We are a law firm specialising in inheritance law. Lawyer Dr Michael Gottschalk is a specialist lawyer for inheritance law. Dr Gottschalk represents your interests in all inheritance law matters. As a specialist lawyer for inheritance law, Dr Gottschalk is available to assist you in negotiations concerning Claims to a compulsory portion, at Disputes between co-heirs, with the Drafting inheritance contracts, Wills and complex succession planning.
Inheritance law is extremely complex. Sensible solutions can only be achieved if all aspects are taken into account. Family and marital relationships are just as important as inheritance and gift tax issues. Wills drawn up a long time ago and contractual inheritance obligations must also be taken into account. We are experts in this area.
With the Will drafting is about your last will and your assets. Only entrust the organisation of this important decision to a specialist inheritance lawyer.
In inheritance law disputes, we work with you to develop a strategy on how to enforce your rights most effectively. We take a lot of time to discuss with you what is important to you. We are tough negotiators and never lose sight of the fact that our clients are generally not interested in protracted disputes. We can score points for our clients through skilful out-of-court negotiations. Should legal disputes nevertheless be necessary, we will vigorously represent your interests before all local, regional and higher regional courts.
We do what we do best: Inheritance law. We master all facets of this area of law and therefore achieve the best possible results for you. Dr Michael Gottschalk holds the title of specialist inheritance lawyer. For you, this means that your lawyer has many years of experience in the complicated field of inheritance law. The title of Specialist Lawyer for Inheritance Law is only awarded by the Bar Association to lawyers who have been working in the field of inheritance law for many years and have successfully completed the Specialist Lawyer for Inheritance Law course and the corresponding examination.
You can therefore rest assured that your case will only be handled by a lawyer who is perfectly versed in this field. Dr Gottschalk will put his expertise to work for you. The difference brings the best possible result for you: only a lawyer who feels confident in complicated inheritance law and knows all the tricks of the trade will recognise the weaknesses in your opponent's arguments at the crucial moment and make the decisive points for you.
The specialist inheritance lawyer takes helpful tactical steps into account in the run-up to a legal dispute. It does not always make sense to provide your opponent with all the legal arguments at the outset - however impressive they may be. It can often be more expedient to provide the decisive argument later, e.g. only when a deadline for the opponent has expired, your own legal position has become entrenched due to the passage of time or the opponent has to contradict his previous argumentation. Therefore, do not take the risk that your lawyer does not know the necessary tricks in inheritance law. The specialist inheritance lawyer quality seal protects you from this.
Dr Gottschalk was born in Viersen. After graduating from high school in 1991, he initially trained as a bank clerk at Commerzbank AG, which he completed in 1993. He then went on to study law in Augsburg. After a semester abroad at the Université de Lausanne on Lake Geneva, Dr Gottschalk studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. Before completing his studies with honours in 1998, Dr Gottschalk worked for several months in a law firm of what is now TaylorWessing in Shanghai (China). He then worked as a trainee lawyer at the Higher Regional Court of Munich and in law firms in San Francisco and Washington D.C. (USA). In 2000, Dr Gottschalk passed his second state examination. After being admitted to the bar in 2001, he worked for three years in an internationally orientated law firm in Düsseldorf. In 2014, Dr Gottschalk moved to the US law firm MayerBrown and opened the German capital office of the US law firm together with Friedrich Merz, member of the German Bundestag. In 2007, Dr Gottschalk then established himself as an independent lawyer in his home town of Viersen. In 2014, Dr Gottschalk opened a further office in Krefeld. Since 2018, the law firm has also been represented with an office in Düsseldorf.
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