- Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
- Construction law & real estate
- Labour law / HR
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- IT & data protection
- Insurances
- Finance & capital market law
- Notary’s office in Berlin
- Private Clients
- Sports & Esports
Sports & Esports
MELCHERS has long-standing experience in advising clients in the sports and e-sports sector. Personal, tailor-made advice in specific cases is always the top priority for MELCHERS. The members of the Sports & Esports Practice Group not only have the specific legal expertise, such as in association and corporate law, labour law and sports jurisdiction, but were or are athletes themselves, so that they can directly anticipate, understand and optimally pursue the needs, interests and goals of their clients. In addition, they are highly experienced in working with the relevant national and international sports associations as well as with public authorities and are well connected within the renowned international law firm network Ally Law.
Our clients from the sports and e-sports sector include athletes and sportsmen from professional teams, clubs and corporations in amateur and professional sports as well as sponsors, advertising agencies and media companies.
From a legal perspective, sports and esports are so-called cross-sectional matters, i.e. experts from a wide range of legal fields are required. As a full-service law firm, MELCHERS can guarantee this comprehensive advice by involving the respective specialists.
News from the Sports & Esports Practice Group can be found regularly on our homepage and on LinkedIn.
- Construction law & real estate
- Real estate
- Project planning
- Realisation
- Conflict resolution
- Seminars & training courses
- References
- Legal Due Diligence
- Land, condominium and part ownership, heritable building rights: creation and transactions
- Hedging instruments
- Condominium ownership
- Project development
- Property purchase
- Advice on public tenders, PPP projects
- Federal State Building Order (approval of construction projects/bringing the intended project to the knowledge of the building authority, neighborhood protection, pollution control, preservation statute and protection of historical monuments)
- Claim management and defence against amendments
- Warranty management
- Defence against claims
- Preservation of evidence
- Interlocutory relief
- Seminars and (inhouse) training courses in all mentioned fields of competence
- Project planning
- Construction law & real estate
- Sports & Esports
- Sports labour law
- Private Clients
- Energy
- Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
- Economy & State - Public law
- Gaming & Betting Law Practice Group
- Gaming & betting
- Advice on regulation of land-based casinos
- Construction & planning
- Environment & waste management
- Infrastructure: air, rail & road
- Public enterprises & municipalities
- Procurement & Public Private Partnership
- Grants & subsidies
- European law & international law
- Legislative procedures
- Litigation & representation before authorities
- Representation before local, state and federal authorities as well as before arbitral courts, German and European courts
- Advice on and support in coping with legislative bodies and political organisations, observation and analysis of political developments during the legislative process
- Drafting of argumentation lines and statements in the context of participation in the political decision-making process
- Draft of initiative presentations within the lobbying work of industries and associations
- From old to new, protection of historical monuments
- Finance & capital market law
- Regulatory advice
- Representation in dealing with supervisory authorities
- Outsourcing of parts of the business
- Approval procedures for credit and financial service institutions
- Establishment of compliance systems and internal security procedures
- Alternative means ofpayment (for example bitcoins, payment cards)
- Gestaltung neuer Geschäftsmodelle (insbes. gemäß KWG, ZAG und GwG)
- Stock & capital market
- Liability for inappropriate investment counseling
- Design and review of (security) prospectus
- Preparation and support of bond issues and initial public offerings
- Mezzanine financing
- Bank contract law
- Credit contracts and syndication
- Credit and payment securities
- Financing of acquisitions and collateralisation
- Sector-specific contract conditions
- Litigation & Arbitration
- Facility management
- Energy saving contracting
- Development of building areas, advice on development and land use planning including project and development plans, preparation and negotiation of urban development contracts
- Advice on urban development and restructuring measures
- Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
- Drafting and review of project and construction contracts (architects, consortium, property developers, building contractors, BIM, energy saving contracting, general planners, general transferee, general contractors, GMP contracts, prefabricated housing sector, FIDIC, engineers, PPP models, project developers, project controllers, subcontractors)
- Preparation and execution of tenders under private law
- Support in contract negotiations
- Construction related and strategic support, mainly with regard to large-scale construction projects and plant construction (for example construction of power plants, industrial plants) as well as securing and asserting receivables
- Examination of supplements and justification
- Advice on receivables due to construction delays
- Support in a crises, for example in case of loss of construction parties
- Criminal construction law (anti-competitive agreements, illegal employment, construction hazards, environmental crimes, fraud and embezzlement in accounting)
- Preparation and supervision of the acceptance
- Audit of partial and final invoices
- Utilisation
- Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
- Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
- Support in contract negotiations, termination and questions regarding current leasing
- Conflict avoidance through contract design
- Strategic advice in the event of conflict
- Remuneration, supplements and prosecution of material defects
- Objections of neighbouring parties and opposition proceedings
- Official conflict management, e.g. construction shutdown
- Judicial review proceedings, allocation complaint and review procedures
- Ordinary jurisdiction, arbitration, ombudsman proceedings and other conciliation procedures including arbitration agreements
- Consultation of an energy infrastructural company acting across Europe with more than 12.000 employees and an annual business volume of approximately 2 billion Euros
- Extensive counseling of a Bundesliga soccer club in its implementation of a training center for young talents including its financing by a fan bond
- Support of a paper manufacturer with the tender, contractual negotiation (with international dimension) and the installation of paper machine with heating and power station. Total investment volume: approx. 600 million Euros
- Legal assistance of the architects ordered with the planning of the construction project “Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein”, construction volume approx. 520 million Euros
- Legal advice of the Entwicklungsgesellschaft Heidelberg with regard to the development of the new part of town called “Bahnstadt” in Heidelberg. The total investment volume amounts to more than 2 billion Euros
- Energy plant construction
- Goal-oriented execution of land use planning procedures and approval procedures
- Allocation of planning and construction orders
- Advice during a construction project
- Legal advice around subsidies
- Infrastructural measures
- Goal-oriented execution of land use planning procedures and approval procedures
- Allocation of planning and construction orders
- Advice during a construction project
- Legal advice around subsidies
- Networks
- Planning, allocation and construction of networks
- Counseling with regard to scenarios and network development plans
- Goal-oriented execution of land use planning procedures and approval procedures
- Network access, network charge
- Energy contracting
- Draft and negotiation of contracting agreements for process heat and electricity
- Construction and operation of generating plants
- Easements and heritage building rights
- Drafting and negotiating of management contracts
- Grid connection, electricity feed and financial support
- Energy saving contracting for industry and municipalities
- Licenses
- Granting of energy licenses
- Drafting and negotiating of simple and qualified easement agreements pursuant to the law on the energy industry
- Advising of energy supply companies and municipalities
- Energy contract law
- Drafting and negotiating of gas and electricity supply contracts for industry and trade
- Drafting and negotiating of supply contracts referring to process heat and district heating supply
- Fuel supply contracts, disposal of power plant residues
- Drafting and negotiating of fuel supply contracts including price adjustment clauses, fuel specifications and sampling provisions
- Drafting and negotiating of disposal contracts for power plant residues
- Advice on the Closed Cycle Waste Management Act and Landfill Ordinance
- Renewable energies
- Goal-oriented implementation of planning and approval procedures
- Assigning planning and construction contracts
- Grid connection, electricity feed, direct marketing and financial support according to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG)
- Drafting and negotiating of management contracts
- Acquisition, sale and restructuring of supply companies
- Due diligence
- Drafting and negotiating of share purchase agreements
- Operational transfer in accordance with § 613a BGB (German Civil Code)
- Antitrust advice
- Investment consulting, participation in energy plants (parks) and grids
- Litigation, arbitration and representation before authorities
- Advising and support in planning approval procedures and licensing procedures including public involvement (participation in discussion meetings)
- Counseling regarding objections against planned projects, opposition and claim against licenses and licensing conditions
- Acting for citizens’ initiatives
- Handling of arbitration proceedings as arbitrator or counsel
- Conducting legal action before administrative courts and the ordinary courts including interlocutory relief
- Advice on gaming hall / AWP regulations
- Advice on regulation of betting shops
- Advice on online casino and sports betting
- Advice on the legal framework for fantasy betting
- Advice on regulation of horse betting
- Advice on legal framework for social gaming
- Advice on regulation of lotteries and bingo
- Advice on gambling-related payment solutions
- Strategic advice regarding future trends
- Licensing & compliance
- Casino licensing procedures
- Arcade and gaming hall concessions
- Advice on betting shop concessions
- Sports betting licensing process
- Brokering licences for online lotteries
- AML compliance
- Legal support in day-to-day operations (e.g. regarding customer support)
- Accreditation of age verification tools with German authorities
- Accreditation of test labs with gambling regulators
- Lobbying
- Lobby work with gambling regulators
- Foundation of trade groups
- Representation of gambling companies in trade groups
- Lobby work with European Commission
- Lobby work with tax authorities
- Litigation
- Administrative procedure
- Interstate Treaty restrictions & interdictions
- Interlocutory relief
- Legal defence against player claims
- Legal representation in German supreme courts & constitutional courts
- Commercial
- Establishment of local companies
- Due diligence for gambling-related M&A transactions
- Advertising and contracts
- Trademark issues and litigation
- Advice on competition law risks
- Terms & Conditions
- Tax advice
- Taxation of land-based casinos & gaming halls
- Sports betting tax
- Taxation of online casinos including VAT
- Lottery tax
- Tax registration and reporting
- Tax litigation
- Legal defence against prosecution of tax crimes
- Intellectual property / media / advertising & PR
- Trademarks & patents
- Draft of property right strategies
- Application and control of trademarks and other property rights
- Delimitation and prior rights agreements
- Enforcement of trademarks and industrial property rights
- Defence of trademark and patent infringements
- Launch of new products
- National and international technology transfer
- Purchase and sale of property rights
- Trademark license agreements and other property right licenses
- Patent agreements and know-how license agreements
- Copyright & design law
- Copyright agreements, publishing contracts
- Draft of agreements regarding multimedia analysis
- Artists‘ contracts and producers‘ contracts
- Concert and show contracts
- Advertising music contracts
- Design contracts and utility model licenses
- Enforcement of copyrights
- Defence against copyright infringements and product imitations
- Launch of new products
- Competition law
- Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
- Representation in disputes regarding competition law
- Interim injunctions in order to enforce competitive legal positions
- Caveat against unauthorized use by competitors
- Protection against counterfeiting and misappropriation
- Protection against misleading and comparing advertising
- Antitrust law
- Purchase cooperations, distribution cooperations
- Distribution antitrust law
- Conception of selective distribution systems
- Control of online distribution, price competition on the internet
- Research and development cooperations
- Cartels of medium-size enterprises and other cooperations
- Draft of contracts considering antitrust law
- Defence against the exploitation of market power, delivery blocks
- Registration of mergers
- Representation before the Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission
- Press & Media
- Coordination and negotiations with media representatives
- „Strategic press law“ – preparation to the media crises and strategic support after publication
- Press releases and interviews with press, radio and TV journalists
- Enforcement of injunctive relieves due to insult, defamation
- Counterstatements, revocations/corrections, damages
- Advertising & public relations
- Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
- Individual advertising for customers and future customers
- Examination of advertising measures, compliance
- Advertising agencies
- Agreements with advertising parties
- Sponsoring agreements
- Litigation
- Infringement trials
- Summary proceedings, interim injunctions
- Opposition proceedings
- Annulment proceedings
- IT & data protection
- IT & E-Commerce
- Draft of contracts concerning development, distribution, licensing and maintenance of software and hardware
- IT projects
- Outsourcing/shared services
- Set-up and design of e-commerce platforms
- Data protection
- Data protection compliance within the company’s organisation
- Data protection concerning marketing and distribution
- Data protection concerning labour law (private use of operational means, internal investigations, shared-services)
- Cloud computing
- Advice and representation in case of infringements of data protection
- Litigation & arbitration
- Handling of failed IT projects
- Employment contracts for players and coaches, promotion contracts, advice on bogus self-employment
- Contract, licensing and compliance
- Transfer agreements and handling, ticketing and merchandising, licensing procedures, advertising and sponsoring agreements, agency and mediation agreements, sports betting agreements, rental and lease agreements
- IP and data protection law
- Merchandising, trademark applications, delimitation agreements, performance data in sports, data protection
- Competition and antitrust law
- Exclusive agreements, athletes' rights in relation to associations, central TV marketing
- Law of associations, corporate and company law
- Sports arbitration, spin-offs, corporate bonds (so-called fan bonds), questions of articles of association, preparation and implementation of general meetings, managing director contracts
- Administrative law
- Sports subsidies, in particular sports usage contracts, acquisition and construction of a centre for young talents, fan rights and protection of minors
- Notary’s office in Berlin
- Real estate law
- Purchase & sale of land, home and partial ownerships, lease holds
- Registration of mortgages
- Plot division
- Creation of lease holds
- Family and inheritance law
- Marriage contracts and „consequences of divorce agreements“
- Last wills and inheritance contracts
- Applications of certificates of inheritance & refusals of inheritance
- Estate inventory
- Adoptions
- Business and corporate law
- Foundation of partnerships and corporations
- Conversion, mergers & liquidation
- Registrations in the commercial register
- Preparation of the lists to be presented by the commercial register
- General civil law
- Powers of attorney
- Promissory letters
- Certificates
- Affidavits
- Notarisations & authentication
- Raffles & draws
- Labour law / HR
- Recruiting, drafting of employment contracts, current employment
- Legal aspects of personnel recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel
- Employment contracts and connected agreements
- Fixed-term employment law (fixed-term employment with or without a material reason, fixed-term employment beyond retirement age)
- Variable payment (target agreements, royalties, commissions, bonuses, long- and short-term incentives, employee participation)
- Variable working hours (flexible work time, capacity-oriented work time, trust-based working hours, working hours accounts)
- Part-time work inside and outside parental leave, care and family leave, sabbaticals
- Corporate integration management
- Written warnings
- Notice of terminations, cancellation and winding-up agreements
- References
- Employment of temporary workers
- Work contracts, service contracts, avoidance of bogus self-employment
- Supply of temporary workers
- Management contracts
- Transactions, restructuring & reorganisation
- Due diligence concerning labour law
- Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
- Draft of new operational structures
- Adjustment and draft of working conditions and payment structures
- Staff reduction measures (reconciliation of interests, social plans, collective redundancies, actions for dismissal protection)
- Works council, economic committee, personnel council, employee representation, representation of severely disabled persons
- Advice of enterprises without a works council (employee communication without works council, alternative employee representation, advice on questions regarding the initiation or avoidance of the establishment of a works council)
- Establishment of a works council, works council elections, appeal against works council elections
- Constructive cooperation with the works council (communication with the works council, right to information of the works council, monthly meetings, works council meetings, works council training, cost for works council training etc.)
- Limits to constructive cooperation: exclusion of individual works council members or dissolution of the works council due to gross breaches of duty; termination of works council members
- Advice and support in all questions of co-determination of the works council under works constitution law (e.g. recruitment, transfer, dismissal, working time models, overtime, remuneration, data processing, employee monitoring, social media etc.)
- Negotiation and drafting of works agreements and ( in-house ) collective agreements
- Negotiation of reconciliations of interest and social plans in case of restructuring and lay-offs
- Representation and support of the employer in conciliation bodies
- Representation and support of the employer in other disputes with the works council outside and in court
- Advising the employer on how to deal with the representative body for severely handicapped persons
- Matters regarding board and managing directors
- Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
- Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
- Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
- Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
- Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
- Company pension
- Deferred compensation
- Restructuring of existing and introduction of new pension models (choice of the pension model: direct pension, direct insurance, support fund, pension funds, etc.)
