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Legal
Consulting and In-Court Representation
Charitable and nonprofit associations play a key role in
Germany's nonprofit sector. If a club, association or society
aspires to attain the formal status of a charity, certain special
rules of German nonprofit law need to be fulfilled. Also, there
are certain liability risks for honorary officials that need
to be taken care of, be it with respect to tax law or other
legal areas.
The larger an association becomes, the more honorary positions
are replaced by paid work forces, which gradually change the
structure of a nonprofit association into an economically driven
enterprise. Such enterprises, as for example professional sports
clubs, have to follow different rules. Their constitution needs
to be structured differently in order for the club to thrive
economically and to minimize liability risks from tax law or
elsewhere.
In certain cases it may be advisable to formally change the
status of an entity from that of a nonprofit association to
a Limited Liability Company (LLC) or a corporation, or to outsource
certain economic activities of the nonprofit association to
more economically driven entities.
Please feel free to contact us for advice in any of the above
described areas.
International Cooperating Partners
Nonprofit associations and charitable associations which
work on an international basis beyond the borderlines of Germany
or Europe have to fulfill additional legal rules and requirements.
We closely cooperate with legal partners abroad and are therefore
able to help you with both our own expertise and our legal team
abroad to accomplish your nonprofit goals on a national and
international level.
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