Private clients: protecting the business owner
Protection of the personal assets of a business owner in family and succession matters: prenuptial agreements, disputes over the division of joint property together with shares in companies, succession planning and passing the business on to successors, wills and inheritance contracts, inheritance disputes, child maintenance and determining the place of residence of children, cases with a foreign element.
Prenuptial agreements
Drafting prenuptial agreements that protect business assets from division: a regime of separate ownership of corporate rights, the procedure for using property, the property consequences of the dissolution of the marriage.
For business owners, a prenuptial agreement is not only an instrument for settling family relations but also an important mechanism for protecting corporate assets.
PROCTOR structures prenuptial agreements so that they take account of the specifics of holding corporate rights, investment assets, real estate and international assets, and of the future development of the business.
We create legal constructions that minimise the risk of losing corporate control and of years of litigation between the spouses.
Division of matrimonial property
Representation in disputes over the division of joint property, including shares in companies, real estate and assets abroad. Protecting the business from a former spouse joining the company as a participant.
Succession planning for business owners
Building the mechanisms for passing a business on to successors: wills, inheritance contracts, corporate mechanisms for the death of a participant, prevention of conflicts between heirs.
Wills and inheritance contracts
Drawing up wills (including wills with conditions and testamentary bequests), inheritance contracts and lifetime maintenance contracts. Legal constructions that are difficult to challenge.
Inheritance disputes
Conducting disputes over declaring wills invalid, determining shares, removal from inheritance, restoring the time limits for accepting an inheritance and recovering inherited property.
Child maintenance and determining the place of residence of children
Representation in disputes over the maintenance of children and participation in their upbringing: the amount of maintenance based on real income, the contact arrangements, a change in the place of residence of the child.
International family disputes
Cases with a foreign element: recognition of foreign divorce decisions, disputes over the return of children under the Hague Convention, division of assets abroad.
How we work with personal assets
From a description of what the family owns to the documents that keep the business out of family conflicts.
01
A conversation in private
We go through the family and property picture: marriage, children, heirs, shares in companies, real estate and assets abroad. The conversation is covered by legal privilege.
02
Assets and risks listed
We set out what belongs to the client personally and what jointly, and show which assets could fall into a division of property or an inheritance dispute.
03
The protection plan
We propose a set of instruments: a prenuptial agreement, changes to the articles, a will, an inheritance contract, corporate mechanisms for the death of a participant.
04
Executing the documents
We prepare and certify the documents in the right order, aligning them with the articles of the companies and with the law of the countries where the family holds assets.
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Support in a dispute
If the conflict has already begun, we represent the client in cases on the division of property, inheritance, maintenance and the residence of the children.
Formats of work with private clients
Chosen by whether one document is needed, a full protection plan, or the running of a family case in court.
One document or consultation
A prenuptial agreement, a will or a one-off consultation on a specific asset. The client receives the finished document and an explanation of what signing it means.
Asset protection plan
A full review of the family and property situation with a set of documents: prenuptial agreement, succession planning, changes to the corporate documents of the companies.
Running a family case
Representation in court in the division of property, in inheritance disputes and in cases concerning children, including cases with a foreign element and shares in the business.