- Adjustment or denial of the adjustment of company pensions pursuant to § 16 BetrAVG
- Social security
- Employment of temporary workers, assignment of workers, freelance contributor models and avoidance of bogus self-employment and bogus work agreement
- Managers subject to social security
- International social insurance for secondments or parallel activities in several host countries
- Litigation & arbitration
- Representation in all individual and collective disputes before the labor courts (labor court, regional labor court, federal labor court) and, in particular in disputes between managing directors and board members and the company, the ordinary courts (regional court, higher regional court, representation before the Federal Supreme Court)
- Support and representation of the employer in the conciliation committee
- International labour law
- Design of cross-border employee assignments (labour, social security and residence permit law, inbound and outbound)
- Advice of German subsidiaries of international companies
- Advice of German clients with regard to foreign subsidiaries
- Cross-border restructuring
- Succession planning & donation
- Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
- Anticipated inheritance, draft of donation agreements
- Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
- Agreements on waiver of compulsory share
- Establishment of foundations, donations
- Clarification and draft of succession issues under private international law
- Inheritance distribution and execution of a will
- Inheritance proceedings
- Precautionary documents
- Precautionary power
- Care directive
- Patient directive
- Marriage agreements
- Marriage agreement
- Cohabitation agreement
- Partnership agreement
- General company law
- Conception and establishment of companies
- Articles of association and shareholder agreements
- Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
- Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
- Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
- Internal company disputes
- Liquidation of companies
- Advice for start-ups
- Corporate housekeeping
- Restructuring & reorganisation
- Change of legal form
- Mergers
- Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
- Creation of holding structures
- Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
- Restructuring & insolvency
- Advice close to insolvency
- Design and support of redevelopment concepts
- Preparation and support of insolvency plan procedures
- Counseling of creditors, management and shareholders
- Insolvency administration
- Company succession
- Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
- Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
- Adaptation of articles of association to the needs of succession planning
- Restructuring of companies and group of companies with regard to succession planning
- Establishment of foundations, donations
- Clarification and draft of succession issues under international private law
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
- Venture capital and private equity financings
- Conception and prospectus of investment funds
- Advice in connection with IPOs
- Corporate governance & compliance
- Design of the internal corporate structures
- Allocation of responsibilities
- Rules of procedure
- Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
- Compliance management systems
- Compliance guidelines and operational instructions
- Advice and representation in case of compliance infringements
- (International) trade
- General terms and conditions
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Commercial purchase
- Distribution law
- E-Commerce
- Law of commercial agents
- Law of authorized dealers
- Freight and forwarding law
- International commercial law
- Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
- Antitrust law
- Distribution antitrust law
- Application for exemption from the non-compete obligation
- Drafting contracts under antitrust law aspects
- Notification of mergers/merger control proceedings
- Representation in dealing with the Federal antitrust authorities and the European Commission
- Airlines & aviation
- Claims management
- Cargo transport
- Design of General Conditions of Carriage and General Queries on Flight Handling
- Advice regarding IT and e-commerce
- Advice regarding relationships to Ground Handling Partners (airport operators as for example Fraport AG, Airport Service Companies etc.) and IATA contract system
- Enforcement/defence of claims against third parties
- Labour law
- Right of residence
- Trainings
- Data protection law
- Employee data protection
- Draft and implementation of technical and organisational measures pursuant to the Federal Data Protection Act
- Company organisation in compliance with data protection law, outsourcing
- Development of (also cross-bordered, integrated) CRM data bases
- Direct marketing campaigns, co-marketing, co-branding, social media
- Generation and use of qualified leads/data of interested parties
- Commercial tenancy law
- Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
- Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
- Support and accompaniment of contract negotiations, termination and questions of ongoing leases
- Litigation, arbitration & ADR
- Representation before all local, regional and higher regional courts in civil proceedings
- Spruchstellenverfahren
- Arbitration proceedings
- Alternative dispute resolution proceedings, for example mediation
- Insurances
- Insurance supervisory
- Insurance supervisory law (inter alia new foundation, entry into the German market, development of new business areas, measures of the supervisory authorities)
- Insurance intermediary law (inter alia license proceedings and registration of insurance intermediaries)
- Insurance products & insurance distribution
- Insurance policy law (inter alia design of group insurance contracts and general terms and conditions)
- Insurance distribution law (inter alia establishment of distribution structures, online-distribution, affiliate marketing)
- Delicate Claims Management
- Anti-money laundering
- Data protection
- Distribution & (international) trade
- Distribution & franchise systems
- Law of commercial agencies
- Authorised dealer law
- Franchise agreements
- Affiliate marketing
- Draft of other distribution structures
- E-Commerce
- Webshops
- Social Media
- Competition law
- Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
- Representation in disputes regarding competition law
- Rechtsschutz gegen Nachahmung und Leistungsübernahme
- Distribution cartel law
- Application for exemption from the non-compete obligation
- Drafting contracts under antitrust law aspects
- Notification of mergers
- Representation before the Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission
- Establishing and audits of compliance systems
- Advice on German and European provisions regarding export control and embargos
- Support in licensing proceedings (German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control)
- US-(re) export law
- Gestaltung und Verhandlung von grenzüberschreitenden Liefer- und Dienstleistungsverträgen
- Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
- Draft and negotiation of cross-border supply and service agreements
- General Terms and Conditions
- Draft, examination and implementation of General Terms and Conditions
- Litigation & arbitration
- Advice on the preparation and modification of land use and zoning plans
- Project-related building development plans, drafting and negotiating of urban development contracts (in particular execution contracts) for the purpose of developing a building area or realising large-scale investment projects (retail, commerce, industry, residential and home building)
- Advice on building permit processes and notification procedures
- Execution of and advice on plan approval procedures including participation of the public
- Advice on immission control approval procedures for the purpose of establishing or expanding businesses (industry and commerce, energy facilities, sports facilities, leisure facilities)
- Protection of historical monuments
- Advice on development contributions and municipal levies
- Advice on immission control (in particular noise, odour) in the context of immission control permits, approaching construction or subsequent requirements (in particular defence against production-restricting regulations)
- Environmental impact assessment
- Environmental liability of companies
- Contaminated sites and soil protection
- Sewage disposal, indirect discharge of commercial and industrial wastewater, advice on and support in licensing procedures of sewage treatment plants, levying of fees and charges
- Waste disposal, draft and negotiation of disposal agreements of commercial and industrial waste including power station residues; advice on and support in licensing procedures
- Waste shipment – requirements under public law and contract law
- Chemicals legislation
- Advice on regional planning, land use and development planning
- Advising project developers as well as municipalities and adjoining residents on the execution of planning approval and licensing procedures [planning, construction and operation of airports, rail networks, (long-distance) road construction].
- Replacement and compensatory measures (nature and landscape), protection requirements
- Advice on the conduct of expropriation procedures
- Advice on the raising of objections, the holding of the discussion hearing and the conduct of litigation proceedings
- Support for tenders for railway tracks and networks
- Award and construction of roads including preparation of PPP and financing models in the road traffic
- Formal privatization of state and municipal companies including due diligence
- Sale of municipal shareholdings
- Conception and structuring of models for the inclusion of private individuals in the fulfilment of public tasks, e.g. in the field of recycling management law, water law or transport infrastructure
- Foundation of mixed-economy enterprises of different legal forms
- Legal support in bidding procedures for the privatisation of public utilities and waste disposal companies as well as the award of service and construction contracts including concessions
- Advice on municipal law in all 16 federal states
- Municipal Tax Law and Development Contribution Law
- Structuring and implementation of national and EU-wide procurement procedures
- Support of public clients and bidders in tenders for construction projects and services as well as concessions (according to GWB, VgV, VOB/A as well as budget law)
- Support for public contracting authorities and bidders in awarding contracts in the sectors of energy (gas, heat, electricity), water and transport services (according to SektVO)
- Advice on the draft of models without procurement (for example inhouse-procurement, horizontal cooperation of public entities, amendment of existing contracts) and in competitive tendering procedures (as architectural competitions) outside procurement law
- Development of PPP and financing models for road traffic and municipal buildings (e.g. day-care centres, schools, fire stations, courts, swimming pools, multi-purpose halls), assistance in investor selection procedures
- Representation of awarding authorities and bidders in procurement review procedures
- Support with grant applications
- Advice on compliance with relevant regulations and requirements for investment grants
- Defence against reclaims for subsidies
- Legal protection in connection with competition lawsuits (enforcement of and defence against corresponding claims)
- European environmental and technology law
- European subsidy law
- Application of EU regulations and effects of EU directives in national law
- Advice to public authorities and investors on transnational projects
- Advice on international treaties (e.g. double taxation agreements, ECHR, WTO agreements, UN Charter, Geneva Convention)
- Seminars & training
- We offer seminars and in-house training courses on all of the aforementioned topics for both public clients and companies.
- White Collar Crime & Tax Criminal Law
- Commercial criminal law
- Preventive advice
- Legal assistance in search and seizure proceedings
- Defence in criminal (investigation) proceedings and administrative offence proceedings
- Tax criminal law
- Preventive advice
- Advice and representation in proceedings for voluntary reporting under criminal tax law
- Legal assistance in search and seizure proceedings
- Defence in criminal (investigation) proceedings and administrative offence proceedings
- Compliance
- Draft of compliance systems
- Creation of compliance rules
- (In-house-) compliance trainings and seminars
- Review of existing compliance systems
- Internal investigations for current reasons or to uncover weaknesses in the company organisation and the compliance system
- Compliance Due Diligence Audit for M&A
- Advice and representation in compliance infringements
- Enforcement of recourse claims
- Litigation
- Defence at all German courts in all instances
- Enforcement of recourse claims by companies against employees in the event of compliance violations
- Energy
- Energy plant construction
- Planning, allocation and construction of networks
- Goal-oriented execution of land use planning procedures and approval procedures
- Allocation of planning and construction orders
- Advice during a construction project
- Legal advice around subsidies
- Infrastructural measures
- Goal-oriented execution of land use planning procedures and approval procedures
- Allocation of planning and construction orders
- Advice during a construction project
- Legal advice around subsidies
- Networks
- Counseling with regard to scenarios and network development plans
- Goal-oriented execution of land use planning procedures and approval procedures
- Network access, network charge
- Energy contracting
- Draft and negotiation of contracting agreements for process heat and electricity
- Construction and operation of generating plants
- Easements and heritage building rights
- Drafting and negotiating of management contracts
- Grid connection, electricity feed and financial support
- Energy saving contracting for industry and municipalities
- Licenses
- Granting of energy licenses
- Drafting and negotiating of simple and qualified easement agreements pursuant to the law on the energy industry
- Advising of energy supply companies and municipalities
- Energy contract law
- Drafting and negotiating of gas and electricity supply contracts for industry and trade
- Drafting and negotiating of supply contracts referring to process heat and district heating supply
- Fuel supply contracts, disposal of power plant residues
- Drafting and negotiating of fuel supply contracts including price adjustment clauses, fuel specifications and sampling provisions
- Drafting and negotiating of disposal contracts for power plant residues
- Advice on the Closed Cycle Waste Management Act and Landfill Ordinance
- Renewable energies
- Goal-oriented implementation of planning and approval procedures
- Assigning planning and construction contracts
- Grid connection, electricity feed, direct marketing and financial support according to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG)
- Drafting and negotiating of management contracts
- Due diligence
- Acquisition, sale and restructuring of supply companies
- Drafting and negotiating of share purchase agreements
- Operational transfer in accordance with § 613a BGB (German Civil Code)
- Antitrust advice
- Investment consulting, participation in energy plants (parks) and grids
- Litigation, arbitration and representation before authorities
- Advising and support in planning approval procedures and licensing procedures including public involvement (participation in discussion meetings)
- Counseling regarding objections against planned projects, opposition and claim against licenses and licensing conditions
- Acting for citizens’ initiatives
- Conducting legal action before administrative courts and the ordinary courts including interlocutory relief
- Handling of arbitration proceedings as arbitrator or counsel
- Gaming & Betting Law Practice Group
- Gaming & betting
- Advice on regulation of land-based casinos
- Advice on gaming hall / AWP regulations
- Advice on regulation of betting shops
- Advice on online casino and sports betting
- Advice on the legal framework for fantasy betting
- Advice on regulation of horse betting
- Advice on legal framework for social gaming
- Advice on regulation of lotteries and bingo
- Advice on gambling-related payment solutions
- Strategic advice regarding future trends
- Licensing & compliance
- Casino licensing procedures
- Arcade and gaming hall concessions
- Advice on betting shop concessions
- Sports betting licensing process
- Brokering licences for online lotteries
- AML compliance
- Legal support in day-to-day operations (e.g. regarding customer support)
- Accreditation of age verification tools with German authorities
- Accreditation of test labs with gambling regulators
- Lobbying
- Lobby work with gambling regulators
- Foundation of trade groups
- Representation of gambling companies in trade groups
- Lobby work with European Commission
- Lobby work with tax authorities
- Litigation
- Administrative procedure
- Interstate Treaty restrictions & interdictions
- Interlocutory relief
- Legal defence against player claims
- Legal representation in German supreme courts & constitutional courts
- Commercial
- Establishment of local companies
- Due diligence for gambling-related M&A transactions
- Advertising and contracts
- Trademark issues and litigation
- Advice on competition law risks
- Terms & Conditions
- Tax advice
- Taxation of land-based casinos & gaming halls
- Sports betting tax
- Taxation of online casinos including VAT
- Lottery tax
- Tax registration and reporting
- Tax litigation
- Legal defence against prosecution of tax crimes
- Finance & capital market law
- Regulatory advice
- Representation in dealing with supervisory authorities
- Outsourcing of parts of the business
- Approval procedures for credit and financial service institutions
- Establishment of compliance systems and internal security procedures
- Alternative means ofpayment (for example bitcoins, payment cards)
- Stock & capital market
- Liability for inappropriate investment counseling
- Design and review of (security) prospectus
- Preparation and support of bond issues and initial public offerings
- Mezzanine financing
- Bank contract law
- Credit contracts and syndication
- Credit and payment securities
- Financing of acquisitions and collateralisation
- Sector-specific contract conditions
- Litigation & Arbitration
- Real estate
- Legal Due Diligence
- Land, condominium and part ownership, heritable building rights: creation and transactions
- Hedging instruments
- Condominium ownership
- From old to new, protection of historical monuments
- Facility management
- Energy saving contracting
- Project development
- Property purchase
- Advice on public tenders, PPP projects
- Development of building areas, advice on development and land use planning including project and development plans, preparation and negotiation of urban development contracts
- Advice on urban development and restructuring measures
- Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
- Drafting and review of project and construction contracts (architects, consortium, property developers, building contractors, BIM, energy saving contracting, general planners, general transferee, general contractors, GMP contracts, prefabricated housing sector, FIDIC, engineers, PPP models, project developers, project controllers, subcontractors)
- Preparation and execution of tenders under private law
- Support in contract negotiations
- Realisation
- Federal State Building Order (approval of construction projects/bringing the intended project to the knowledge of the building authority, neighborhood protection, pollution control, preservation statute and protection of historical monuments)
- Claim management and defence against amendments
- Warranty management
- Construction related and strategic support, mainly with regard to large-scale construction projects and plant construction (for example construction of power plants, industrial plants) as well as securing and asserting receivables
