Publications and Talks of Dr. Carlo Thiel

Inheritance Tax in Flux? — The Latest on Farm Succession and Agricultural Tax Law —
Presentation at the 19th conference of the North-East German "Sparkassen" Academy on 29 September 2026

Can Less Be More? - Dealing with Complex Corporate Structures with a View to Succession Planning -
Presentation at the 2026 Business Forum hosted by Feuersozietät Berlin Brandenburg AG on 17 September 2026

Streamlining complex corporate structures in agriculture, including succession planning
2 presentations as part of the 15th Agricultural Convention of the East German Savings Banks Association, Kongresshotel Potsdam, 25 November 2025

Can Less Be More? Streamlining complex corporate structures in agriculture, including succession planning
Presentation and conference report as part of the HLBS Experts’ and Consultants’ Symposium on 11 November 2025 and 12 November 2025 in Baunatal

Legal issues following the entry into force of the MoPeG
News article on case law relating to land register law and changes in legal form as part of the 14th Symposium on Agricultural Law, Rostock Town Hall, 5 March 2025

Farm handover and business succession – legal and tax aspects
Seminar held as part of the 2025 Winter Academy organised by the Nordvorpommern District Farmers’ Association in Grimmen on 25 February 2025

Co-operations under company law in agriculture
lecture as part of the 79th Agricultural Law Seminar organised by the German Lawyers’ Academy and the DGAR, Goslar, 24 September 2024

Farm Transfer and Business Succession – Legal and Tax Aspects
Seminar organised with the Brandenburg Agricultural Academy (BLAk), Seddiner See, 22 February 2024

The MoPeG is in force – implications and outstanding issues for agricultural companies
Article in HLBS Agrarbetrieb, AgrB 2-2024, p. 68

Farm transfer and business succession – legal and tax aspects
Seminar as part of the 2024 Winter Academy organised by the North-West Mecklenburg District Farmers’ Association in Grevesmühlen on 19 February 2024

GbR Register from 2024: Do all GbRs now have to register?
Interview with Gesa Harms on topagrar.com, 23 November 2023 and in *top agrar* 01/2024, p. 24

Law COMPACT – Reform of Partnership Law (MoPeG)
Webinar on the legal and tax implications of the MoPeG as part of the ‘Law COMPACT’ series of events organised by the Schwerin Chamber of Industry and Commerce on 22 November 2023

Reform of Partnership Law 2024 – the legal and tax implications for your agricultural business
2 presentations as part of the 13th Agricultural Convention of the East German Savings Banks Association, Kongresshotel Potsdam, 20 November 2023

The Act on the Modernisation of Partnership Law from the Perspective of Agriculture and Forestry
Presentation on the legal changes introduced by the MoPeG as part of the 74th HLBS Tax Conference, Berlin, 26 October 2023

Reform of Partnership Law (MoPeG)
Presentation on the legal changes introduced by the MoPeG as part of a one-day seminar organised by the SHBB/LBV Group, Rostock, 17 October 2023

Business succession – the hard facts
Presentation on legal and tax issues relating to business succession as part of a webinar organised by the Association of German Oenologists (Bund deutscher Oenologen e.V.) and Geisenheim University on 13 July 2023

MoPeG – The Modernisation of Partnership
Law: Analysis of the tax and civil law implications, including a model GbR agreement and practical guidance; Christine Katharina Schmidt and Dr Carlo Thiel, HLBS-Verlag, Berlin 2023

Legal Structuring of Business Succession
Webinar on legal issues relating to business succession as part of the Business Succession Awareness Week organised by the Rostock Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) on 19 June 2023

Legal Aspects of Business Succession
Presentation on legal issues relating to business succession as part of the 4th Rostock Entrepreneurs’ Round Table organised by the Rostock-Mittleres Mecklenburg Entrepreneurs’ Association (Unternehmerverband Rostock-Mittleres Mecklenburg e.V.), jointly with Ms Simone Brenner, tax adviser, on 10 May 2023

