Prof. Dr. jur. Christoph Ann LL.M

Professor of business law and intellectual property at the Munich Technological University

Joint publisher of AnwaltKommentar BGB [Legal commentary on the German Civil Code], Volume 5, Erbrecht [Inheritance law], and the author of numerous works on inheritance law, including Die Erbengemeinschaft [The community of heirs].

Dr. iur. Michael Bonefeld

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Damrau

Attorney at law

Publisher of the practice commentary Erbrecht [Inheritance law] and well known commentator on Soergel and author of numerous works and essays on inheritance law

Dr. Hanspeter Daragan

Attorney at law, attorney specializing in tax law

Dr. Hanspeter Daragan, born in 1940, studied jurisprudence at Heidelberg and received his doctorate at Cologne on a tax law subject. He worked for the tax authorities for a number of years, lastly as a consultant to a higher tax department. Since 1985, he has practised as an attorney at law and specialist tax law attorney in Bremen.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haas

Professor of civil law and civil procedural law at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, born on 29 October 1964 in Sorengo (Switzerland), married, two children.

Prof. Dr. Rainer Hausmann

Chair of civil law, private international law, law of international procedure and comparative law at the University of Constance, Faculty of Law

Prof. Dr. Ralph Landsittel

Attorney at law, attorney specializing in tax and inheritance law

Partner in the firm Rowedder Zimmermann Hass, Mannheim, honorary professor at the University of Mannheim, additional lecturing work for major industry, medium sized companies, corporations under public law and continuing training institutions for lawyers.

Prof. Dr. iur. Knut Werner Lange

Chair of civil law, German and European commercial and business law, University of Bayreuth

Professor Dr. jur. Anne Röthel

Chair of civil law, European and international private law, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg

Thomas Wachter

Notary

Notary in his own firm, since January 2007 in Munich. Author of various specialist publications on tax law and company law