- Examination of supplements and justification
- Advice on receivables due to construction delays
- Support in a crises, for example in case of loss of construction parties
- Criminal construction law (anti-competitive agreements, illegal employment, construction hazards, environmental crimes, fraud and embezzlement in accounting)
- Preparation and supervision of the acceptance
- Audit of partial and final invoices
- Utilisation
- Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
- Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
- Support in contract negotiations, termination and questions regarding current leasing
- Seminars & training courses
- Seminars and (inhouse) training courses in all mentioned fields of competence
- Conflict resolution
- Defence against claims
- Preservation of evidence
- Conflict avoidance through contract design
- Strategic advice in the event of conflict
- Remuneration, supplements and prosecution of material defects
- Objections of neighbouring parties and opposition proceedings
- Official conflict management, e.g. construction shutdown
- Judicial review proceedings, allocation complaint and review procedures
- Ordinary jurisdiction, arbitration, ombudsman proceedings and other conciliation procedures including arbitration agreements
- Interlocutory relief
- References
- Consultation of an energy infrastructural company acting across Europe with more than 12.000 employees and an annual business volume of approximately 2 billion Euros
- Extensive counseling of a Bundesliga soccer club in its implementation of a training center for young talents including its financing by a fan bond
- Support of a paper manufacturer with the tender, contractual negotiation (with international dimension) and the installation of paper machine with heating and power station. Total investment volume: approx. 600 million Euros
- Legal assistance of the architects ordered with the planning of the construction project “Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein”, construction volume approx. 520 million Euros
- Legal advice of the Entwicklungsgesellschaft Heidelberg with regard to the development of the new part of town called “Bahnstadt” in Heidelberg. The total investment volume amounts to more than 2 billion Euros
- IT & data protection
- IT & E-Commerce
- Draft of contracts concerning development, distribution, licensing and maintenance of software and hardware
- IT projects
- Outsourcing/shared services
- Set-up and design of e-commerce platforms
- Data protection
- Data protection
- Data protection compliance within the company’s organisation
- Data protection concerning marketing and distribution
- Data protection concerning labour law (private use of operational means, internal investigations, shared-services)
- Cloud computing
- Advice and representation in case of infringements of data protection
- Litigation & arbitration
- Handling of failed IT projects
- Insurances
- Insurance supervisory
- Insurance supervisory law (inter alia new foundation, entry into the German market, development of new business areas, measures of the supervisory authorities)
- Insurance intermediary law (inter alia license proceedings and registration of insurance intermediaries)
- Insurance products & insurance distribution
- Insurance policy law (inter alia design of group insurance contracts and general terms and conditions)
- Insurance distribution law (inter alia establishment of distribution structures, online-distribution, affiliate marketing)
- Delicate Claims Management
- Anti-money laundering
- Intellectual property / media / advertising & PR
- Trademarks & patents
- Draft of property right strategies
- Application and control of trademarks and other property rights
- Delimitation and prior rights agreements
- Enforcement of trademarks and industrial property rights
- Defence of trademark and patent infringements
- Launch of new products
- National and international technology transfer
- Purchase and sale of property rights
- Trademark license agreements and other property right licenses
- Patent agreements and know-how license agreements
- Copyright & design law
- Copyright agreements, publishing contracts
- Draft of agreements regarding multimedia analysis
- Artists‘ contracts and producers‘ contracts
- Concert and show contracts
- Advertising music contracts
- Design contracts and utility model licenses
- Enforcement of copyrights
- Defence against copyright infringements and product imitations
- Launch of new products
- Competition law
- Competition law
- Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
- Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
- Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
- Representation in disputes regarding competition law
- Representation in disputes regarding competition law
- Interim injunctions in order to enforce competitive legal positions
- Caveat against unauthorized use by competitors
- Protection against counterfeiting and misappropriation
- Protection against misleading and comparing advertising
- Antitrust law
- Antitrust law
- Purchase cooperations, distribution cooperations
- Distribution antitrust law
- Conception of selective distribution systems
- Control of online distribution, price competition on the internet
- Research and development cooperations
- Cartels of medium-size enterprises and other cooperations
- Drafting contracts under antitrust law aspects
- Drafting contracts under antitrust law aspects
- Draft of contracts considering antitrust law
- Defence against the exploitation of market power, delivery blocks
- Notification of mergers
- Registration of mergers
- Notification of mergers/merger control proceedings
- Representation before the Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission
- Press & Media
- Coordination and negotiations with media representatives
- „Strategic press law“ – preparation to the media crises and strategic support after publication
- Press releases and interviews with press, radio and TV journalists
- Enforcement of injunctive relieves due to insult, defamation
- Counterstatements, revocations/corrections, damages
- Advertising & public relations
- Individual advertising for customers and future customers
- Examination of advertising measures, compliance
- Advertising agencies
- Agreements with advertising parties
- Sponsoring agreements
- Litigation
- Litigation
- Infringement trials
- Summary proceedings, interim injunctions
- Opposition proceedings
- Annulment proceedings
- Sports & Esports
- Sports labour law
- Employment contracts for players and coaches, promotion contracts, advice on bogus self-employment
- Litigation & arbitration
- Contract, licensing and compliance
- Litigation & arbitration
- Transfer agreements and handling, ticketing and merchandising, licensing procedures, advertising and sponsoring agreements, agency and mediation agreements, sports betting agreements, rental and lease agreements
- IP and data protection law
- Merchandising, trademark applications, delimitation agreements, performance data in sports, data protection
- Competition and antitrust law
- Exclusive agreements, athletes' rights in relation to associations, central TV marketing
- Law of associations, corporate and company law
- Sports arbitration, spin-offs, corporate bonds (so-called fan bonds), questions of articles of association, preparation and implementation of general meetings, managing director contracts
- Administrative law
- Sports subsidies, in particular sports usage contracts, acquisition and construction of a centre for young talents, fan rights and protection of minors
- Notary’s office in Berlin
- Real estate law
- Purchase & sale of land, home and partial ownerships, lease holds
- Registration of mortgages
- Plot division
- Creation of lease holds
- Family and inheritance law
- Marriage contracts and „consequences of divorce agreements“
- Last wills and inheritance contracts
- Applications of certificates of inheritance & refusals of inheritance
- Estate inventory
- Adoptions
- Business and corporate law
- Foundation of partnerships and corporations
- Conversion, mergers & liquidation
- Registrations in the commercial register
- Preparation of the lists to be presented by the commercial register
- General civil law
- Powers of attorney
- Promissory letters
- Certificates
- Affidavits
- Notarisations & authentication
- Raffles & draws
- Private Clients
- Succession planning & donation
- Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
- Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
- Anticipated inheritance, draft of donation agreements
- Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
- Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
- Agreements on waiver of compulsory share
- Establishment of foundations, donations
- Establishment of foundations, donations
- Clarification and draft of succession issues under private international law
- Clarification and draft of succession issues under international private law
- Inheritance distribution and execution of a will
- Inheritance proceedings
- Precautionary documents
- Precautionary power
- Care directive
- Patient directive
- Marriage agreements
- Marriage agreement
- Cohabitation agreement
- Partnership agreement
- White Collar Crime & Tax Criminal Law
- Commercial criminal law
- Preventive advice
- Preventive advice
- Legal assistance in search and seizure proceedings
- Legal assistance in search and seizure proceedings
- Defence in criminal (investigation) proceedings and administrative offence proceedings
- Defence in criminal (investigation) proceedings and administrative offence proceedings
- Tax criminal law
- Advice and representation in proceedings for voluntary reporting under criminal tax law
- Compliance
- Draft of compliance systems
- Creation of compliance rules
- (In-house-) compliance trainings and seminars
- Review of existing compliance systems
- Internal investigations for current reasons or to uncover weaknesses in the company organisation and the compliance system
- Compliance Due Diligence Audit for M&A
- Advice and representation in case of compliance infringements
- Advice and representation in compliance infringements
- Enforcement of recourse claims
- Defence at all German courts in all instances
- Enforcement of recourse claims by companies against employees in the event of compliance violations
- Distribution & (international) trade
- Distribution & franchise systems
- Law of commercial agencies
- Authorised dealer law
- Law of authorized dealers
- Franchise agreements
- Affiliate marketing
- Draft of other distribution structures
- E-Commerce
- E-Commerce
- Webshops
- Social Media
- Representation before the Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission
- Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
- Establishing and audits of compliance systems
- Advice on German and European provisions regarding export control and embargos
- Support in licensing proceedings (German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control)
- US-(re) export law
- Draft and negotiation of cross-border supply and service agreements
- General Terms and Conditions
- Draft, examination and implementation of General Terms and Conditions
- Economy & State - Public law
- Construction & planning
- Advice on the preparation and modification of land use and zoning plans
- Project-related building development plans, drafting and negotiating of urban development contracts (in particular execution contracts) for the purpose of developing a building area or realising large-scale investment projects (retail, commerce, industry, residential and home building)
- Advice on building permit processes and notification procedures
- Execution of and advice on plan approval procedures including participation of the public
- Advice on immission control approval procedures for the purpose of establishing or expanding businesses (industry and commerce, energy facilities, sports facilities, leisure facilities)
- Protection of historical monuments
- Advice on development contributions and municipal levies
- Environment & waste management
- Advice on immission control (in particular noise, odour) in the context of immission control permits, approaching construction or subsequent requirements (in particular defence against production-restricting regulations)
- Environmental impact assessment
- Environmental liability of companies
- Contaminated sites and soil protection
- Sewage disposal, indirect discharge of commercial and industrial wastewater, advice on and support in licensing procedures of sewage treatment plants, levying of fees and charges
- Waste disposal, draft and negotiation of disposal agreements of commercial and industrial waste including power station residues; advice on and support in licensing procedures
- Waste shipment – requirements under public law and contract law
- Chemicals legislation
- Infrastructure: air, rail & road
- Advice on regional planning, land use and development planning
- Advising project developers as well as municipalities and adjoining residents on the execution of planning approval and licensing procedures [planning, construction and operation of airports, rail networks, (long-distance) road construction].
- Replacement and compensatory measures (nature and landscape), protection requirements
- Advice on the conduct of expropriation procedures
- Advice on the raising of objections, the holding of the discussion hearing and the conduct of litigation proceedings
- Support for tenders for railway tracks and networks
- Award and construction of roads including preparation of PPP and financing models in the road traffic
- Public enterprises & municipalities
- Formal privatization of state and municipal companies including due diligence
- Sale of municipal shareholdings
- Conception and structuring of models for the inclusion of private individuals in the fulfilment of public tasks, e.g. in the field of recycling management law, water law or transport infrastructure
- Foundation of mixed-economy enterprises of different legal forms
- Legal support in bidding procedures for the privatisation of public utilities and waste disposal companies as well as the award of service and construction contracts including concessions
- Advice on municipal law in all 16 federal states
- Municipal Tax Law and Development Contribution Law
- Procurement & Public Private Partnership
- Structuring and implementation of national and EU-wide procurement procedures
- Support of public clients and bidders in tenders for construction projects and services as well as concessions (according to GWB, VgV, VOB/A as well as budget law)
- Support for public contracting authorities and bidders in awarding contracts in the sectors of energy (gas, heat, electricity), water and transport services (according to SektVO)
- Advice on the draft of models without procurement (for example inhouse-procurement, horizontal cooperation of public entities, amendment of existing contracts) and in competitive tendering procedures (as architectural competitions) outside procurement law
- Development of PPP and financing models for road traffic and municipal buildings (e.g. day-care centres, schools, fire stations, courts, swimming pools, multi-purpose halls), assistance in investor selection procedures
- Representation of awarding authorities and bidders in procurement review procedures
- Grants & subsidies
- Support with grant applications
- Advice on compliance with relevant regulations and requirements for investment grants
- Defence against reclaims for subsidies
- Legal protection in connection with competition lawsuits (enforcement of and defence against corresponding claims)
- European law & international law
- European environmental and technology law
- European subsidy law
- Application of EU regulations and effects of EU directives in national law
- Advice to public authorities and investors on transnational projects
- Advice on international treaties (e.g. double taxation agreements, ECHR, WTO agreements, UN Charter, Geneva Convention)
- Legislative procedures
- Advice on and support in coping with legislative bodies and political organisations, observation and analysis of political developments during the legislative process
- Drafting of argumentation lines and statements in the context of participation in the political decision-making process
- Draft of initiative presentations within the lobbying work of industries and associations
- Litigation & representation before authorities
- Representation before local, state and federal authorities as well as before arbitral courts, German and European courts
- Seminars & training
- We offer seminars and in-house training courses on all of the aforementioned topics for both public clients and companies.
- Recruiting, drafting of employment contracts, current employment
- Labour law / HR
- Legal aspects of personnel recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel
- Employment contracts and connected agreements
- Fixed-term employment law (fixed-term employment with or without a material reason, fixed-term employment beyond retirement age)
- Variable payment (target agreements, royalties, commissions, bonuses, long- and short-term incentives, employee participation)
- Variable working hours (flexible work time, capacity-oriented work time, trust-based working hours, working hours accounts)
- Part-time work inside and outside parental leave, care and family leave, sabbaticals
- Corporate integration management
- Written warnings
- Notice of terminations, cancellation and winding-up agreements
- References
- Employment of temporary workers
- Work contracts, service contracts, avoidance of bogus self-employment
- Supply of temporary workers
- Management contracts
- Transactions, restructuring & reorganisation
- Due diligence concerning labour law
- Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
- Draft of new operational structures
- Adjustment and draft of working conditions and payment structures
- Staff reduction measures (reconciliation of interests, social plans, collective redundancies, actions for dismissal protection)
- Works council, economic committee, personnel council, employee representation, representation of severely disabled persons
- Advice of enterprises without a works council (employee communication without works council, alternative employee representation, advice on questions regarding the initiation or avoidance of the establishment of a works council)
- Establishment of a works council, works council elections, appeal against works council elections
- Constructive cooperation with the works council (communication with the works council, right to information of the works council, monthly meetings, works council meetings, works council training, cost for works council training etc.)
- Limits to constructive cooperation: exclusion of individual works council members or dissolution of the works council due to gross breaches of duty; termination of works council members
- Advice and support in all questions of co-determination of the works council under works constitution law (e.g. recruitment, transfer, dismissal, working time models, overtime, remuneration, data processing, employee monitoring, social media etc.)
- Negotiation and drafting of works agreements and ( in-house ) collective agreements
- Negotiation of reconciliations of interest and social plans in case of restructuring and lay-offs
- Representation and support of the employer in conciliation bodies
- Representation and support of the employer in other disputes with the works council outside and in court
- Advising the employer on how to deal with the representative body for severely handicapped persons
- Matters regarding board and managing directors
- Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
- Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
- Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
- Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
- Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
- Company pension
- Deferred compensation
- Restructuring of existing and introduction of new pension models (choice of the pension model: direct pension, direct insurance, support fund, pension funds, etc.)
