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GxG Legal advised a private investor group on the acquisition of Wilhelm Handke GmbH . The transaction ensures a successful business succession and enables the continuation of a specialized company built up over generations under a new ownership structure.

The provision of Section 16 para. 1 sentence 1 GmbHG also applies to the heirs of a GmbH shareholder. A succesor can only exercise shareholder rights once he or she has been included in the list of shareholders in accordance with Section 40 GmbHG.