Ritter & Beck Rechtsanwälte
{{coord|47|08|21|N|9|31|20|E|region:LI|display=title}}{{Short description|Liechtenstein law firm established in 1914}}
{{Infobox law firm|name=Ritter & Beck Rechtsanwälte|logo=RitterBeck-logo.png|headquarters=Städtle 36, 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein|num_attorneys=3|date_founded={{Start date and age|1914||}}|founder=Wilhelm Beck|website={{URL|https://www.rbp.li/screen/ritter_kanzlei}}}}Ritter & Beck Rechtsanwälte is a law firm based in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
History
The firm was founded in 1914 by Liechtensteiner politician Wilhelm Beck.{{Cite web |last=Leipold-Schneider |first=Gerda |date=31 December 2011 |title=Beck, Wilhelm |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Beck,_Wilhelm |access-date=30 September 2023 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}} In 1926, fellow lawyer Alois Ritter joined his office and the two worked together, in which the firm derives its name.{{Cite web |last=Büchel |first=Donat |date=31 December 2011 |title=Ritter, Alois |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Ritter,_Alois |access-date=25 May 2023 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}
File:Emil Beck & Wilhelm Beck Bundeshaus.jpg and Emil Beck in front of the Federal Palace of Switzerland, 1920.]]
Beck was a pioneer of Liechtenstein financial services and fiduciary services. Together with Emil Beck (no relation), they wrote the Liechtenstein Personal and Company law, which came into force in 1926.{{Cite web |last=Quaderer |first=Rupert |author-link=Rupert Quaderer |date=31 December 2011 |title=Beck, Emil |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Beck,_Emil |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}{{Cite web |last=Berger |first=Elisabeth |date=31 December 2011 |title=Personen- und Gesellschaftsrecht (PGR) |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Personen-_und_Gesellschaftsrecht_(PGR) |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}} By 1930, almost half of Liechtenstein's domiciliary companies were founded by Ritter & Beck.
File:Ritter & Beck Rechtsanwälte Headquarters.jpg
After Wilhelm Beck's death on 20 January 1936 Alois Ritter took over the firm.{{Cite news |date=22 January 1936 |title=Dr Wilhelm Beck tot |url=https://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/viewer/image/000469834_1936/25/LOG_0010/ |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=Law Office |url=https://www.rbp.li/screen/ritter_kanzlei |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031011458/http://www.rbp.li/screen/ritter_kanzlei |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=Ritter & Beck Rechtsanwälte }} In 1958 his son Karlheinz Ritter joined the firm, and took it over from his father upon his death on 31 January 1966.{{Cite news |date=3 February 1966 |title=Landtagspräsident Alois Ritter † |url=https://archiv.volksblatt.li/zeitung/1966-02-03/2/print |work=Liechtensteiner Volksblatt |pages=2 |archive-date=2023-11-11 |access-date=2023-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111202851/https://archiv.volksblatt.li/zeitung/1966-02-03/2/print |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Editorial |date=31 December 2011 |title=Ritter, Karlheinz |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Ritter,_Karlheinz |access-date=25 May 2023 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}} Since his death in 2008 Cornelia Ritter, Alexander Fitz and Marzell Beck took over the firm, and are the current heads.
Operations
Ritter & Beck Rechtsanwälte specialises in corporate law, estate law, tax law and inheritance law along with international law regulation.