- Adjustment or denial of the adjustment of company pensions pursuant to § 16 BetrAVG
- Social security
- Employment of temporary workers, assignment of workers, freelance contributor models and avoidance of bogus self-employment and bogus work agreement
- Managers subject to social security
- International social insurance for secondments or parallel activities in several host countries
- Representation in all individual and collective disputes before the labor courts (labor court, regional labor court, federal labor court) and, in particular in disputes between managing directors and board members and the company, the ordinary courts (regional court, higher regional court, representation before the Federal Supreme Court)
- Support and representation of the employer in the conciliation committee
- International labour law
- Design of cross-border employee assignments (labour, social security and residence permit law, inbound and outbound)
- Advice of German subsidiaries of international companies
- Advice of German clients with regard to foreign subsidiaries
- Cross-border restructuring
- Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
- General company law
- Conception and establishment of companies
- Articles of association and shareholder agreements
- Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
- Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
- Internal company disputes
- Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
- Liquidation of companies
- Advice for start-ups
- Corporate housekeeping
- Restructuring & reorganisation
- Change of legal form
- Mergers
- Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
- Creation of holding structures
- Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
- Restructuring & insolvency
- Advice close to insolvency
- Design and support of redevelopment concepts
- Preparation and support of insolvency plan procedures
- Counseling of creditors, management and shareholders
- Insolvency administration
- Company succession
- Adaptation of articles of association to the needs of succession planning
- Restructuring of companies and group of companies with regard to succession planning
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Conception and prospectus of investment funds
- Venture capital and private equity financings
- Advice in connection with IPOs
- Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
- Corporate governance & compliance
- Compliance guidelines and operational instructions
- Compliance management systems
- Design of the internal corporate structures
- Allocation of responsibilities
- Rules of procedure
- Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
- (International) trade
- General terms and conditions
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Commercial purchase
- Law of commercial agents
- Freight and forwarding law
- International commercial law
- Distribution law
- Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
- Distribution antitrust law
- Representation in dealing with the Federal antitrust authorities and the European Commission
- Application for exemption from the non-compete obligation
- Application for exemption from the non-compete obligation
- Airlines & aviation
- Claims management
- Cargo transport
- Advice regarding IT and e-commerce
- Advice regarding relationships to Ground Handling Partners (airport operators as for example Fraport AG, Airport Service Companies etc.) and IATA contract system
- Labour law
- Right of residence
- Trainings
- Design of General Conditions of Carriage and General Queries on Flight Handling
- Enforcement/defence of claims against third parties
- Data protection law
- Employee data protection
- Draft and implementation of technical and organisational measures pursuant to the Federal Data Protection Act
- Company organisation in compliance with data protection law, outsourcing
- Development of (also cross-bordered, integrated) CRM data bases
- Direct marketing campaigns, co-marketing, co-branding, social media
- Generation and use of qualified leads/data of interested parties
- Commercial tenancy law
- Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
- Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
- Support and accompaniment of contract negotiations, termination and questions of ongoing leases
- Litigation, arbitration & ADR
- Representation before all local, regional and higher regional courts in civil proceedings
- Arbitration proceedings
- Alternative dispute resolution proceedings, for example mediation
- Competence
- Distribution cartel law
- Adressen
- Criminal law
- Criminal defence
- Tax law
- Taxation issues for professional athletes and clubs, international sponsoring and advertising contracts, licensing procedures in football, handball and ice hockey
- Litigation
- Action for protection against dismissal, action for prohibition, action for damages, action for rescission
- Criminal law
- Criminal defence
- Tax law
- Taxation issues for professional athletes and clubs, international sponsoring and advertising contracts, licensing procedures in football, handball and ice hockey
- Litigation
- Action for protection against dismissal, action for prohibition, action for damages, action for rescission
LennartHoffmann
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Frankfurt/Main
Competence
Business and corporate law
Foundation of partnerships and corporations
Conversion, mergers & liquidation
Registrations in the commercial register
Preparation of the lists to be presented by the commercial register
Commercial
Establishment of local companies
Due diligence for gambling-related M&A transactions
Advertising and contracts
Trademark issues and litigation
Advice on competition law risks
Terms & Conditions
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & reorganisation
Change of legal form
Mergers
Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
Creation of holding structures
Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
Company succession
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Adaptation of articles of association to the needs of succession planning
Restructuring of companies and group of companies with regard to succession planning
Establishment of foundations, donations
Clarification and draft of succession issues under international private law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Venture capital and private equity financings
Conception and prospectus of investment funds
Advice in connection with IPOs
(International) trade
General terms and conditions
Non-disclosure agreements
Commercial purchase
Distribution law
E-Commerce
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
Freight and forwarding law
International commercial law
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Corporate housekeeping
Dr. BettinaBuddenberg
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Construction law & real estate
Utilisation
Support in contract negotiations, termination and questions regarding current leasing
Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
Project planning
Support in contract negotiations
Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
Project development
Property purchase
Realisation
Audit of partial and final invoices
Preparation and supervision of the acceptance
Criminal construction law (anti-competitive agreements, illegal employment, construction hazards, environmental crimes, fraud and embezzlement in accounting)
Support in a crises, for example in case of loss of construction parties
Advice on receivables due to construction delays
Examination of supplements and justification
Construction related and strategic support, mainly with regard to large-scale construction projects and plant construction (for example construction of power plants, industrial plants) as well as securing and asserting receivables
Claim management and defence against amendments
Warranty management
Dr. SebastianPetrack LL.M.
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Frankfurt/Main
Competence
Distribution & (international) trade
Distribution & franchise systems
Law of commercial agencies
Authorised dealer law
Draft of other distribution structures
Rechtsschutz gegen Nachahmung und Leistungsübernahme
IT & data protection
IT & E-Commerce
Draft of contracts concerning development, distribution, licensing and maintenance of software and hardware
IT projects
Outsourcing/shared services
Set-up and design of e-commerce platforms
Intellectual property / media / advertising & PR
Trademarks & patents
Draft of property right strategies
Application and control of trademarks and other property rights
Delimitation and prior rights agreements
Enforcement of trademarks and industrial property rights
Defence of trademark and patent infringements
Launch of new products
National and international technology transfer
Purchase and sale of property rights
Trademark license agreements and other property right licenses
Patent agreements and know-how license agreements
Dr. AlexanderBasse
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Compliance
Draft of compliance systems
Creation of compliance rules
(In-house-) compliance trainings and seminars
Review of existing compliance systems
Internal investigations for current reasons or to uncover weaknesses in the company organisation and the compliance system
Compliance Due Diligence Audit for M&A
Advice and representation in compliance infringements
Enforcement of recourse claims
Distribution & (international) trade
General Terms and Conditions
Draft, examination and implementation of General Terms and Conditions
Litigation & arbitration
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
Distribution & franchise systems
Business and corporate law
Foundation of partnerships and corporations
Conversion, mergers & liquidation
Registrations in the commercial register
Preparation of the lists to be presented by the commercial register
Commercial
Establishment of local companies
Due diligence for gambling-related M&A transactions
Terms & Conditions
Corporate governance & compliance
Design of the internal corporate structures
Allocation of responsibilities
Rules of procedure
Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
Compliance management systems
Compliance guidelines and operational instructions
Advice and representation in case of compliance infringements
(International) trade
General terms and conditions
Non-disclosure agreements
Commercial purchase
Distribution law
E-Commerce
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
Freight and forwarding law
International commercial law
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
FranziskaBasch
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney)
Frankfurt/Main
Competence
Business and corporate law
Foundation of partnerships and corporations
Conversion, mergers & liquidation
Registrations in the commercial register
Preparation of the lists to be presented by the commercial register
Commercial
Establishment of local companies
Due diligence for gambling-related M&A transactions
Advertising and contracts
Trademark issues and litigation
Advice on competition law risks
Terms & Conditions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Venture capital and private equity financings
Conception and prospectus of investment funds
Advice in connection with IPOs
(International) trade
General terms and conditions
Non-disclosure agreements
Commercial purchase
Distribution law
E-Commerce
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
Freight and forwarding law
International commercial law
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Corporate housekeeping
JohannesFischer
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Frankfurt/Main
IT & data protection
Data protection
Data protection compliance within the company’s organisation
Data protection concerning marketing and distribution
Data protection concerning labour law (private use of operational means, internal investigations, shared-services)
Cloud computing
Advice and representation in case of infringements of data protection
IT & E-Commerce
Draft of contracts concerning development, distribution, licensing and maintenance of software and hardware
IT projects
Outsourcing/shared services
Set-up and design of e-commerce platforms
Intellectual property / media / advertising & PR
Trademarks & patents
Copyright & design law
Competition law
Data protection law
Employee data protection
Draft and implementation of technical and organisational measures pursuant to the Federal Data Protection Act
Company organisation in compliance with data protection law, outsourcing
Development of (also cross-bordered, integrated) CRM data bases
Direct marketing campaigns, co-marketing, co-branding, social media
Generation and use of qualified leads/data of interested parties
NikolaiStraimer LL.M.
Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Gaming & Betting Law Practice Group
Licensing & compliance
Casino licensing procedures
Arcade and gaming hall concessions
Advice on betting shop concessions
Sports betting licensing process
Brokering licences for online lotteries
AML compliance
Legal support in day-to-day operations (e.g. regarding customer support)
Accreditation of age verification tools with German authorities
Accreditation of test labs with gambling regulators
Lobbying
Lobby work with gambling regulators
Foundation of trade groups
Representation of gambling companies in trade groups
Lobby work with European Commission
Lobby work with tax authorities
Litigation
Administrative procedure
Interstate Treaty restrictions & interdictions
Interlocutory relief
Legal defence against player claims
Legal representation in German supreme courts & constitutional courts
Tax advice
Sports betting tax
Taxation of online casinos including VAT
Gaming & betting
Advice on gambling-related payment solutions
Strategic advice regarding future trends
Advice on gaming hall / AWP regulations
Advice on online casino and sports betting
Advice on the legal framework for fantasy betting
Advice on regulation of horse betting
Advice on legal framework for social gaming
Advice on regulation of lotteries and bingo
Advice on regulation of land-based casinos
European law & international law
Application of EU regulations and effects of EU directives in national law
Legislative procedures
Advice on and support in coping with legislative bodies and political organisations, observation and analysis of political developments during the legislative process
Drafting of argumentation lines and statements in the context of participation in the political decision-making process
Draft of initiative presentations within the lobbying work of industries and associations
ManuelWeidenthaler LL.M.
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Real estate law
Construction law & real estate
Utilisation
Support in contract negotiations, termination and questions regarding current leasing
Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
Project planning
Support in contract negotiations
Preparation and execution of tenders under private law
Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
Project development
Property purchase
Realisation
Audit of partial and final invoices
Preparation and supervision of the acceptance
Criminal construction law (anti-competitive agreements, illegal employment, construction hazards, environmental crimes, fraud and embezzlement in accounting)
Support in a crises, for example in case of loss of construction parties
Advice on receivables due to construction delays
Examination of supplements and justification
Construction related and strategic support, mainly with regard to large-scale construction projects and plant construction (for example construction of power plants, industrial plants) as well as securing and asserting receivables
Claim management and defence against amendments
Warranty management
DanielaRiedinger
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Distribution & (international) trade
General Terms and Conditions
Litigation & arbitration
Business and corporate law
Foundation of partnerships and corporations
Conversion, mergers & liquidation
Registrations in the commercial register
Preparation of the lists to be presented by the commercial register
Commercial
Establishment of local companies
Due diligence for gambling-related M&A transactions
Advertising and contracts
Advice on competition law risks
Terms & Conditions
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & reorganisation
Change of legal form
Mergers
Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
Creation of holding structures
Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
Company succession
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Venture capital and private equity financings
Conception and prospectus of investment funds
Advice in connection with IPOs
(International) trade
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Corporate housekeeping
Administrative law
Dr. TobiasEbling
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
White Collar Crime & Tax Criminal Law
Commercial criminal law
Preventive advice
Legal assistance in search and seizure proceedings
Defence in criminal (investigation) proceedings and administrative offence proceedings
Tax criminal law
Preventive advice
Advice and representation in proceedings for voluntary reporting under criminal tax law
Legal assistance in search and seizure proceedings
Defence in criminal (investigation) proceedings and administrative offence proceedings
Compliance
Litigation
AnneBirnkraut
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney)
Frankfurt/Main
Competence
Finance & capital market law
Litigation & Arbitration
Bank contract law
Sector-specific contract conditions
Financing of acquisitions and collateralisation
Credit and payment securities
Credit contracts and syndication
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & reorganisation
Change of legal form
Mergers
Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Corporate housekeeping
MonaSchulze
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Real estate law
Purchase & sale of land, home and partial ownerships, lease holds
Registration of mortgages
Plot division
Creation of lease holds
Construction law & real estate
Utilisation
Support in contract negotiations, termination and questions regarding current leasing
Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
Project planning
Support in contract negotiations
Preparation and execution of tenders under private law
Drafting and review of project and construction contracts (architects, consortium, property developers, building contractors, BIM, energy saving contracting, general planners, general transferee, general contractors, GMP contracts, prefabricated housing sector, FIDIC, engineers, PPP models, project developers, project controllers, subcontractors)
Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
Project development
Property purchase
Realisation
Audit of partial and final invoices
Preparation and supervision of the acceptance
Criminal construction law (anti-competitive agreements, illegal employment, construction hazards, environmental crimes, fraud and embezzlement in accounting)
Support in a crises, for example in case of loss of construction parties
Advice on receivables due to construction delays
Examination of supplements and justification
Construction related and strategic support, mainly with regard to large-scale construction projects and plant construction (for example construction of power plants, industrial plants) as well as securing and asserting receivables
Claim management and defence against amendments
Warranty management
Real estate
Energy saving contracting
Facility management
From old to new, protection of historical monuments
Legal Due Diligence
Land, condominium and part ownership, heritable building rights: creation and transactions
Hedging instruments
Condominium ownership
SvenjaRiedling
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney)
Certified specialist in tenancy and residential property law
Certified specialist in tenancy and residential property law
Heidelberg
Competence
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Commercial tenancy law
Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
Support and accompaniment of contract negotiations, termination and questions of ongoing leases
Construction law & real estate
Utilisation
Support in contract negotiations, termination and questions regarding current leasing
Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
Project planning
Support in contract negotiations
Preparation and execution of tenders under private law
Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
Project development
Property purchase
Real estate
Energy saving contracting
Facility management
From old to new, protection of historical monuments
Legal Due Diligence
Land, condominium and part ownership, heritable building rights: creation and transactions
Hedging instruments
Condominium ownership
RomanHerpich
Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Gaming & Betting Law Practice Group
Licensing & compliance
Casino licensing procedures
Arcade and gaming hall concessions
Advice on betting shop concessions
Sports betting licensing process
Brokering licences for online lotteries
AML compliance
Legal support in day-to-day operations (e.g. regarding customer support)
Accreditation of age verification tools with German authorities
Accreditation of test labs with gambling regulators
Lobbying
Lobby work with gambling regulators
Foundation of trade groups
Representation of gambling companies in trade groups
Lobby work with European Commission
Lobby work with tax authorities
Litigation
Administrative procedure
Interstate Treaty restrictions & interdictions
Interlocutory relief
Legal defence against player claims
Legal representation in German supreme courts & constitutional courts
Tax advice
Sports betting tax
Taxation of online casinos including VAT
Gaming & betting
Advice on gambling-related payment solutions
Strategic advice regarding future trends
Advice on gaming hall / AWP regulations
Advice on online casino and sports betting
Advice on the legal framework for fantasy betting
Advice on regulation of horse betting
Advice on legal framework for social gaming
Advice on regulation of lotteries and bingo
Advice on regulation of land-based casinos
MiriamWolf-Kovacevic
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Labour law / HR
Litigation & arbitration
Recruiting, drafting of employment contracts, current employment
Legal aspects of personnel recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel
Employment contracts and connected agreements
Fixed-term employment law (fixed-term employment with or without a material reason, fixed-term employment beyond retirement age)
Variable payment (target agreements, royalties, commissions, bonuses, long- and short-term incentives, employee participation)
Variable working hours (flexible work time, capacity-oriented work time, trust-based working hours, working hours accounts)
Part-time work inside and outside parental leave, care and family leave, sabbaticals
Corporate integration management
Written warnings
Notice of terminations, cancellation and winding-up agreements
References
Employment of temporary workers
Work contracts, service contracts, avoidance of bogus self-employment
Supply of temporary workers
Management contracts
Transactions, restructuring & reorganisation
Due diligence concerning labour law
Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
Draft of new operational structures
Adjustment and draft of working conditions and payment structures
Staff reduction measures (reconciliation of interests, social plans, collective redundancies, actions for dismissal protection)
Works council, economic committee, personnel council, employee representation, representation of severely disabled persons
Advice of enterprises without a works council (employee communication without works council, alternative employee representation, advice on questions regarding the initiation or avoidance of the establishment of a works council)
Establishment of a works council, works council elections, appeal against works council elections
Constructive cooperation with the works council (communication with the works council, right to information of the works council, monthly meetings, works council meetings, works council training, cost for works council training etc.)
