Expertise

Company law & corporate governance

Structures, decisions and records that keep companies governable and transaction-ready.

Your situation

Clear responsibilities, resilient decisions and a structure that fits the commercial reality.

Typical situations

When this expertise becomes relevant

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Formation, conversion or reorganisation of a company or group

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Board and shareholder decisions involving heightened liability or conflict risk

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Capital changes, participation rights and governance records

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Preparation for investment, sale, succession or dispute

Our advice

How we can help

01

Company and group structures

02

Corporate bodies, decisions and delegation

03

Shareholders’ agreements

04

Capital and participation rights

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Governance during change and distress

Approach

How we work

Frame

Clarify the objective, decision authority and existing records.

Structure

Align rights, duties, processes and escalation mechanisms.

Document

Create consistent, defensible decisions, agreements and registers.

Adapt

Evolve the structure for investment, growth, dispute or succession.

Bihrer Briefing

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Next step

Discuss a corporate or governance decision

Initial classification without confidential documents.