Expert

Dr Georg Tolksdorf

Career

Dr Georg Tolksdorf provides legal advice in the area of inheritance and foundation law as well as (tax-optimized) succession planning for private individuals and (family-owned) companies. He advises on all aspects of national and international estate planning and wealth succession as well as on tax-efficient structuring of assets and wills. Furthermore, he advises executors and financial service providers with regard to the proper fulfillment of their tasks, e.g. with respect to asset management. One of his main areas of activity is the legal support of foundations and donors, including establishment, administration and accounting.

Dr Georg Tolksdorf studied law at the University of Osnabrück. He was admitted to the German Bar in 2005. Before joining BEITEN BURKHARDT as a partner in 2021, he worked as a lawyer and authorized signatory for more than 15 years in a department for estate and foundation management at a large German bank. He was responsible for the establishment and administration of foundations as well as the execution of wills. He is also a speaker in specialist lawyer courses and at renowned institutes. He holds various positions on the boards of charitable foundations on a voluntary basis.

Publications / Lectures

Books:

Beck’scher Online-Großkommentar BGB
Beck's Major Online Commentary German Civil Code on (Sec. 82 to Sec. 84) and the Law of the Execution of Wills (Sec. 2218 to Sec. 2228)

Endowment of Assets under Foundation Law and Donation - On the (Analogous) Application of the Laws on Donations, Compulsory Portions and Contestation to the Formation of an Independent Foundation Inter Vivos
Dr Georg Tolksdorf
in: Nomos-Verlag, 2006

Essays/Articles:

Tax Privilege of a Foundation Mortis Causa as of the Date of Death in Accordance with Section 60a German Fiscal Code (Abgabenordnung - AO).
Dr Georg Tolksdorf
in: ZEV 2021, p. 7

False Donation Receipts by Charitable Organisations?! – The (Asset) Donation of a Securities Deposit is Dead!
Dr Georg Tolksdorf and Thorsten Müller
in: DStR 2015, p. 2116 et seq.

The Withholding Tax in the Context of Succession Law and Inheritance Tax Law
Dr Georg Tolksdorf, Ralph Seidler, Daniel Simon
in: ErbStB 2009, p. 28 et seq.

Inheritance Tax Rights and Duties of the Executor of a Will
Dr Georg Tolksdorf und Daniel Simon
in: ErbStB 2008, 336 et seq. and 360 et seq.

Asset Management by the Executor in Practice
Dr Georg Tolksdorf
in: ErbStB 2008, p. 54 et seq., p. 86 et seq., 118 et seq. and p. 144 et seq

Banks and Asset Managers as Executors of Wills
Dr Georg Tolksdorf and Thorsten Müller
ErbStB 2006, p. 284-290