Limits to constructive cooperation: exclusion of individual works council members or dissolution of the works council due to gross breaches of duty; termination of works council members
Advice and support in all questions of co-determination of the works council under works constitution law (e.g. recruitment, transfer, dismissal, working time models, overtime, remuneration, data processing, employee monitoring, social media etc.)
Negotiation and drafting of works agreements and ( in-house ) collective agreements
Negotiation of reconciliations of interest and social plans in case of restructuring and lay-offs
Representation and support of the employer in conciliation bodies
Representation and support of the employer in other disputes with the works council outside and in court
Advising the employer on how to deal with the representative body for severely handicapped persons
Matters regarding board and managing directors
Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
Labour law
Dr. KonradSchmidt
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in criminal law, Certified specialist in tax law, Partner
Mannheim
Competence
White Collar Crime & Tax Criminal Law
Commercial criminal law
Preventive advice
Legal assistance in search and seizure proceedings
Defence in criminal (investigation) proceedings and administrative offence proceedings
Tax criminal law
Preventive advice
Advice and representation in proceedings for voluntary reporting under criminal tax law
Legal assistance in search and seizure proceedings
Defence in criminal (investigation) proceedings and administrative offence proceedings
Compliance
Draft of compliance systems
Creation of compliance rules
(In-house-) compliance trainings and seminars
Review of existing compliance systems
Internal investigations for current reasons or to uncover weaknesses in the company organisation and the compliance system
Compliance Due Diligence Audit for M&A
Advice and representation in compliance infringements
Enforcement of recourse claims
Litigation
Defence at all German courts in all instances
Enforcement of recourse claims by companies against employees in the event of compliance violations
PaulBrille
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Frankfurt/Main
IT & data protection
Data protection
Data protection compliance within the company’s organisation
Data protection concerning marketing and distribution
Data protection concerning labour law (private use of operational means, internal investigations, shared-services)
Cloud computing
Advice and representation in case of infringements of data protection
IT & E-Commerce
Draft of contracts concerning development, distribution, licensing and maintenance of software and hardware
IT projects
Outsourcing/shared services
Set-up and design of e-commerce platforms
Intellectual property / media / advertising & PR
Trademarks & patents
Copyright & design law
Competition law
Data protection law
Employee data protection
Draft and implementation of technical and organisational measures pursuant to the Federal Data Protection Act
Company organisation in compliance with data protection law, outsourcing
Development of (also cross-bordered, integrated) CRM data bases
Direct marketing campaigns, co-marketing, co-branding, social media
Generation and use of qualified leads/data of interested parties
Dr. iur. utr. IlonaRenke
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney), Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
Energy
Energy contracting
Draft and negotiation of contracting agreements for process heat and electricity
Construction and operation of generating plants
Easements and heritage building rights
Drafting and negotiating of management contracts
Grid connection, electricity feed and financial support
Energy saving contracting for industry and municipalities
Licenses
Granting of energy licenses
Drafting and negotiating of simple and qualified easement agreements pursuant to the law on the energy industry
Advising of energy supply companies and municipalities
Energy contract law
Drafting and negotiating of gas and electricity supply contracts for industry and trade
Drafting and negotiating of supply contracts referring to process heat and district heating supply
Fuel supply contracts, disposal of power plant residues
Drafting and negotiating of fuel supply contracts including price adjustment clauses, fuel specifications and sampling provisions
Drafting and negotiating of disposal contracts for power plant residues
Advice on the Closed Cycle Waste Management Act and Landfill Ordinance
Renewable energies
Goal-oriented implementation of planning and approval procedures
Assigning planning and construction contracts
Grid connection, electricity feed, direct marketing and financial support according to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG)
Drafting and negotiating of management contracts
Acquisition, sale and restructuring of supply companies
Due diligence
Drafting and negotiating of share purchase agreements
Operational transfer in accordance with § 613a BGB (German Civil Code)
Antitrust advice
Investment consulting, participation in energy plants (parks) and grids
Networks
Planning, allocation and construction of networks
Counseling with regard to scenarios and network development plans
Goal-oriented execution of land use planning procedures and approval procedures
Network access, network charge
Infrastructural measures
Legal advice around subsidies
Advice during a construction project
Allocation of planning and construction orders
Goal-oriented execution of land use planning procedures and approval procedures
Energy plant construction
Legal advice around subsidies
Advice during a construction project
Allocation of planning and construction orders
Goal-oriented execution of land use planning procedures and approval procedures
Economy & State - Public law
Infrastructure: air, rail & road
Advice on regional planning, land use and development planning
Advising project developers as well as municipalities and adjoining residents on the execution of planning approval and licensing procedures [planning, construction and operation of airports, rail networks, (long-distance) road construction].
Replacement and compensatory measures (nature and landscape), protection requirements
Advice on the conduct of expropriation procedures
Advice on the raising of objections, the holding of the discussion hearing and the conduct of litigation proceedings
Support for tenders for railway tracks and networks
Award and construction of roads including preparation of PPP and financing models in the road traffic
Public enterprises & municipalities
Formal privatization of state and municipal companies including due diligence
Sale of municipal shareholdings
Conception and structuring of models for the inclusion of private individuals in the fulfilment of public tasks, e.g. in the field of recycling management law, water law or transport infrastructure
Foundation of mixed-economy enterprises of different legal forms
Legal support in bidding procedures for the privatisation of public utilities and waste disposal companies as well as the award of service and construction contracts including concessions
Advice on municipal law in all 16 federal states
Municipal Tax Law and Development Contribution Law
Procurement & Public Private Partnership
Structuring and implementation of national and EU-wide procurement procedures
Support of public clients and bidders in tenders for construction projects and services as well as concessions (according to GWB, VgV, VOB/A as well as budget law)
Support for public contracting authorities and bidders in awarding contracts in the sectors of energy (gas, heat, electricity), water and transport services (according to SektVO)
Advice on the draft of models without procurement (for example inhouse-procurement, horizontal cooperation of public entities, amendment of existing contracts) and in competitive tendering procedures (as architectural competitions) outside procurement law
Development of PPP and financing models for road traffic and municipal buildings (e.g. day-care centres, schools, fire stations, courts, swimming pools, multi-purpose halls), assistance in investor selection procedures
Representation of awarding authorities and bidders in procurement review procedures
Grants & subsidies
Support with grant applications
Advice on compliance with relevant regulations and requirements for investment grants
Defence against reclaims for subsidies
Legal protection in connection with competition lawsuits (enforcement of and defence against corresponding claims)
European law & international law
European environmental and technology law
European subsidy law
Application of EU regulations and effects of EU directives in national law
Advice to public authorities and investors on transnational projects
Advice on international treaties (e.g. double taxation agreements, ECHR, WTO agreements, UN Charter, Geneva Convention)
Legislative procedures
Advice on and support in coping with legislative bodies and political organisations, observation and analysis of political developments during the legislative process
Drafting of argumentation lines and statements in the context of participation in the political decision-making process
Draft of initiative presentations within the lobbying work of industries and associations
Environment & waste management
Advice on immission control (in particular noise, odour) in the context of immission control permits, approaching construction or subsequent requirements (in particular defence against production-restricting regulations)
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental liability of companies
Contaminated sites and soil protection
Sewage disposal, indirect discharge of commercial and industrial wastewater, advice on and support in licensing procedures of sewage treatment plants, levying of fees and charges
Waste disposal, draft and negotiation of disposal agreements of commercial and industrial waste including power station residues; advice on and support in licensing procedures
Waste shipment – requirements under public law and contract law
Chemicals legislation
Construction & planning
Advice on building permit processes and notification procedures
Execution of and advice on plan approval procedures including participation of the public
Advice on immission control approval procedures for the purpose of establishing or expanding businesses (industry and commerce, energy facilities, sports facilities, leisure facilities)
Protection of historical monuments
Advice on development contributions and municipal levies
Advice on the preparation and modification of land use and zoning plans
Project-related building development plans, drafting and negotiating of urban development contracts (in particular execution contracts) for the purpose of developing a building area or realising large-scale investment projects (retail, commerce, industry, residential and home building)
Construction law & real estate
Project planning
Support in contract negotiations
Preparation and execution of tenders under private law
Drafting and review of project and construction contracts (architects, consortium, property developers, building contractors, BIM, energy saving contracting, general planners, general transferee, general contractors, GMP contracts, prefabricated housing sector, FIDIC, engineers, PPP models, project developers, project controllers, subcontractors)
Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
Advice on urban development and restructuring measures
Development of building areas, advice on development and land use planning including project and development plans, preparation and negotiation of urban development contracts
Project development
Property purchase
Advice on public tenders, PPP projects
Realisation
Criminal construction law (anti-competitive agreements, illegal employment, construction hazards, environmental crimes, fraud and embezzlement in accounting)
Support in a crises, for example in case of loss of construction parties
Advice on receivables due to construction delays
Examination of supplements and justification
Construction related and strategic support, mainly with regard to large-scale construction projects and plant construction (for example construction of power plants, industrial plants) as well as securing and asserting receivables
Federal State Building Order (approval of construction projects/bringing the intended project to the knowledge of the building authority, neighborhood protection, pollution control, preservation statute and protection of historical monuments)
Claim management and defence against amendments
Real estate
Energy saving contracting
Facility management
From old to new, protection of historical monuments
Kim SilkeWeidler
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Labour law / HR
Litigation & arbitration
Recruiting, drafting of employment contracts, current employment
Legal aspects of personnel recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel
Employment contracts and connected agreements
Fixed-term employment law (fixed-term employment with or without a material reason, fixed-term employment beyond retirement age)
Variable payment (target agreements, royalties, commissions, bonuses, long- and short-term incentives, employee participation)
Variable working hours (flexible work time, capacity-oriented work time, trust-based working hours, working hours accounts)
Part-time work inside and outside parental leave, care and family leave, sabbaticals
Corporate integration management
Written warnings
Notice of terminations, cancellation and winding-up agreements
References
Employment of temporary workers
Work contracts, service contracts, avoidance of bogus self-employment
Supply of temporary workers
Management contracts
Transactions, restructuring & reorganisation
Due diligence concerning labour law
Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
Draft of new operational structures
Adjustment and draft of working conditions and payment structures
Staff reduction measures (reconciliation of interests, social plans, collective redundancies, actions for dismissal protection)
Works council, economic committee, personnel council, employee representation, representation of severely disabled persons
Advice of enterprises without a works council (employee communication without works council, alternative employee representation, advice on questions regarding the initiation or avoidance of the establishment of a works council)
Establishment of a works council, works council elections, appeal against works council elections
Constructive cooperation with the works council (communication with the works council, right to information of the works council, monthly meetings, works council meetings, works council training, cost for works council training etc.)
Limits to constructive cooperation: exclusion of individual works council members or dissolution of the works council due to gross breaches of duty; termination of works council members
Advice and support in all questions of co-determination of the works council under works constitution law (e.g. recruitment, transfer, dismissal, working time models, overtime, remuneration, data processing, employee monitoring, social media etc.)
Negotiation and drafting of works agreements and ( in-house ) collective agreements
Negotiation of reconciliations of interest and social plans in case of restructuring and lay-offs
Representation and support of the employer in conciliation bodies
Representation and support of the employer in other disputes with the works council outside and in court
Advising the employer on how to deal with the representative body for severely handicapped persons
Matters regarding board and managing directors
Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
Dr. DieterThünnesen
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in insolvency law, Diplom-Betriebswirt, Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
Matters regarding board and managing directors
Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
Finance & capital market law
Bank contract law
Credit and payment securities
Credit contracts and syndication
Stock & capital market
Liability for inappropriate investment counseling
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & insolvency
Advice close to insolvency
Design and support of redevelopment concepts
Preparation and support of insolvency plan procedures
Counseling of creditors, management and shareholders
Insolvency administration
Company succession
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Adaptation of articles of association to the needs of succession planning
Corporate governance & compliance
Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
(International) trade
Commercial purchase
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Dr. NorbertStegemann
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
White Collar Crime & Tax Criminal Law
Commercial criminal law
Preventive advice
Legal assistance in search and seizure proceedings
Defence in criminal (investigation) proceedings and administrative offence proceedings
Tax criminal law
Preventive advice
Advice and representation in proceedings for voluntary reporting under criminal tax law
Legal assistance in search and seizure proceedings
Defence in criminal (investigation) proceedings and administrative offence proceedings
Compliance
Draft of compliance systems
Creation of compliance rules
(In-house-) compliance trainings and seminars
Review of existing compliance systems
Internal investigations for current reasons or to uncover weaknesses in the company organisation and the compliance system
Compliance Due Diligence Audit for M&A
Advice and representation in compliance infringements
Enforcement of recourse claims
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
Establishing and audits of compliance systems
Gaming & Betting Law Practice Group
Licensing & compliance
AML compliance
Corporate governance & compliance
Design of the internal corporate structures
Allocation of responsibilities
Rules of procedure
Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
Compliance management systems
Compliance guidelines and operational instructions
Advice and representation in case of compliance infringements
Antitrust law
Representation in dealing with the Federal antitrust authorities and the European Commission
Criminal construction law (anti-competitive agreements, illegal employment, construction hazards, environmental crimes, fraud and embezzlement in accounting)
Dr. ArndtRiechers
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in industrial property rights, Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
Distribution & (international) trade
General Terms and Conditions
Draft, examination and implementation of General Terms and Conditions
Distribution & franchise systems
Law of commercial agencies
Authorised dealer law
Franchise agreements
Affiliate marketing
Draft of other distribution structures
E-Commerce
Webshops
Social Media
Competition law
Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
Representation in disputes regarding competition law
Rechtsschutz gegen Nachahmung und Leistungsübernahme
Distribution cartel law
Application for exemption from the non-compete obligation
Drafting contracts under antitrust law aspects
Notification of mergers
Representation before the Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission
IT & data protection
Data protection
Data protection concerning marketing and distribution
IT & E-Commerce
Draft of contracts concerning development, distribution, licensing and maintenance of software and hardware
IT projects
Intellectual property / media / advertising & PR
Trademarks & patents
Draft of property right strategies
Application and control of trademarks and other property rights
Delimitation and prior rights agreements
Enforcement of trademarks and industrial property rights
Defence of trademark and patent infringements
Launch of new products
National and international technology transfer
Purchase and sale of property rights
Trademark license agreements and other property right licenses
Patent agreements and know-how license agreements
Copyright & design law
Copyright agreements, publishing contracts
Draft of agreements regarding multimedia analysis
Artists‘ contracts and producers‘ contracts
Concert and show contracts
Advertising music contracts
Design contracts and utility model licenses
Enforcement of copyrights
Defence against copyright infringements and product imitations
Launch of new products
Competition law
Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
Representation in disputes regarding competition law
Interim injunctions in order to enforce competitive legal positions
Caveat against unauthorized use by competitors
Protection against counterfeiting and misappropriation
Protection against misleading and comparing advertising
Antitrust law
Purchase cooperations, distribution cooperations
Distribution antitrust law
Conception of selective distribution systems
Control of online distribution, price competition on the internet
Research and development cooperations
Cartels of medium-size enterprises and other cooperations
Draft of contracts considering antitrust law
Defence against the exploitation of market power, delivery blocks
Registration of mergers
Representation before the Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission
Press & Media
Coordination and negotiations with media representatives
„Strategic press law“ – preparation to the media crises and strategic support after publication
Press releases and interviews with press, radio and TV journalists
Enforcement of injunctive relieves due to insult, defamation
Counterstatements, revocations/corrections, damages
Advertising & public relations
Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
Individual advertising for customers and future customers
Examination of advertising measures, compliance
Advertising agencies
Agreements with advertising parties
Sponsoring agreements
Gaming & Betting Law Practice Group
Commercial
Advertising and contracts
Trademark issues and litigation
Advice on competition law risks
Terms & Conditions
(International) trade
General terms and conditions
Non-disclosure agreements
Commercial purchase
Distribution law
E-Commerce
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
Antitrust law
Distribution antitrust law
Application for exemption from the non-compete obligation
Drafting contracts under antitrust law aspects
Notification of mergers/merger control proceedings
Representation in dealing with the Federal antitrust authorities and the European Commission
Prof. Dr. WolframHahn
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Ex-Head of section, Ex-College president
Heidelberg
Economy & State - Public law
MartinKoller-van Delden LL.M.
