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.

Court of Appeal Berlin (order of 2 June 2025 – 22 W 20/25): The registration of a GbR may not fail because the heirs of a deceased partner are still unknown.

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.

The eGbR can change its legal form while preserving its identity and can participate in mergers, divisions and changes of legal form under the Transformation Act (UmwG).

§ 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.

Since the MoPeG, partners have been able to determine a contractual registered office that differs from the administrative seat – subject to three conditions.

Higher Regional Court of Cologne (order of 24 April 2024): The suffix "eGbR" may also appear within the name – for reasons of legal certainty, placing it at the end is nevertheless recommended.