Services

Legal Counselling and Representation


Thanks to our close cooperation with our clients and their tax advisers, we are consulted at an early stage of the legal process, which reduces the risk of litigation. If litigation cannot be avoided, we defend the legal interests of our clients by taking legal action both in Germany and abroad, particularly in France and the USA.




Areas of activity

Specifications


Company and Commercial
Law including Law of
Contract










1


  • Law of Private Companies:
    (Limited partnerships incl. GmbH & Co. KG; general partnerships; civil-law partnership; partnership).

  • Company law; limited liability company (GmbH), public companies/ stock corporations

  • Re-structuring and re-organization of companies

  • Agency contracts

  • General terms and conditions of trade

  • Licensed dealer contracts

  • Other marketing contracts
    (franchising, service contracts)

  • Cooperation contracts



Protection of
Industrial Property


2


  • Copyright law

  • Registered Design law

  • Trademark law

  • Know-how and licensing agreements



Competition and Cartel Law

3


  • Unfair competition

  • German and European cartel law; Restraint of Trade



Labour and Social Law


4


  • Individual labour law

  • Collective labour law

  • Social law from employers’ perspective



Housing Industry Law



5


  • Law of condominiums/ property in a freehold flat

  • Commercial tenancy law

  • Housing tenancy law

  • Private building law



Insolvency Law






6


  • Counselling to companies in preliminary stages of company insolvency

  • Institution of insolvency proceedings and support for the company and her owners

  • Re-organizations, including transfer re-organizations, capital reconstruction

  • Liquidations



Mergers and Acquisitions

7


  • Acquisition and sale of companies and participation in companies


Penal Law concerning
business offences




8


    Support for our clients in the following offences areas:
  • Penal Law on Taxation

  • Insolvency offences, especially insolvency protraction

  • Environmental matters

  • Matters relating to food and medicines

  • Traffic offences



Family and Inheritance Law




9


  • Marriage contracts

  • Family law arrangements

  • Anticipated successions

  • Wills and testamentary contracts

  • Administration of wills




Representation of the
interests of French clients in
Germany





10a


  • Counselling and representation of French clients in the German economic market

  • Incorporation of branches for French clients in Germany

  • Support and legal advice for French branches in Germany

  • Finding local cooperation partners

  • Defense against compensation claims

  • Founding of and support for joint ventures




Representation of the
interests of German clients in
France




10b


  • Counselling and representation of German clients in France

  • Incorporation of branches for German clients in France

  • Finding of local cooperation partners

  • Legal advice for branches in France

  • Defense against compensation claims

  • Founding of and support of joint ventures




Other Foreign Clients






11


  • Counselling and representation of clients from the European Union and other countries in Germany

  • Counselling and representation for US clients in Germany

  • Incorporation of branches

  • Finding of local cooperation partners

  • Defense against compensation claims

  • Founding and support of joint ventures



Indication according to article 7 BORA:
(Statute regulating the profession of Lawyers in Germany)
Main activitiesMain Interests
Rechtsanwalt Dr. Bernd G. Schober1, 2, 710, 11
Rechtsanwalt Gallus Lamprecht1, 5, 94, 6