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in labour law, Maîtrise en droit privé, Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
Advice on German and European provisions regarding export control and embargos
Distribution & franchise systems
Law of commercial agencies
Authorised dealer law
Labour law / HR
International labour law
Design of cross-border employee assignments (labour, social security and residence permit law, inbound and outbound)
Advice of German subsidiaries of international companies
Advice of German clients with regard to foreign subsidiaries
Cross-border restructuring
Recruiting, drafting of employment contracts, current employment
Legal aspects of personnel recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel
Employment contracts and connected agreements
Fixed-term employment law (fixed-term employment with or without a material reason, fixed-term employment beyond retirement age)
Variable payment (target agreements, royalties, commissions, bonuses, long- and short-term incentives, employee participation)
Variable working hours (flexible work time, capacity-oriented work time, trust-based working hours, working hours accounts)
Part-time work inside and outside parental leave, care and family leave, sabbaticals
Corporate integration management
Written warnings
Notice of terminations, cancellation and winding-up agreements
References
Employment of temporary workers
Work contracts, service contracts, avoidance of bogus self-employment
Supply of temporary workers
Transactions, restructuring & reorganisation
Due diligence concerning labour law
Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
Draft of new operational structures
Adjustment and draft of working conditions and payment structures
Staff reduction measures (reconciliation of interests, social plans, collective redundancies, actions for dismissal protection)
Works council, economic committee, personnel council, employee representation, representation of severely disabled persons
Advice of enterprises without a works council (employee communication without works council, alternative employee representation, advice on questions regarding the initiation or avoidance of the establishment of a works council)
Establishment of a works council, works council elections, appeal against works council elections
Constructive cooperation with the works council (communication with the works council, right to information of the works council, monthly meetings, works council meetings, works council training, cost for works council training etc.)
Limits to constructive cooperation: exclusion of individual works council members or dissolution of the works council due to gross breaches of duty; termination of works council members
Advice and support in all questions of co-determination of the works council under works constitution law (e.g. recruitment, transfer, dismissal, working time models, overtime, remuneration, data processing, employee monitoring, social media etc.)
Negotiation and drafting of works agreements and ( in-house ) collective agreements
Negotiation of reconciliations of interest and social plans in case of restructuring and lay-offs
Representation and support of the employer in conciliation bodies
Representation and support of the employer in other disputes with the works council outside and in court
Advising the employer on how to deal with the representative body for severely handicapped persons
Matters regarding board and managing directors
Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
Company pension
Deferred compensation
Restructuring of existing and introduction of new pension models (choice of the pension model: direct pension, direct insurance, support fund, pension funds, etc.)
Adjustment or denial of the adjustment of company pensions pursuant to § 16 BetrAVG
Social security
Employment of temporary workers, assignment of workers, freelance contributor models and avoidance of bogus self-employment and bogus work agreement
Managers subject to social security
International social insurance for secondments or parallel activities in several host countries
Data protection concerning labour law (private use of operational means, internal investigations, shared-services)
Corporate governance & compliance
Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
Compliance guidelines and operational instructions
(International) trade
Distribution law
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
International commercial law
TobiasWellensiek
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in building and architects' law, Partner
Heidelberg
Construction law & real estate
Project planning
Support in contract negotiations
Preparation and execution of tenders under private law
Drafting and review of project and construction contracts (architects, consortium, property developers, building contractors, BIM, energy saving contracting, general planners, general transferee, general contractors, GMP contracts, prefabricated housing sector, FIDIC, engineers, PPP models, project developers, project controllers, subcontractors)
Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
Project development
Property purchase
Realisation
Audit of partial and final invoices
Preparation and supervision of the acceptance
Support in a crises, for example in case of loss of construction parties
Advice on receivables due to construction delays
Examination of supplements and justification
Construction related and strategic support, mainly with regard to large-scale construction projects and plant construction (for example construction of power plants, industrial plants) as well as securing and asserting receivables
Claim management and defence against amendments
Warranty management
Conflict resolution
Ordinary jurisdiction, arbitration, ombudsman proceedings and other conciliation procedures including arbitration agreements
Remuneration, supplements and prosecution of material defects
Strategic advice in the event of conflict
Conflict avoidance through contract design
Defence against claims
Preservation of evidence
Interlocutory relief
Seminars & training courses
Seminars and (inhouse) training courses in all mentioned fields of competence
Real estate
Facility management
Legal Due Diligence
Land, condominium and part ownership, heritable building rights: creation and transactions
Hedging instruments
Condominium ownership
Dr. CarstenLutz
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in trade, company and corporate law, Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
Distribution & (international) trade
General Terms and Conditions
Draft, examination and implementation of General Terms and Conditions
Distribution & franchise systems
Law of commercial agencies
Authorised dealer law
Acquisition, sale and restructuring of supply companies
Due diligence
Drafting and negotiating of share purchase agreements
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & reorganisation
Change of legal form
Mergers
Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
Creation of holding structures
Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
Company succession
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Adaptation of articles of association to the needs of succession planning
Restructuring of companies and group of companies with regard to succession planning
Establishment of foundations, donations
Clarification and draft of succession issues under international private law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Venture capital and private equity financings
Conception and prospectus of investment funds
Advice in connection with IPOs
Corporate governance & compliance
Design of the internal corporate structures
Allocation of responsibilities
Rules of procedure
Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
Compliance management systems
Compliance guidelines and operational instructions
Advice and representation in case of compliance infringements
(International) trade
General terms and conditions
Non-disclosure agreements
Commercial purchase
Distribution law
E-Commerce
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
Freight and forwarding law
International commercial law
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
Commercial tenancy law
Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
Support and accompaniment of contract negotiations, termination and questions of ongoing leases
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Corporate housekeeping
Private Clients
Succession planning & donation
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Anticipated inheritance, draft of donation agreements
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Agreements on waiver of compulsory share
Establishment of foundations, donations
Clarification and draft of succession issues under private international law
Inheritance distribution and execution of a will
Inheritance proceedings
Precautionary documents
Precautionary power
Care directive
Patient directive
Marriage agreements
Marriage agreement
Cohabitation agreement
Partnership agreement
Utilisation
Support in contract negotiations, termination and questions regarding current leasing
Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
Dr. KlausFrey
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Judge Higher Administrative Court (retired)
Heidelberg
Competence
Licensing & compliance
Casino licensing procedures
Arcade and gaming hall concessions
Advice on betting shop concessions
Sports betting licensing process
Litigation
Administrative procedure
Interstate Treaty restrictions & interdictions
Interlocutory relief
Legal defence against player claims
Legal representation in German supreme courts & constitutional courts
Gaming & betting
Advice on gaming hall / AWP regulations
Advice on online casino and sports betting
Advice on regulation of land-based casinos
Economy & State - Public law
Infrastructure: air, rail & road
Advice on regional planning, land use and development planning
Replacement and compensatory measures (nature and landscape), protection requirements
Advice on the conduct of expropriation procedures
Advice on the raising of objections, the holding of the discussion hearing and the conduct of litigation proceedings
Public enterprises & municipalities
Advice on municipal law in all 16 federal states
Municipal Tax Law and Development Contribution Law
Grants & subsidies
Defence against reclaims for subsidies
Legal protection in connection with competition lawsuits (enforcement of and defence against corresponding claims)
European law & international law
Application of EU regulations and effects of EU directives in national law
Advice on international treaties (e.g. double taxation agreements, ECHR, WTO agreements, UN Charter, Geneva Convention)
Legislative procedures
Advice on and support in coping with legislative bodies and political organisations, observation and analysis of political developments during the legislative process
Drafting of argumentation lines and statements in the context of participation in the political decision-making process
Environment & waste management
Advice on immission control (in particular noise, odour) in the context of immission control permits, approaching construction or subsequent requirements (in particular defence against production-restricting regulations)
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental liability of companies
Contaminated sites and soil protection
Construction & planning
Protection of historical monuments
Advice on development contributions and municipal levies
Advice on the preparation and modification of land use and zoning plans
Project-related building development plans, drafting and negotiating of urban development contracts (in particular execution contracts) for the purpose of developing a building area or realising large-scale investment projects (retail, commerce, industry, residential and home building)
Project planning
Advice on urban development and restructuring measures
Development of building areas, advice on development and land use planning including project and development plans, preparation and negotiation of urban development contracts
Realisation
Federal State Building Order (approval of construction projects/bringing the intended project to the knowledge of the building authority, neighborhood protection, pollution control, preservation statute and protection of historical monuments)
AndreasPauli
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in building and architects' law
Heidelberg
Competence
Energy
Energy contracting
Draft and negotiation of contracting agreements for process heat and electricity
Construction and operation of generating plants
Easements and heritage building rights
Drafting and negotiating of management contracts
Grid connection, electricity feed and financial support
Energy saving contracting for industry and municipalities
Energy contract law
Drafting and negotiating of gas and electricity supply contracts for industry and trade
Drafting and negotiating of supply contracts referring to process heat and district heating supply
Fuel supply contracts, disposal of power plant residues
Drafting and negotiating of fuel supply contracts including price adjustment clauses, fuel specifications and sampling provisions
Drafting and negotiating of disposal contracts for power plant residues
Advice on the Closed Cycle Waste Management Act and Landfill Ordinance
Networks
Planning, allocation and construction of networks
Counseling with regard to scenarios and network development plans
Goal-oriented execution of land use planning procedures and approval procedures
Infrastructural measures
Advice during a construction project
Allocation of planning and construction orders
Goal-oriented execution of land use planning procedures and approval procedures
Energy plant construction
Legal advice around subsidies
Advice during a construction project
Allocation of planning and construction orders
Goal-oriented execution of land use planning procedures and approval procedures
Commercial tenancy law
Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
Support and accompaniment of contract negotiations, termination and questions of ongoing leases
Procurement & Public Private Partnership
Structuring and implementation of national and EU-wide procurement procedures
Support of public clients and bidders in tenders for construction projects and services as well as concessions (according to GWB, VgV, VOB/A as well as budget law)
Support for public contracting authorities and bidders in awarding contracts in the sectors of energy (gas, heat, electricity), water and transport services (according to SektVO)
Advice on the draft of models without procurement (for example inhouse-procurement, horizontal cooperation of public entities, amendment of existing contracts) and in competitive tendering procedures (as architectural competitions) outside procurement law
Development of PPP and financing models for road traffic and municipal buildings (e.g. day-care centres, schools, fire stations, courts, swimming pools, multi-purpose halls), assistance in investor selection procedures
Representation of awarding authorities and bidders in procurement review procedures
Construction law & real estate
Utilisation
Support in contract negotiations, termination and questions regarding current leasing
Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
Project planning
Support in contract negotiations
Preparation and execution of tenders under private law
Drafting and review of project and construction contracts (architects, consortium, property developers, building contractors, BIM, energy saving contracting, general planners, general transferee, general contractors, GMP contracts, prefabricated housing sector, FIDIC, engineers, PPP models, project developers, project controllers, subcontractors)
Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
Advice on urban development and restructuring measures
Development of building areas, advice on development and land use planning including project and development plans, preparation and negotiation of urban development contracts
Project development
Property purchase
Advice on public tenders, PPP projects
Realisation
Audit of partial and final invoices
Preparation and supervision of the acceptance
Advice on receivables due to construction delays
Examination of supplements and justification
Construction related and strategic support, mainly with regard to large-scale construction projects and plant construction (for example construction of power plants, industrial plants) as well as securing and asserting receivables
Federal State Building Order (approval of construction projects/bringing the intended project to the knowledge of the building authority, neighborhood protection, pollution control, preservation statute and protection of historical monuments)
Claim management and defence against amendments
Warranty management
Real estate
Energy saving contracting
Facility management
From old to new, protection of historical monuments
Legal Due Diligence
Land, condominium and part ownership, heritable building rights: creation and transactions
Hedging instruments
Condominium ownership
FredericJürgens
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in building and architects' law, Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
Construction law & real estate
Project planning
Support in contract negotiations
Preparation and execution of tenders under private law
Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
Project development
Property purchase
Realisation
Audit of partial and final invoices
Preparation and supervision of the acceptance
Criminal construction law (anti-competitive agreements, illegal employment, construction hazards, environmental crimes, fraud and embezzlement in accounting)
Support in a crises, for example in case of loss of construction parties
Advice on receivables due to construction delays
Examination of supplements and justification
Construction related and strategic support, mainly with regard to large-scale construction projects and plant construction (for example construction of power plants, industrial plants) as well as securing and asserting receivables
Claim management and defence against amendments
Warranty management
Real estate
Legal Due Diligence
Land, condominium and part ownership, heritable building rights: creation and transactions
Hedging instruments
Condominium ownership
BeatriceScheich
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & insolvency
Advice close to insolvency
Counseling of creditors, management and shareholders
Insolvency administration
PhilippScharfenberg
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in building and architects' law, Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
Economy & State - Public law
Procurement & Public Private Partnership
Structuring and implementation of national and EU-wide procurement procedures
Support of public clients and bidders in tenders for construction projects and services as well as concessions (according to GWB, VgV, VOB/A as well as budget law)
Support for public contracting authorities and bidders in awarding contracts in the sectors of energy (gas, heat, electricity), water and transport services (according to SektVO)
Advice on the draft of models without procurement (for example inhouse-procurement, horizontal cooperation of public entities, amendment of existing contracts) and in competitive tendering procedures (as architectural competitions) outside procurement law
Representation of awarding authorities and bidders in procurement review procedures
Construction law & real estate
Project planning
Support in contract negotiations
Preparation and execution of tenders under private law
Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
Advice on public tenders, PPP projects
Realisation
Preparation and supervision of the acceptance
Examination of supplements and justification
Claim management and defence against amendments
Warranty management
Real estate
Hedging instruments
DominikGallini
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in labour law, Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
Labour law / HR
International labour law
Design of cross-border employee assignments (labour, social security and residence permit law, inbound and outbound)
Advice of German subsidiaries of international companies
Advice of German clients with regard to foreign subsidiaries
Cross-border restructuring
Recruiting, drafting of employment contracts, current employment
Legal aspects of personnel recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel
Employment contracts and connected agreements
Fixed-term employment law (fixed-term employment with or without a material reason, fixed-term employment beyond retirement age)
Variable payment (target agreements, royalties, commissions, bonuses, long- and short-term incentives, employee participation)
Variable working hours (flexible work time, capacity-oriented work time, trust-based working hours, working hours accounts)
Part-time work inside and outside parental leave, care and family leave, sabbaticals
Corporate integration management
Written warnings
Notice of terminations, cancellation and winding-up agreements
References
Employment of temporary workers
Work contracts, service contracts, avoidance of bogus self-employment
Supply of temporary workers
Management contracts
Transactions, restructuring & reorganisation
Due diligence concerning labour law
Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
Draft of new operational structures
Adjustment and draft of working conditions and payment structures
Staff reduction measures (reconciliation of interests, social plans, collective redundancies, actions for dismissal protection)
Works council, economic committee, personnel council, employee representation, representation of severely disabled persons
Advice of enterprises without a works council (employee communication without works council, alternative employee representation, advice on questions regarding the initiation or avoidance of the establishment of a works council)
Establishment of a works council, works council elections, appeal against works council elections
Constructive cooperation with the works council (communication with the works council, right to information of the works council, monthly meetings, works council meetings, works council training, cost for works council training etc.)
