AJUTA Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

AJUTA Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

The AJUTA Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH team (from left to right): Constantin Stiglmayr, Ernst Altweger, Stefan Raster, Michael Heinze.

Your attorneys for tax law and all legal matters with tax implications

Benefit from the expertise of our legal team at AJUTA in tax, commercial, corporate and inheritance law. We provide legal advice with strong tax expertise.

Your case is in the best hands with the internationally active team at AJUTA Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, based in Munich. We listen, think, advise competently and act responsibly. Together with you, we weigh up and solve your case in such a way that you achieve your goals in all tax law challenges. We think like the big players, work together on an interdisciplinary basis and remain discreet and close to people. Because to us, every case is unique.

AJUTA Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is an independent member of the AuditJurTax Group, headquartered in Munich. Within the AuditJurTax Group, our colleagues at AuditJurTax GmbH Tax Consulting Firm offer the full range of services provided by a tax firm, including annual financial statements, tax returns, business consulting, and much more. Under the motto “Together. Secure. Successful.”, the AuditJurTax Group has stood for “legal and tax services from a single source” for many years.

As a member of Ars Legis – International e.V. and other international associations, we can rely on a strong network of colleagues in numerous countries when dealing with cross-border matters.

Your case is in the best hands with the internationally active team at AJUTA Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, based in Munich. We listen, think, advise competently and act responsibly. Together with you, we weigh up and solve your case in such a way that you achieve your goals in all tax law challenges. We think like the big players, work together on an interdisciplinary basis and remain discreet and close to people. Because to us, every case is unique.

AJUTA Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is an independent member of the AuditJurTax Group, headquartered in Munich. Within the AuditJurTax Group, our colleagues at AuditJurTax GmbH Tax Consulting Firm offer the full range of services provided by a tax firm, including annual financial statements, tax returns, business consulting, and much more. Under the motto “Together. Secure. Successful.”, the AuditJurTax Group has stood for “legal and tax services from a single source” for many years.

As a member of Ars Legis – International e.V. and other international associations, we can rely on a strong network of colleagues in numerous countries when dealing with cross-border matters.

Your direct line to AJUTA Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft:

Our Services

Tax-focused legal advice for optimal solutions

Our tax attorneys specialize in advising companies and their owners or shareholders, as well as high-net-worth individuals. We provide comprehensive legal advice on all commercial matters with tax implications, both domestically and internationally.

Corporate and company law

AJUTA advises and supports companies and business owners from formation to liquidation.

Our areas of expertise include:

  • Corporate law advice for corporations and partnerships
  • Drafting articles of association, bylaws, rules of procedure, and shareholder agreements
  • Advice and representation in shareholder disputes and challenges to shareholder resolutions
  • Structuring advice for corporate groups and holding structures
  • Transaction agreements (M&A) and legal due diligence
  • Corporate reorganisations: mergers, demergers, changes of legal form and accretion
  • Intercompany agreements and cost recharge arrangements
  • Financing structures, including mezzanine capital, subordination agreements, silent partnerships and profit participation rights
  • Employee participation programs
  • Managing director service agreements and employment contracts
  • Social security status determinations
  • Advice and representation of employers in termination matters and unfair dismissal proceedings
  • Transparency register matters and compliance

Inheritance, gifts and wealth succession

AJUTA develops succession solutions — aligned with your interests, tax-optimized and legally robust.

Rely on our expertise in the following areas:

  • Wealth succession and anticipated inheritance
  • Optimisation of inheritance and gift tax
  • Wills, inheritance agreements, legacies and compulsory portion rights
  • Establishment of family companies, special voting rights and disproportionate profit distribution arrangements
  • Avoidance or deliberate creation of business splits
  • Establishment and support of family foundations and charitable foundations
  • Gifts to minor children
  • Post-mortem structuring options and estate settlement
  • Powers of attorney and living wills
  • Valuation of real estate, companies and other assets
  • Succession planning for assets held abroad

Real estate

AJUTA supports you in real estate investments and property transfers, with particular attention to tax implications.

Our expertise is your advantage:

  • Real estate transfer tax
  • Usufruct, rights of residence, rights in rem and hereditary building rights
  • Optimisation of inheritance and gift tax for property transfers
  • Valuation of real estate in accordance with the German Valuation Act (BewG) and the German Real Estate Valuation Ordinance (ImmoWertV)
  • Contract drafting (including compliance with the ten-year German speculation period and avoiding classification as a commercial real estate business)
  • Advisory services for property-owning companies

Tax disputes and tax criminal law

AJUTA provides strong representation in disputes with the tax authorities – from tax audits to proceedings before the Federal Fiscal Court.

