Axel Godron
Taylor WessingTaylor 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.
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- 'Luise Hauschild is excellent at the interface between corporate law and succession planning.'
- 'Jens Escher has been a very reliable and extremely knowledgeable tax specialist in the area of private clients and NGOs for years, and I am happy to recommend him, especially for complex structuring and cross-border issues. I find the advice to be very individual and tailored to the respective situations with a lot of empathy.'
- 'The partners have different specialties with in-depth expertise and work very collaboratively on the mandates; very good exchange of know-how.'
- 'Established PC team.'
- 'Jens Escher is very knowledgeable and makes precise analyses off the cuff.'
- 'Cornelia Maetschke-Biersack quickly and confidently understands complex issues, provides practical solutions and is empathetic in her discussions with clients.'
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