Dr Arnd Becker > Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
ANNA-SCHNEIDER-STEIG 22
50678 COLOGNE
Germany

Work Department

Corporate/M&A
Notarial Services

Position

As a lawyer, Dr Arnd Becker primarily advises family-owned business on all matters pertaining to corporate law, and as a notary, he provides legal services to them in the same area. The focus of his work is on transaction advice, as well as on providing advice and legal services during national and international restructurings. Another focus of his work is representing clients in conflicts, in particular, in judicial and extra-judicial shareholder and D&O liability disputes. As a notary, Arnd Becker additionally renders legal services to businesspeople and businesses, but also to private persons, in the areas of real estate, inheritance and family law, in particular within the context of business and property succession. Arnd Becker heads the specialist area “Succession Advice/Family Businesses”.

Career

Dr Arnd Becker studied law at the Universities of Freiburg i. Br. (Germany) and Geneva (Switzerland). After completing his legal training in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, he passed his second state law exam in 2001, joining Luther or its predecessor firm the same year. Dr Arnd Becker has been a partner at Luther since 2007, and a German notary whose office is in Essen (Germany) since 2015. Dr Arnd Becker additionally works as a lecturer, teaching business law at Ruhr University in Bochum (Germany).

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Private clients and non-profits

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH acts integrated into the international law firm network unyer and advises wealthy private individuals, family offices and family businesses on all aspects of German and international tax and succession law as well as on the establishment of family foundations and asset structuring. Practice head Andreas Blunk is experienced in M&A matters and supports family businesses in the sale of shares and real estate. Arnd Becker is also well versed in corporate law and has additional expertise in family law and succession matters; Zacharias-Alexis Schneider is a key contact for matters at the interface between tax and corporate law; he utilises this expertise in transactions and corporate succession issues.