AJUTA provides support particularly in the following areas:

  • Assistance during tax, external and VAT special audits
  • Objection proceedings and challenges to tax assessments
  • Fiscal court proceedings (actions, appeals and complaints against denial of leave to appeal)
  • Suspension of enforcement and deferral of tax payments
  • Voluntary disclosures
  • Defence in tax criminal proceedings

Services for fellow tax advisors

No one knows everything—AJUTA strengthens your network: We support tax advisors with complex issues that go beyond day-to-day business—quickly, reliably, and as equals. We guarantee: “Your client remains your client.”

Examples of our professional collaboration:

  • Preparation of Expert Reports and Opinions
  • Second opinions on complex tax issues
  • Company acquisitions, disposals and reorganisations
  • Taking over the representation of clients in challenging tax audits, tax disputes and tax criminal proceedings
  • Contract drafting (e.g. financing agreements, shareholder agreements, intercompany agreements)
  • Social security law (conducting status determination procedures and supporting social security audits)
  • Cross-border matters (where applicable, in cooperation with our international network partners); double taxation treaties; exit taxation

Team

Lawyers with Tax Law Expertise

Trust is the foundation of a strong lawyer-client relationship. That is why we value personal contact and direct communication with our clients.

Ernst Altweger AuditJurTax Group

Ernst Altweger

Lawyer | Tax Consultant

Senior Partner

“Experience is a true success factor in tax and legal advisory.”

Areas of special expertise:

  • Company acquisitions/sales (M&A)
  • Inheritance and gift law
  • Wealth succession planning
  • Foundation law
  • Tax litigation
  • voluntary declarations/criminal tax defense

Languages:

German, English

Connect:

LinkedIn

e.altweger@auditjurtax.com

Stefan Raster AuditJurTax Group

Stefan Raster

Lawyer | Tax Lawyer

Partner

“International matters and tax appeal proceedings are my specialty.”

Areas of special expertise:

  • Wealth succession planning
  • Structuring advisory
  • Company acquisitions/sales (M&A)
  • Financing agreements
  • Real estate transactions
  • Tax litigation

Languages:

Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch

Connect:

LinkedIn

s.raster@auditjurtax.com

Michael Heinze AuditJurTax Group

Michael Heinze

Lawyer | Tax Lawyer

Partner

“Whether it’s labor law, corporate law, or M&A — I’m fully committed to supporting you.”

Areas of special expertise:

  • Corporate law advisory
  • Company acquisitions/sales (M&A)
  • Intercompany agreements
  • Employment law
  • Social security status determinations
  • Tax litigation

Languages:

German, English

Connect:

LinkedIn

m.heinze@auditjurtax.com

Constantin Stiglmayr

Lawyer | Business Mediator

Associate

“Contract drafting is, for me, the foundation for managing risks and securing opportunities.”

Areas of special expertise:

  • Corporate law advisory

  • Wealth succession planning

  • Tax litigation

Languages:

German, English

Connect:

LinkedIn

c.stiglmayr@auditjurtax.com

Career

Are you a lawyer as passionate about all tax-related things as we are? Then we should talk.
Please send your application documents directly to our HR contact, Verena Hlousek (v.hlousek@auditjurtax.com), or call her on +49 (0) 89 / 54 68 25 – 26 if you have any questions.
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Engagement terms and fees

Quality work comes at a fair price.

When you instruct us, our engagement is governed by our General Terms of Engagement.

We will enter into an engagement agreement with you, defining the scope of services to be provided and the fee, as clearly as possible. Our services are generally billed based on time spent. Depending on the nature of the work and the experience of the lawyers involved, agreed hourly rates typically range from EUR 300 to EUR 400 (plus 19% VAT) per hour. In individual cases, we may also agree on fixed fees.

Contact

Let’s talk

Whatever your needs — whether it’s corporate structuring, succession planning, real estate or tax disputes — you can be sure that your matter will receive senior-level attention from us.

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Client testimonials

What our clients say.

The decisive factor for me was the first impression: the right tax lawyer who focuses on people as well as the case. Thanks to this, we were able to resolve all tax-related challenges efficiently and in a way that I could clearly understand.

Klaus H., Agency owner, Freising

My collaboration with the team at AJUTA Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH—particularly with Attorneys Altweger and Heinze—has been outstanding, both professionally and personally.
I would especially like to highlight our consistently trusting and pragmatic collaboration.

Alexander M., Managing Director, Ingolstadt
Thanks to the exceptionally good professional support provided by Mr. Raster, the
tax court proceedings ultimately had a positive outcome for us.
Horst S., Heidelberg