Cor­di­al con­gra­tu­la­ti­ons to our col­le­ague Mi­cha­el Vo­ge­ler on his re­co­gni­ti­on as “spe­cia­list ad­vi­ser for com­pa­ny suc­ces­si­on (so-cal­led “Fach­be­ra­ter für Un­ter­neh­mens­nach­fol­ge (DStV e.V.))” by the as­so­cia­ti­on Deut­scher Steu­er­be­ra­ter­ver­band e.V. The con­sul­ting field com­pa­ny suc­ces­si­on deals with va­rious as­pects, mo­dels and pro­ces­ses re­la­ting to the suc­ces­si­on of com­pa­nies, en­tre­pre­neurs and pri­va­te in­di­vi­du­als and high­lights the­se from a tax law, ci­vil law and busi­ness ma­nage­ment per­spec­tive.