Limits to constructive cooperation: exclusion of individual works council members or dissolution of the works council due to gross breaches of duty; termination of works council members
Advice and support in all questions of co-determination of the works council under works constitution law (e.g. recruitment, transfer, dismissal, working time models, overtime, remuneration, data processing, employee monitoring, social media etc.)
Negotiation and drafting of works agreements and ( in-house ) collective agreements
Negotiation of reconciliations of interest and social plans in case of restructuring and lay-offs
Representation and support of the employer in conciliation bodies
Representation and support of the employer in other disputes with the works council outside and in court
Advising the employer on how to deal with the representative body for severely handicapped persons
Matters regarding board and managing directors
Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
Company pension
Deferred compensation
Restructuring of existing and introduction of new pension models (choice of the pension model: direct pension, direct insurance, support fund, pension funds, etc.)
Adjustment or denial of the adjustment of company pensions pursuant to § 16 BetrAVG
Social security
Employment of temporary workers, assignment of workers, freelance contributor models and avoidance of bogus self-employment and bogus work agreement
Managers subject to social security
International social insurance for secondments or parallel activities in several host countries
Dr. RogerEbert
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in trade, company and corporate law, Certified specialist in labour law, Partner
Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf)
Distribution & (international) trade
General Terms and Conditions
Draft, examination and implementation of General Terms and Conditions
Distribution & franchise systems
Law of commercial agencies
Authorised dealer law
Franchise agreements
Affiliate marketing
Draft of other distribution structures
Labour law / HR
Litigation & arbitration
Representation in all individual and collective disputes before the labor courts (labor court, regional labor court, federal labor court) and, in particular in disputes between managing directors and board members and the company, the ordinary courts (regional court, higher regional court, representation before the Federal Supreme Court)
Support and representation of the employer in the conciliation committee
Recruiting, drafting of employment contracts, current employment
Legal aspects of personnel recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel
Employment contracts and connected agreements
Fixed-term employment law (fixed-term employment with or without a material reason, fixed-term employment beyond retirement age)
Variable payment (target agreements, royalties, commissions, bonuses, long- and short-term incentives, employee participation)
Variable working hours (flexible work time, capacity-oriented work time, trust-based working hours, working hours accounts)
Part-time work inside and outside parental leave, care and family leave, sabbaticals
Corporate integration management
Written warnings
Notice of terminations, cancellation and winding-up agreements
References
Employment of temporary workers
Work contracts, service contracts, avoidance of bogus self-employment
Supply of temporary workers
Management contracts
Transactions, restructuring & reorganisation
Due diligence concerning labour law
Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
Draft of new operational structures
Adjustment and draft of working conditions and payment structures
Staff reduction measures (reconciliation of interests, social plans, collective redundancies, actions for dismissal protection)
Works council, economic committee, personnel council, employee representation, representation of severely disabled persons
Advice of enterprises without a works council (employee communication without works council, alternative employee representation, advice on questions regarding the initiation or avoidance of the establishment of a works council)
Establishment of a works council, works council elections, appeal against works council elections
Constructive cooperation with the works council (communication with the works council, right to information of the works council, monthly meetings, works council meetings, works council training, cost for works council training etc.)
Limits to constructive cooperation: exclusion of individual works council members or dissolution of the works council due to gross breaches of duty; termination of works council members
Advice and support in all questions of co-determination of the works council under works constitution law (e.g. recruitment, transfer, dismissal, working time models, overtime, remuneration, data processing, employee monitoring, social media etc.)
Negotiation and drafting of works agreements and ( in-house ) collective agreements
Negotiation of reconciliations of interest and social plans in case of restructuring and lay-offs
Representation and support of the employer in conciliation bodies
Representation and support of the employer in other disputes with the works council outside and in court
Advising the employer on how to deal with the representative body for severely handicapped persons
Matters regarding board and managing directors
Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & reorganisation
Change of legal form
Mergers
Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
Creation of holding structures
Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Venture capital and private equity financings
Conception and prospectus of investment funds
Advice in connection with IPOs
(International) trade
General terms and conditions
Non-disclosure agreements
Commercial purchase
Distribution law
E-Commerce
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
Freight and forwarding law
International commercial law
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Corporate housekeeping
GerhardBoß
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Partner
Frankfurt/Main
Competence
Insurances
Insurance supervisory
Insurance supervisory law (inter alia new foundation, entry into the German market, development of new business areas, measures of the supervisory authorities)
Insurance intermediary law (inter alia license proceedings and registration of insurance intermediaries)
Insurance products & insurance distribution
Insurance policy law (inter alia design of group insurance contracts and general terms and conditions)
Insurance distribution law (inter alia establishment of distribution structures, online-distribution, affiliate marketing)
Delicate Claims Management
Distribution & (international) trade
General Terms and Conditions
Draft, examination and implementation of General Terms and Conditions
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
Draft and negotiation of cross-border supply and service agreements
Distribution & franchise systems
Law of commercial agencies
Authorised dealer law
Franchise agreements
Affiliate marketing
Draft of other distribution structures
Competition law
Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
Representation in disputes regarding competition law
Rechtsschutz gegen Nachahmung und Leistungsübernahme
Distribution cartel law
Application for exemption from the non-compete obligation
Labour law / HR
International labour law
Design of cross-border employee assignments (labour, social security and residence permit law, inbound and outbound)
Advice of German subsidiaries of international companies
Advice of German clients with regard to foreign subsidiaries
Cross-border restructuring
Recruiting, drafting of employment contracts, current employment
Legal aspects of personnel recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel
Employment contracts and connected agreements
Fixed-term employment law (fixed-term employment with or without a material reason, fixed-term employment beyond retirement age)
Variable payment (target agreements, royalties, commissions, bonuses, long- and short-term incentives, employee participation)
Variable working hours (flexible work time, capacity-oriented work time, trust-based working hours, working hours accounts)
Part-time work inside and outside parental leave, care and family leave, sabbaticals
Corporate integration management
Written warnings
Notice of terminations, cancellation and winding-up agreements
References
Employment of temporary workers
Work contracts, service contracts, avoidance of bogus self-employment
Supply of temporary workers
Management contracts
Transactions, restructuring & reorganisation
Due diligence concerning labour law
Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
Draft of new operational structures
Adjustment and draft of working conditions and payment structures
Staff reduction measures (reconciliation of interests, social plans, collective redundancies, actions for dismissal protection)
Advice of enterprises without a works council (employee communication without works council, alternative employee representation, advice on questions regarding the initiation or avoidance of the establishment of a works council)
Establishment of a works council, works council elections, appeal against works council elections
Constructive cooperation with the works council (communication with the works council, right to information of the works council, monthly meetings, works council meetings, works council training, cost for works council training etc.)
Limits to constructive cooperation: exclusion of individual works council members or dissolution of the works council due to gross breaches of duty; termination of works council members
Advice and support in all questions of co-determination of the works council under works constitution law (e.g. recruitment, transfer, dismissal, working time models, overtime, remuneration, data processing, employee monitoring, social media etc.)
Negotiation and drafting of works agreements and ( in-house ) collective agreements
Negotiation of reconciliations of interest and social plans in case of restructuring and lay-offs
Representation and support of the employer in conciliation bodies
Representation and support of the employer in other disputes with the works council outside and in court
Advising the employer on how to deal with the representative body for severely handicapped persons
Matters regarding board and managing directors
Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
Social security
Employment of temporary workers, assignment of workers, freelance contributor models and avoidance of bogus self-employment and bogus work agreement
Managers subject to social security
International social insurance for secondments or parallel activities in several host countries
IT & data protection
Data protection
Data protection concerning marketing and distribution
Data protection concerning labour law (private use of operational means, internal investigations, shared-services)
Intellectual property / media / advertising & PR
Trademarks & patents
Draft of property right strategies
Application and control of trademarks and other property rights
Delimitation and prior rights agreements
Enforcement of trademarks and industrial property rights
Defence of trademark and patent infringements
Purchase and sale of property rights
Copyright & design law
Copyright agreements, publishing contracts
Draft of agreements regarding multimedia analysis
Artists‘ contracts and producers‘ contracts
Concert and show contracts
Advertising music contracts
Enforcement of copyrights
Defence against copyright infringements and product imitations
Competition law
Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
Representation in disputes regarding competition law
Interim injunctions in order to enforce competitive legal positions
Caveat against unauthorized use by competitors
Protection against counterfeiting and misappropriation
Protection against misleading and comparing advertising
Advertising & public relations
Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
Individual advertising for customers and future customers
Examination of advertising measures, compliance
Advertising agencies
Agreements with advertising parties
Sponsoring agreements
Finance & capital market law
Bank contract law
Credit contracts and syndication
Stock & capital market
Liability for inappropriate investment counseling
Regulatory advice
Representation in dealing with supervisory authorities
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & insolvency
Design and support of redevelopment concepts
Counseling of creditors, management and shareholders
Company succession
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Adaptation of articles of association to the needs of succession planning
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Corporate governance & compliance
Allocation of responsibilities
Rules of procedure
Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
Compliance management systems
Compliance guidelines and operational instructions
Advice and representation in case of compliance infringements
(International) trade
General terms and conditions
Non-disclosure agreements
Distribution law
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
Data protection law
Employee data protection
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Internal company disputes
Advice for start-ups
Private Clients
Succession planning & donation
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Anticipated inheritance, draft of donation agreements
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Agreements on waiver of compulsory share
Inheritance distribution and execution of a will
Inheritance proceedings
Precautionary documents
Precautionary power
Care directive
Patient directive
Marriage agreements
Marriage agreement
Cohabitation agreement
Partnership agreement
Dr. BodoVinnen
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Partner
Frankfurt/Main
Competence
Distribution & (international) trade
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
Draft and negotiation of cross-border supply and service agreements
Establishing and audits of compliance systems
Advice on German and European provisions regarding export control and embargos
Support in licensing proceedings (German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control)
US-(re) export law
Distribution & franchise systems
Law of commercial agencies
Authorised dealer law
Draft of other distribution structures
Competition law
Distribution cartel law
Finance & capital market law
Bank contract law
Financing of acquisitions and collateralisation
Stock & capital market
Mezzanine financing
Preparation and support of bond issues and initial public offerings
Design and review of (security) prospectus
Regulatory advice
Gestaltung neuer Geschäftsmodelle (insbes. gemäß KWG, ZAG und GwG)
Alternative means ofpayment (for example bitcoins, payment cards)
Establishment of compliance systems and internal security procedures
Approval procedures for credit and financial service institutions
Outsourcing of parts of the business
Representation in dealing with supervisory authorities
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & reorganisation
Change of legal form
Mergers
Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
Creation of holding structures
Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
Company succession
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Adaptation of articles of association to the needs of succession planning
Restructuring of companies and group of companies with regard to succession planning
Establishment of foundations, donations
Clarification and draft of succession issues under international private law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Venture capital and private equity financings
Conception and prospectus of investment funds
Advice in connection with IPOs
Corporate governance & compliance
Design of the internal corporate structures
Allocation of responsibilities
Rules of procedure
Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
Compliance management systems
Compliance guidelines and operational instructions
Advice and representation in case of compliance infringements
(International) trade
General terms and conditions
Non-disclosure agreements
Commercial purchase
Distribution law
E-Commerce
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
Freight and forwarding law
International commercial law
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
Airlines & aviation
Claims management
Cargo transport
Design of General Conditions of Carriage and General Queries on Flight Handling
Advice regarding IT and e-commerce
Advice regarding relationships to Ground Handling Partners (airport operators as for example Fraport AG, Airport Service Companies etc.) and IATA contract system
Enforcement/defence of claims against third parties
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Corporate housekeeping
MarkusFaust
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Partner
Frankfurt/Main
Competence
Distribution & (international) trade
Distribution & franchise systems
Law of commercial agencies
Authorised dealer law
E-Commerce
Webshops
Social Media
Competition law
Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
Representation in disputes regarding competition law
Rechtsschutz gegen Nachahmung und Leistungsübernahme
Distribution cartel law
Application for exemption from the non-compete obligation
Drafting contracts under antitrust law aspects
Notification of mergers
Representation before the Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission
Labour law / HR
International labour law
Design of cross-border employee assignments (labour, social security and residence permit law, inbound and outbound)
Advice of German subsidiaries of international companies
Advice of German clients with regard to foreign subsidiaries
Cross-border restructuring
Recruiting, drafting of employment contracts, current employment
Legal aspects of personnel recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel
Employment contracts and connected agreements
Fixed-term employment law (fixed-term employment with or without a material reason, fixed-term employment beyond retirement age)
Variable payment (target agreements, royalties, commissions, bonuses, long- and short-term incentives, employee participation)
Variable working hours (flexible work time, capacity-oriented work time, trust-based working hours, working hours accounts)
Part-time work inside and outside parental leave, care and family leave, sabbaticals
Corporate integration management
Written warnings
Notice of terminations, cancellation and winding-up agreements
References
Employment of temporary workers
Work contracts, service contracts, avoidance of bogus self-employment
Supply of temporary workers
Management contracts
Transactions, restructuring & reorganisation
Due diligence concerning labour law
Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
Draft of new operational structures
Adjustment and draft of working conditions and payment structures
Staff reduction measures (reconciliation of interests, social plans, collective redundancies, actions for dismissal protection)
Works council, economic committee, personnel council, employee representation, representation of severely disabled persons
Advice of enterprises without a works council (employee communication without works council, alternative employee representation, advice on questions regarding the initiation or avoidance of the establishment of a works council)
Establishment of a works council, works council elections, appeal against works council elections
Constructive cooperation with the works council (communication with the works council, right to information of the works council, monthly meetings, works council meetings, works council training, cost for works council training etc.)
Limits to constructive cooperation: exclusion of individual works council members or dissolution of the works council due to gross breaches of duty; termination of works council members
Advice and support in all questions of co-determination of the works council under works constitution law (e.g. recruitment, transfer, dismissal, working time models, overtime, remuneration, data processing, employee monitoring, social media etc.)
