Dr Gerrit Ponath > ADVANT Beiten > Frankfurt, Germany > Lawyer Profile

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner, co-head of the practice group Assets, Succession, Foundations

Career

Dr Gerrit Ponath is Partner at ADVANT Beiten‘s Frankfurt a.M. office and co-head of the practice group Assets, Succession, Foundations. His area of expertise comprises legal advice to individuals and (family-owned) companies on all aspects of national and international estate planning and wealth succession as well as on tax-efficient structuring of assets. He furthermore focuses on providing legal advice to foundations and associations on all legal and tax issues arising in specific foundation- and association-related contexts. Here he sets a strong focus on planning and implementation of structuring measures, in particular in terms of compliance with legal requirements under charitable law, as much as the coordination with supervisory bodies and tax authorities. In addition Dr Ponath is increasingly active as forensic expert with regard to conflicts under commercial law, law of succession and tax law.

Dr Gerrit Ponath studied law at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and was admitted to the German Bar in 2006. In 2010 he was admitted as licensed specialist for law of succession and in 2012 he was admitted as licensed specialist for tax law. He has been working with ADVANT Beiten since 2007 and became Partner in 2010.

Languages

English / German

Memberships

  • Mitglied der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Erbrecht des Deutschen Anwaltsvereins
  • Mitglied des Deutschen Anwaltvereins

Education

Dr Gerrit Ponath studied law at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and was admitted to the German Bar in 2006.

Lawyer Rankings

Deutschland > Private Clients und Nonprofits > Private Clients und Nonprofits

(Hall of Fame)

Gerrit PonathADVANT Beiten

ADVANT Beiten berät Family Offices bei der Nachfolgeplanung und weist hierbei besondere Expertise in der Gründung und Verwaltung von Stiftungen auf, wobei auch steuer- und gemeinnützigkeitsrechtliche Fragen behandelt werden. Geleitet wird die Praxisgruppe von Gerrit Ponath und Lucas van Randenborgh, die gemäß des zweigeteilten Praxisansatzes vermögende Privatpersonen bei der nationalen und internationalen Vermögensnachfolgeplanung und Steueroptimierung betreuen. Ponath beschäftigt sich zudem mit stiftungs- und vereinsspezifischen Fragestellungen und van Randenborgh mit gesellschafts- und steuerrechtlichen Themen, die im Rahmen der Unternehmensnachfolge auftreten. Für Testamentsvollstreckungen und die Nachlassabwicklung gilt Georg Tolksdorf als zentraler Kontakt, während Katharina Fink vor allem an der stiftungs- und erbrechtlichen Schnittstelle agiert und dies auch im Rahmen streitiger Verfahren. Im Oktober 2023 holte man sich Esther Kindler (Stiftungsrecht und Vermögensnachfolge) von ASG Asche Stein Glockemann Verstl Wiezoreck.

Germany > Private clients and non-profits

(Hall of Fame)

Gerrit PonathADVANT 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.