Bernd Schult Partner

Qualification

Lawyer, tax consultant

Areas of expertise

• Inheritance law and business succession
• Corporate / M&A

Special sector knowledge

• Public & social sector
• Real estate 
• Industrials
• Media

Languages

• German
• English

Brief biography

• Since 1995 Forvis Mazars (formerly Mazars)
• 1993 - 1995 Legal clerkship in Berlin
• 1985 - 1992 Law studies at the Free University of Berlin

Profile

Bernd Schult has been a Partner at Forvis Mazars (formerly Mazars) since 2000. His practice focuses on tax and corporate law, including corporate restructurings and sales of businesses. He has expertise advising on asset and company successions under civil and tax law. He is a member of the Committee for Tax Policy and the Competence Team for medium-sized businesses of the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Professional memberships and other roles

• Member of the Tax and Finance Committee of the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK)
• Member of the SME Competence Team of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Member of the German Society of Tax Lawyers (Deutsche Steuerjuristische Gesellschaft e. V.)
• Member of the German Association of Tax Lawyers (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Fachanwälte für Steuerrecht e. V.)

Lectureships / Teaching assignments

• at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the Free University of Berlin on the subject of business succession
• on the subject of corporate succession and taxes at the Free University of Berlin/ Faculty of Economics and the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (O.) / Faculty of Economic Sciences