological ward of the Frankfurt University Hospital. During his cancer illness Johnny gave away motivational ribbons with the motto that has saved his life so far: YOU GOTTA FIGHT! - Nothing is lost yet. Many people were moved by his story and they donated. We also support YOU GOTTA FIGHT! ("DU MUSST KÄMPFEN!") alongside numerous companies, clubs and professional athletes to continue to spread Johnnys message. His initiative lives on through his family and friends and continues to fight for children and young people suffering from cancer.