Business Succession in Agriculture and the Reform of Partnership Law from 2024
Seminar with the Brandenburg Agricultural Academy (BLAk), Seddiner See, 26 April 2023

12th Symposium on Agricultural Law: The reform of partnership law from 2024
Lecture on the changes to company law resulting from the MoPeG, Rostock Town Hall, 9 March 2023

The Reform of Partnership Law from 2024
Online seminar in collaboration with the German Farmers’ Association (Deutscher Bauernverband e.V.), Berlin, 16 November 2022

Valuing
PV systems correctly: Article with tax advisers Stefan Heins and Moritz Markefke, wetreu Kiel, in *top agrar* 11/2021, p. 40

Business continuity for family farms – succession during the owner’s lifetime and in the event of death – including the Brandenburg Farm Act (BbgHöfeOG)
Full-day seminar with the Brandenburg Agricultural Academy (BLAk), Seddiner See, 24 November 2021

Business succession in agriculture – solutions and pitfalls
Lecture as part of the 7th Business Succession Experience Exchange organised by the North-East German Savings Banks Academy, Potsdam, 16 September 2021

Same old, same old – updates to the Transparency Register
Article in the Economic Report of the Rostock-Central Mecklenburg Entrepreneurs’ Association e.V.,
Issue 04/2021, p. 14 (online edition)

Federal Constitutional Court declares 6 per cent interest on tax claims to be unconstitutional
Article in the Economic Report of the Rostock-Central Mecklenburg Entrepreneurs’ Association,
Issue 03/2021, p. 14 (online edition)

“No getting round the tax authorities”:
Land transfer tax on share deals – tightening of the Land
Transfer Tax Act (GrEStG) Article in *Bauernzeitung* No. 22 dated 4 June 2021, pp. 48–49

The reform of partnership law from 2023
Online presentation to the Committee on Agricultural Law, DGAR Spring Conference 2021, 29 April 2021

What the GbR Register means from 2023 
Cover story on partnerships, DLG-Mitteilungen 05/2021, p. 30

Business continuity for family farms – succession during the owner’s lifetime and in the event of death – including the Brandenburg Farm Regulations (BbgHöfeOG)
Full-day online seminar with the Brandenburg Agricultural Academy (BLAk), Seddiner See, 14 April 2021

From 2023, there will be a register for GbRs
Interview article on the reform of partnership law by Gesa Harms on topagrar.com, 16 February 2021

Intensive course for junior managers in agricultural businesses – Rights and obligations of the management
Full-day seminar with the Brandenburg Agricultural Academy (BLAk), Seddiner See, 8 December 2020

Business continuity for family farms – succession during the owner’s lifetime and in the event of death – including the Brandenburg Farm Regulations (BbgHöfeOG)
Full-day seminar with the Brandenburg Agricultural Academy (BLAk), Seddiner See, 3 June 2020

Act to Mitigate the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Article in the Economic Report of the Rostock-Central Mecklenburg Entrepreneurs’ Association e.V.,
Issue 01/2020, p. 10 (online edition)

Revival of the full-time law degree programme at the University of Rostock
Article in the Economic Report of the Rostock-Central Mecklenburg Entrepreneurs’ Association (Unternehmerverband Rostock-Mittleres Mecklenburg e.V.),
Issue 04/2019, p. 10 (online edition)

In-depth workshop on ‘Tax and Law’
Presentation on specific issues relating to business succession as part of the 3rd Rostock Entrepreneurs’ Roundtable organised by the Rostock-Mittleres Mecklenburg Entrepreneurs’ Association e.V., in collaboration with Ms Simone Brenner, Solicitor, on 5 February 2020

The next generation of lawyers safeguards the rule of law – On the future of legal education at the University of Rostock
Introductory lecture for the panel discussion organised by the Rostock Bar Association (Rostocker AnwaltVerein e.V.) under the patronage of the Rector of the University of Rostock on 23 January 2020

