Agenda:

I. Timely optimal succession planning
II. Forms of corporate succession
III. Does an emergency plan exist?
IV. Opportunity and risk analysis
V. Company valuation vs. sale
VI. Business plan
VII. How do I find a suitable successor?
XIII. Final decision: who should be the successor?
IX. Concrete takeover concept
X. Optimal preparation and familiarization
XI. Psychological and social components
XII. Inheritance law considerations
XIII. Potential succession options & solutions
XIV. Company succession within the family
XV. Succession selection from the company
XVI. External successors, external investors
XVIII. Merger, initial public offering (IPO)
XIX. Family foundation, double foundation model
XX. Company shutdown
XXI. Ideal types / models of financing
XXII. Financing and funding options
XXIII. Cooperation partners, financing experts
XXIV. Labor and contract law criteria, tax law aspects