Intermediary and distribution law: free samples and forms are no liability-free favours

– Pools, distributors, associations, insurers in the recourse liability trap ? – *by Dr. Johannes Fiala, Attorney at Law (Munich), MBA Financial Services (Univ.), MM (Univ.), Certified Financial and Investment Advisor (A.F.A.), Lecturer in Civil and Insurance Law (BA Heidenheim, Univ. of Cooperative Education), (www.fiala.de) and Hermann Siebenhaar, insurance broker as well as management consultant […]

Outsourcing of the pension commitment to a “pensioner GmbH

Company pension scheme: Ineffective outsourcing of the pension commitment to another GmbH The entrepreneur U. would like to sell his GmbH. The buyer is not willing to assume the biometric risks of the pension commitments as part of the “M&A share deal”. This according to the motto “who knows how long the pensioners will live […]

Liability issues in the tax saving and acquirer model

by Johannes Fiala, MBA/Lawyer Kristina Starck, Munich/Dr. rer pol Klaus Werht, private lecturer at the Department of Economics of the University of Hamburg, damage assessor in Hamburg-Neugraben I. Typical facts The investor is regularly approached by a contact person with the aim of clarifying whether there is a general interest in saving taxes or acquiring […]

bAV: Details on insolvency protection gaps in pension commitments

By Johannes Fiala, lawyer, and Andreas Michael Bosl, corporate consultant for occupational pension schemes Distribution approach of the pension commitment Your pension commitment is safe: Either it is pledged to a GGF ‘bomb-proof’ or the PSVaG steps in”. But this idea is far removed from the reality of practical GmbH insolvency cases in medium-sized companies. […]

Liability issues in the tax saving and acquirer model

by Johannes Fiala, lawyer; Kristina Starck, lawyer; Klaus Werht, Dr rer pol Privatdozent at the Department of Economics at the University of Hamburg I. Typical situation The investor is regularly approached by a contact person with the aim of clarifying whether there is a general interest in saving taxes or in acquiring a property with […]

occupational pension schemes: occupational pension schemes in “unrecognised insolvent” companies

*by Johannes Fiala, lawyer (Munich), M.B.A. (Univ.Wales), (www.fiala.de) and Diplom-Kaufmann (Univ.) Edmund J. Ranosch, financial analyst (Wöllstadt) Over-indebtedness and occupational pension schemes: Pursuant to section 19 para. 2 InsO, over-indebtedness exists if the debtor’s assets do not cover the existing liabilities. The decisive factor is that this cannot be read directly from either the commercial […]

bAV: Total loss, social welfare and old-age poverty instead of ?life insurance with pension commitment?

by Johannes Fiala, Lawyer (Munich), M.B.A. (Univ.Wales), M.M. (Univ.), Certified Financial and Investment Advisor (A.F.A.), EC Expert (C.I.F.E.), Banker (www.fiala.de) In the beginning there is often a tax saving model: For the family business, which is usually run as a GmbH (limited liability company), the company pension scheme (bAV), for example as a pension commitment, […]