“From Generation to Generation – How Do I Plan My Succession?”
Lecture on business succession to third parties as part of the 3rd Rostock Entrepreneurs’ Roundtable organised by the Business Succession Expert Team of the Rostock-Central Mecklenburg Entrepreneurs’ Association (UV) on 13 November 2019

“Withdrawal – Dissolution – Severance Pay”: Options & Consequences of the separation of shareholders
Lecture as part of the ‘UV-spezial’ event organised by the Rostock-Central Mecklenburg Entrepreneurs’ Association (Unternehmerverband Rostock-Mittleres Mecklenburg e.V.) on 19 September 2019

Land Transfer Tax – Tighter Rules for Share Deals
Article in the Economic Report of the Rostock-Central Mecklenburg Entrepreneurs’ Association (Unternehmerverband Rostock-Mittleres Mecklenburg e.V.),
Issue 03/2019, p. 10 (online edition)

Business Succession – Generational Transition with or without the Involvement of Family Members
Presentation for the SHBB, LBV and Treurat on 30 January 2019, jointly with Ms WP and Dr Kerstin Erver, Tax Adviser (Presentation as PDF)

8th Symposium on Agricultural Law: Future Structures in Agriculture – Responsibilities, Financing, Scope
of Compensation Claims for Departing Shareholders, Rostock Town Hall, 7 March 2018

Business succession in legal entities and partnerships
Full-day seminar with the Farmers’ Association and the BilSE Institute, Rostock, 11 January 2018

The work of the supervisory board of a public limited company or registered cooperative, or the advisory board of a limited liability
company Full-day seminar with the Brandenburg Agricultural Academy (BLAk), Seddiner See, 9 November 2017

Preparing for business succession in legal entities
Full-day seminar with the Farmers’ Association and the BilSE Institute, Thünengut Tellow, 17 October 2017

What’s new? The recent amendment to the Co-operative Act, which has just come into force,
brings with it far-reaching changes. There are numerous simplifications, but also stricter provisions.
We provide detailed information.
Article in the *Bauernzeitung* dated 8 September 2017, Issue 36, 2017, p. 62 ff.

Hahn – Investment in Agriculture, Due Diligence for Private and Institutional Investors
Book review in ‘Agricultural and Environmental Law’, Issue 04/2017, p. 160

7th Symposium on Agricultural Law: ‘Upheavals’ in agriculture –
economic and legal restrictions
transfer and restructuring of agricultural holdings on 1 March 2017

Resolving disputes without a dispute – mediation instead of court proceedings
Article in the *Bauernzeitung* dated 27 May 2016, Issue 21, 2016, p. 30 ff.

Neighbourly help or paid labour? – Services in agriculture
Conference report on the 6th Agricultural Law Symposium organised by the law firm Geiersberger Glas & Partner mbB on 2 March 2016 in Rostock
Article in the *Bauernzeitung* dated 18 March 2016, Issue 11, 2016, p. 34 ff.

Finding and being found – trade mark and fair trading law protection in online advertising
An examination of the legal issues in online marketing, particularly in the field of keyword advertising, with reference to the latest case law of the European Court of Justice and a comparison with how the issue is assessed in other countries
Doctoral thesis
in the Rostock Series on Commercial Law, Dr Kovac Publishers, Hamburg 2015

The transfer of the decision on the selection of a business successor under inheritance law – Options for structuring inheritance arrangements to align agricultural business succession with the provisions of the Farm Regulations
Agricultural and Environmental Law, Issue 4/2014, pp. 121 ff., Carlo Thiel, Solicitor, and Ingo Glas, Solicitor

The financial market crisis and banking supervision – 15th Rostock Banking Conference on 12 November 2009 Conference
report co-authored with Marc Holfter, BKR 2010, pp. 85–87