Private clients and non-profits

ADVANT Beiten

ADVANT Beiten advises family offices on succession planning and has particular expertise in the establishment and management of foundations, including the support in tax and non-profit law issues. The practice is jointly headed by Gerrit Ponath and Lucas van Randenborgh, who advise wealthy private individuals on national and international asset succession planning and tax optimisation. Ponath also advises on foundation and association law matters, while van Randenborgh handles corporate and tax law issues in connection with corporate succession planning. Georg Tolksdorf is the key contact for executing wills and inheritance law matters pertaining to estates, while Katharina Fink primarily acts at the interface between foundation and inheritance law, including litigation. In October 2023, Esther Kindler (foundation law and asset succession) joined from ASG Asche Stein Glockemann Verstl Wiezoreck.

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Testimonials

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'Outstanding performance in commitment and expertise: Gerrit Ponath and Katharina Fink.'
'Gerrit Ponath is a very reliable partner who can draw on a huge wealth of experience. He is very pleasant to deal with personally, well-founded in his opinions/elaborations and very flexible. A highly recommended business partner!'
'Gerrit Ponath is not only an outstanding expert in the foundation scene, but also always develops outstanding and tailor-made solutions.'
'The service at Advant Beiten is excellent, extremely fast and the team can be contacted at any time. The foundation law experts understand the needs of foundations precisely and are informed early on about upcoming legal changes in the "industry". Overall, we experience very fast and extremely professional advice on many issues, especially in foundation and tax law but also beyond that.'
'The fast, interested and very committed advice from Georg Tolksdorf and his team helped us a lot to implement the project.'
'The team is very competent, has a comprehensive understanding of the complex task and makes excellent suggestions for the design and implementation of the project.'
'Gerrit Ponath demonstrates high/broad technical expertise, can summarize complex issues in understandable and descriptive sentences and gets to the point. He is approachable, structured, focused and always has his client's success in mind.'
'Proven expert at the bank/private client interface in the area of corporate and asset succession.'

Key clients

Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung
Familie Schambach-Stiftung
Goethe-Universität
Helga Ravenstein-Stiftung
Glasmeister Heinz Familienstiftung
Altkönig Stiftung / Altkönig Genossenschaft

Work highlights

Ongoing advice to various departments of the Goethe University's Foundation University on tax law issues as well as on foundation law matters, GmbH law and association law.
Advising the Helga Ravenstein Foundation on all aspects of foundation law, including tax non-profit status, compliance and litigation as well as representation in various court proceedings.
Advising the Schambach family foundation on all aspects of foundation and tax law as well as on corporate and real estate law.

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