Professional experience: Advice, in particular on succession planning, restructuring and investment projects. Litigation, with a focus on inheritance, tax and commercial law. Ulrich Gerken has decades of expertise, particularly in complicated inheritance disputes such as testamentary (in)capacity or compulsory portion litigation in complex estates. Ulrich Gerken has also been active for decades in the area of defense against consultant and manager liability, primarily for tax consultants, lawyers and notaries. His clients are primarily wealthy private individuals, company owners, insurance companies, leasing companies and medium-sized companies, mainly in the retail and shipping sectors, as well as commercial and freelance service providers.