Since 1 January 2024, a civil-law partnership (GbR) can be registered in the partnership register. For partnerships holding real estate this is a prerequisite for land register entries – and advantageous in other respects too.

Formal errors in the notice of the meeting, the agenda or the exclusion of voting rights become a point of attack in the event of a dispute – formalities are not an end in themselves.

Since the MoPeG, termination by or death of a partner leads to the partner's withdrawal, not to dissolution – old GbR agreements should be reviewed.

Majority resolutions require an express provision in the partnership agreement; procedural rules on notice, quorum and minutes should be added.

§ 720(3) BGB: Limitations of the liability of GbR partners vis-à-vis third parties are ineffective – even if the contracting party is aware of them.

Since the MoPeG, registration in the partnership register has been a prerequisite for land register entries in favour of a GbR – many partnerships have not yet reacted.

Unlike in the case of a GmbH, solvent partners of a GbR can be held personally liable for court costs and the insolvency administrator's remuneration.