Dr. Christoph Philipp

Partner

Christoph Philipp advises on all issues relating to asset structuring and national and international succession planning. His practice in inheritance law and inheritance tax law includes the drafting of wills and the execution of wills. His clients include wealthy private individuals, family entrepreneurs and family offices as well as foundations.

  • Training as a bank clerk
  • Studied law at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Münster
  • Research assistant at the Institute for Corporate and Capital Market Law - Dept. II at the University of Münster
  • Postgraduate studies in taxation at the University of Münster (LL.M)
  • Doctorate in inheritance tax law
  • Worked as a lawyer and partner at the law firm POELLATH (2003 - 2024)
  • With SKW Schwarz since 2024

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Christoph Philipp holds a large number of mandates on company supervisory boards, as executor of wills and on the boards of various charitable foundations (including the board of the Max Planck Foundation, the board of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Foundation and the board of the Help for Self-Help Foundation).

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Various publications and lectures on inheritance tax law and corporate law