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Taylor Wessing
ISARTORPLATZ 8
80331 MÜNCHEN
Germany

Work Department

Private Client, Corporate

Position

Partner 

Axel Godron heads up the Practice Group Private Client and specialises in company succession and private asset succession, in advising shareholders of family businesses, and in foundation law. His expertise in the field of succession consultation extends to international succession planning and the settlement of international estates (with a focus on the USA, the UK, and southern Europe).

His clients include numerous German entrepreneurial families, their foundations and family offices, as well as internationally active artists and athletes. Axel has been providing advice to a number of entrepreneurial families on a permanent basis in the sense of a “trusted advisor”. In this capacity, he has assumed the activities of a member of the advisory board or of an executor.

Career

  • Since 2008 Partner, Taylor Wessing
  • 2005 – 2008 Associate, Taylor Wessing
  • 2003 – 2004 Associate, another international law firm
  • 2001 – 2002 Legal clerkship, Munich, Würzburg and Chicago

Languages

German, English

Education

  • 2005 Doctoral degree, Universität Köln
  • 2003 Established as a lawyer, Düsseldorf, from 2005 in Munich
  • 2003 Admitted as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
  • 2002 Second state examination, Munich
  • 2000 First state examination, Munich
  • 1994 Diploma, business administration, University Würzburg

Lawyer Rankings

Deutschland > Private Clients und Nonprofits > Private Clients und Nonprofits

(Führende Partner)

Axel GodronTaylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing begleitet Familienunternehmen, Family Offices und vermögende Privatpersonen in erb-, gesellschafts- und familienrechtlichen sowie stiftungs- und steuerrechtlichen Fragen, wobei man durch die internationale Aufstellung neben nationalen Themen auch oftmals grenzüberschreitend agiert. Besondere Expertise demonstriert man hierbei in der Begleitung von inhaberbezogenen Transaktions- und Umstrukturierungsprojekten sowie der Errichtung von Holding-Strukturen für privates und unternehmerisches Vermögen, was nicht zuletzt der engen Kooperation mit der Corporate-Abteilung aus der Industry Group Private Wealth geschuldet ist. Martin Kraus steht der Private Wealth-Gruppe vor, während Axel Godron die Private Clients-Gruppe leitet. Im Dezember 2023 verstärkte man sich außerdem mit Luise Hauschild (Unternehmens- und Vermögensnachfolge) von Loschelder.

Germany > Private clients and non-profits

(Leading partners)

Axel GodronTaylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing advises family businesses, family offices and wealthy private individuals on inheritance, corporate and family law as well as foundation and tax law issues; clients also benefit from the practice’s cross-locational approach. The team is particularly well versed in supporting owner-related transaction and restructuring projects as well as the establishment of holding structures for private and corporate assets, where the team regularly cooperates with the corporate experts of the private wealth industry group. Martin Kraus heads the private wealth team, while Axel Godron leads the private clients practice. In December 2023, Luise Hauschild (corporate and asset succession) joined from Loschelder.