About Us
One Firm. Two Disciplines. One Standard.
BKL has always stood for legal excellence in succession and wealth, in corporate and tax law, in banking and capital markets law and in the structuring of assets and financing. By building our own tax practice, we combine top-tier legal counsel and deep tax expertise under one roof — for genuine 360° advice.
Our Origins
The firm was founded in Bonn in 2007 by Prof. Dr. Peter Balzer, Andreas Otto Kühne and Dr. Volker Lang as BKL Balzer Kühne Lang, with a clear focus as a specialised boutique for banking and capital markets law as well as inheritance law and wealth succession.
Over the years, BKL has grown into a partnership active across Germany, with offices in Hamburg, Bonn and Munich. A consistent focus on a few clearly defined core competencies – succession, wealth and foundations, corporate and tax law, banking and capital markets law, and assets and financing – continues to shape our work and our reputation today.
Our Evolution
The demands on modern business advice are growing. Complex entrepreneurial, wealth-related and tax questions cannot be considered in isolation — let alone solved in isolation. To meet this standard structurally, we have strategically realigned our partnership and extended it with our own tax advisory practice.
Our Approach
We see ourselves as a boutique firm in the best sense: independent, close to our clients, professionally at the highest level. As an independent partnership we are free in our decisions — which lets us shape our processes to our own standard: with respect, enjoyment and passion for good law, and with the aim of achieving what truly matters for our clients.
Our Values
Trust as a Foundation.
Only with your trust in us can we advise you well and represent you successfully. Transparency and trust are the keys to shared success. Four values shape our daily work.
Excellent.
For solutions that provide security, protection and relief, we bring our full expertise and creativity to every single case.
Distinctive.
As a boutique firm we are independent. That gives us the freedom to respond individually and closely to our clients' needs.
Committed.
Standing by our clients in challenging situations — personally, individually, supportively — is our standard.
Reliable.
We commit to what we can keep — on deadlines, on costs, on availability.
Locations
Three Cities. One Standard.