Negotiation and drafting of works agreements and ( in-house ) collective agreements
Negotiation of reconciliations of interest and social plans in case of restructuring and lay-offs
Representation and support of the employer in conciliation bodies
Representation and support of the employer in other disputes with the works council outside and in court
Advising the employer on how to deal with the representative body for severely handicapped persons
Matters regarding board and managing directors
Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
Company pension
Deferred compensation
Restructuring of existing and introduction of new pension models (choice of the pension model: direct pension, direct insurance, support fund, pension funds, etc.)
Adjustment or denial of the adjustment of company pensions pursuant to § 16 BetrAVG
Social security
Employment of temporary workers, assignment of workers, freelance contributor models and avoidance of bogus self-employment and bogus work agreement
Managers subject to social security
International social insurance for secondments or parallel activities in several host countries
IT & data protection
Data protection
Data protection concerning marketing and distribution
Data protection concerning labour law (private use of operational means, internal investigations, shared-services)
Litigation & arbitration
Handling of failed IT projects
IT & E-Commerce
Draft of contracts concerning development, distribution, licensing and maintenance of software and hardware
IT projects
Outsourcing/shared services
Intellectual property / media / advertising & PR
Trademarks & patents
Draft of property right strategies
Application and control of trademarks and other property rights
Delimitation and prior rights agreements
Enforcement of trademarks and industrial property rights
Defence of trademark and patent infringements
Launch of new products
National and international technology transfer
Purchase and sale of property rights
Trademark license agreements and other property right licenses
Patent agreements and know-how license agreements
Copyright & design law
Copyright agreements, publishing contracts
Draft of agreements regarding multimedia analysis
Artists‘ contracts and producers‘ contracts
Concert and show contracts
Advertising music contracts
Design contracts and utility model licenses
Enforcement of copyrights
Defence against copyright infringements and product imitations
Launch of new products
Competition law
Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
Representation in disputes regarding competition law
Interim injunctions in order to enforce competitive legal positions
Caveat against unauthorized use by competitors
Protection against counterfeiting and misappropriation
Protection against misleading and comparing advertising
Antitrust law
Purchase cooperations, distribution cooperations
Distribution antitrust law
Conception of selective distribution systems
Control of online distribution, price competition on the internet
Research and development cooperations
Cartels of medium-size enterprises and other cooperations
Draft of contracts considering antitrust law
Press & Media
Coordination and negotiations with media representatives
„Strategic press law“ – preparation to the media crises and strategic support after publication
Press releases and interviews with press, radio and TV journalists
Enforcement of injunctive relieves due to insult, defamation
Counterstatements, revocations/corrections, damages
Advertising & public relations
Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
Individual advertising for customers and future customers
Examination of advertising measures, compliance
Advertising agencies
Agreements with advertising parties
Sponsoring agreements
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & insolvency
Counseling of creditors, management and shareholders
Company succession
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Adaptation of articles of association to the needs of succession planning
Corporate governance & compliance
Allocation of responsibilities
Rules of procedure
(International) trade
Non-disclosure agreements
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
Antitrust law
Distribution antitrust law
Drafting contracts under antitrust law aspects
Data protection law
Employee data protection
Direct marketing campaigns, co-marketing, co-branding, social media
General company law
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Dr. DennisVoigt
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Partner
Frankfurt/Main
Insurances
Insurance supervisory
Insurance supervisory law (inter alia new foundation, entry into the German market, development of new business areas, measures of the supervisory authorities)
Insurance intermediary law (inter alia license proceedings and registration of insurance intermediaries)
Insurance products & insurance distribution
Insurance policy law (inter alia design of group insurance contracts and general terms and conditions)
Insurance distribution law (inter alia establishment of distribution structures, online-distribution, affiliate marketing)
Delicate Claims Management
Anti-money laundering
Data protection
Distribution & (international) trade
General Terms and Conditions
Draft, examination and implementation of General Terms and Conditions
Litigation & arbitration
Distribution & franchise systems
Law of commercial agencies
Authorised dealer law
Franchise agreements
Affiliate marketing
Draft of other distribution structures
E-Commerce
Webshops
Social Media
Competition law
Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
Representation in disputes regarding competition law
Rechtsschutz gegen Nachahmung und Leistungsübernahme
Distribution cartel law
Application for exemption from the non-compete obligation
Drafting contracts under antitrust law aspects
Notification of mergers
Representation before the Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission
IT & data protection
Data protection
Data protection compliance within the company’s organisation
Data protection concerning marketing and distribution
Data protection concerning labour law (private use of operational means, internal investigations, shared-services)
Cloud computing
Advice and representation in case of infringements of data protection
Litigation & arbitration
Handling of failed IT projects
IT & E-Commerce
Draft of contracts concerning development, distribution, licensing and maintenance of software and hardware
IT projects
Outsourcing/shared services
Set-up and design of e-commerce platforms
Intellectual property / media / advertising & PR
Trademarks & patents
Draft of property right strategies
Application and control of trademarks and other property rights
Delimitation and prior rights agreements
Enforcement of trademarks and industrial property rights
Defence of trademark and patent infringements
Launch of new products
National and international technology transfer
Purchase and sale of property rights
Trademark license agreements and other property right licenses
Patent agreements and know-how license agreements
Copyright & design law
Copyright agreements, publishing contracts
Draft of agreements regarding multimedia analysis
Artists‘ contracts and producers‘ contracts
Concert and show contracts
Advertising music contracts
Design contracts and utility model licenses
Enforcement of copyrights
Defence against copyright infringements and product imitations
Launch of new products
Competition law
Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
Representation in disputes regarding competition law
Interim injunctions in order to enforce competitive legal positions
Caveat against unauthorized use by competitors
Protection against counterfeiting and misappropriation
Protection against misleading and comparing advertising
Antitrust law
Purchase cooperations, distribution cooperations
Distribution antitrust law
Conception of selective distribution systems
Control of online distribution, price competition on the internet
Research and development cooperations
Cartels of medium-size enterprises and other cooperations
Draft of contracts considering antitrust law
Defence against the exploitation of market power, delivery blocks
Registration of mergers
Representation before the Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission
Press & Media
Coordination and negotiations with media representatives
„Strategic press law“ – preparation to the media crises and strategic support after publication
Press releases and interviews with press, radio and TV journalists
Enforcement of injunctive relieves due to insult, defamation
Counterstatements, revocations/corrections, damages
Advertising & public relations
Preparation of advertising and merchandising measures
Individual advertising for customers and future customers
Examination of advertising measures, compliance
Advertising agencies
Agreements with advertising parties
Sponsoring agreements
Litigation
Infringement trials
Summary proceedings, interim injunctions
Opposition proceedings
Annulment proceedings
Dr. AndreasDecker
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Partner
Frankfurt/Main
Competence
Insurances
Insurance supervisory
Insurance supervisory law (inter alia new foundation, entry into the German market, development of new business areas, measures of the supervisory authorities)
Insurance intermediary law (inter alia license proceedings and registration of insurance intermediaries)
Insurance products & insurance distribution
Insurance policy law (inter alia design of group insurance contracts and general terms and conditions)
Insurance distribution law (inter alia establishment of distribution structures, online-distribution, affiliate marketing)
Delicate Claims Management
Anti-money laundering
Data protection
Finance & capital market law
Bank contract law
Sector-specific contract conditions
Financing of acquisitions and collateralisation
Credit and payment securities
Credit contracts and syndication
Stock & capital market
Mezzanine financing
Preparation and support of bond issues and initial public offerings
Design and review of (security) prospectus
Liability for inappropriate investment counseling
Regulatory advice
Gestaltung neuer Geschäftsmodelle (insbes. gemäß KWG, ZAG und GwG)
Alternative means ofpayment (for example bitcoins, payment cards)
Establishment of compliance systems and internal security procedures
Approval procedures for credit and financial service institutions
Outsourcing of parts of the business
Representation in dealing with supervisory authorities
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & reorganisation
Creation of holding structures
Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Venture capital and private equity financings
Conception and prospectus of investment funds
Advice in connection with IPOs
Corporate governance & compliance
Design of the internal corporate structures
Allocation of responsibilities
Rules of procedure
Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
Compliance management systems
Compliance guidelines and operational instructions
Advice and representation in case of compliance infringements
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Corporate housekeeping
SamuelGruber
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in labour law,
Certified specialist in international business law, Partner
Certified specialist in international business law, Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
Distribution & (international) trade
General Terms and Conditions
Draft, examination and implementation of General Terms and Conditions
Litigation & arbitration
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
Draft and negotiation of cross-border supply and service agreements
Distribution & franchise systems
Law of commercial agencies
Authorised dealer law
Franchise agreements
Affiliate marketing
Draft of other distribution structures
E-Commerce
Webshops
Social Media
Labour law / HR
Litigation & arbitration
Representation in all individual and collective disputes before the labor courts (labor court, regional labor court, federal labor court) and, in particular in disputes between managing directors and board members and the company, the ordinary courts (regional court, higher regional court, representation before the Federal Supreme Court)
Support and representation of the employer in the conciliation committee
International labour law
Design of cross-border employee assignments (labour, social security and residence permit law, inbound and outbound)
Advice of German subsidiaries of international companies
Advice of German clients with regard to foreign subsidiaries
Cross-border restructuring
Recruiting, drafting of employment contracts, current employment
Legal aspects of personnel recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel
Employment contracts and connected agreements
Fixed-term employment law (fixed-term employment with or without a material reason, fixed-term employment beyond retirement age)
Variable payment (target agreements, royalties, commissions, bonuses, long- and short-term incentives, employee participation)
Variable working hours (flexible work time, capacity-oriented work time, trust-based working hours, working hours accounts)
Part-time work inside and outside parental leave, care and family leave, sabbaticals
Corporate integration management
Written warnings
Notice of terminations, cancellation and winding-up agreements
References
Employment of temporary workers
Work contracts, service contracts, avoidance of bogus self-employment
Supply of temporary workers
Management contracts
Transactions, restructuring & reorganisation
Due diligence concerning labour law
Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
Draft of new operational structures
Adjustment and draft of working conditions and payment structures
Staff reduction measures (reconciliation of interests, social plans, collective redundancies, actions for dismissal protection)
Works council, economic committee, personnel council, employee representation, representation of severely disabled persons
Advice of enterprises without a works council (employee communication without works council, alternative employee representation, advice on questions regarding the initiation or avoidance of the establishment of a works council)
Establishment of a works council, works council elections, appeal against works council elections
Constructive cooperation with the works council (communication with the works council, right to information of the works council, monthly meetings, works council meetings, works council training, cost for works council training etc.)
Limits to constructive cooperation: exclusion of individual works council members or dissolution of the works council due to gross breaches of duty; termination of works council members
Advice and support in all questions of co-determination of the works council under works constitution law (e.g. recruitment, transfer, dismissal, working time models, overtime, remuneration, data processing, employee monitoring, social media etc.)
Negotiation and drafting of works agreements and ( in-house ) collective agreements
Negotiation of reconciliations of interest and social plans in case of restructuring and lay-offs
Representation and support of the employer in conciliation bodies
Representation and support of the employer in other disputes with the works council outside and in court
Advising the employer on how to deal with the representative body for severely handicapped persons
Matters regarding board and managing directors
Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
Company pension
Deferred compensation
Restructuring of existing and introduction of new pension models (choice of the pension model: direct pension, direct insurance, support fund, pension funds, etc.)
Adjustment or denial of the adjustment of company pensions pursuant to § 16 BetrAVG
Social security
Employment of temporary workers, assignment of workers, freelance contributor models and avoidance of bogus self-employment and bogus work agreement
Managers subject to social security
International social insurance for secondments or parallel activities in several host countries
(International) trade
General terms and conditions
Non-disclosure agreements
Commercial purchase
Distribution law
E-Commerce
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
Freight and forwarding law
International commercial law
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
Eckhardvon Voigt MBA
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney) and Notary, Partner
Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf)
Competence
Notary’s office in Berlin
Family and inheritance law
Marriage contracts and „consequences of divorce agreements“
Last wills and inheritance contracts
Applications of certificates of inheritance & refusals of inheritance
Estate inventory
Adoptions
Business and corporate law
Foundation of partnerships and corporations
Conversion, mergers & liquidation
Registrations in the commercial register
Preparation of the lists to be presented by the commercial register
General civil law
Powers of attorney
Promissory letters
Certificates
Affidavits
Notarisations & authentication
Raffles & draws
Real estate law
Purchase & sale of land, home and partial ownerships, lease holds
Registration of mortgages
Plot division
Creation of lease holds
Restructuring & reorganisation
Change of legal form
Mergers
Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
Creation of holding structures
Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
Company succession
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Adaptation of articles of association to the needs of succession planning
Restructuring of companies and group of companies with regard to succession planning
Clarification and draft of succession issues under international private law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Venture capital and private equity financings
Conception and prospectus of investment funds
Advice in connection with IPOs
Corporate governance & compliance
Design of the internal corporate structures
Allocation of responsibilities
Rules of procedure
Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
Compliance management systems
Compliance guidelines and operational instructions
Advice and representation in case of compliance infringements
(International) trade
General terms and conditions
Non-disclosure agreements
Commercial purchase
Distribution law
E-Commerce
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
Freight and forwarding law
International commercial law
Foreign trade legislation, export control & embargos
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Private Clients
Succession planning & donation
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Anticipated inheritance, draft of donation agreements
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Agreements on waiver of compulsory share
Inheritance distribution and execution of a will
Precautionary documents
Precautionary power
Care directive
Patient directive
Marriage agreements
Marriage agreement
Cohabitation agreement
Partnership agreement
Project planning
Support in contract negotiations
Property purchase
Real estate
Land, condominium and part ownership, heritable building rights: creation and transactions
Hedging instruments
Condominium ownership
HanjaRebell-Houben
German attorney, Certified specialist in criminal law, Partner
Mannheim
Competence
White Collar Crime & Tax Criminal Law
Commercial criminal law
Preventive advice
Legal assistance in search and seizure proceedings
Defence in criminal (investigation) proceedings and administrative offence proceedings
Tax criminal law
Preventive advice
Advice and representation in proceedings for voluntary reporting under criminal tax law
Legal assistance in search and seizure proceedings
Defence in criminal (investigation) proceedings and administrative offence proceedings
Compliance
Draft of compliance systems
Creation of compliance rules
(In-house-) compliance trainings and seminars
Review of existing compliance systems
Internal investigations for current reasons or to uncover weaknesses in the company organisation and the compliance system
Compliance Due Diligence Audit for M&A
Advice and representation in compliance infringements
Enforcement of recourse claims
Litigation
Defence at all German courts in all instances
Enforcement of recourse claims by companies against employees in the event of compliance violations
Advice on the preparation and modification of land use and zoning plans
MiriamEwig
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney)
Frankfurt/Main
Competence
Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
IT & data protection
Data protection
Data protection compliance within the company’s organisation
Data protection concerning marketing and distribution
Data protection concerning labour law (private use of operational means, internal investigations, shared-services)
Cloud computing
Advice and representation in case of infringements of data protection
IT & E-Commerce
Draft of contracts concerning development, distribution, licensing and maintenance of software and hardware
IT projects
Outsourcing/shared services
Set-up and design of e-commerce platforms
Intellectual property / media / advertising & PR
Trademarks & patents
Copyright & design law
Press & Media
Coordination and negotiations with media representatives
„Strategic press law“ – preparation to the media crises and strategic support after publication
Press releases and interviews with press, radio and TV journalists
Enforcement of injunctive relieves due to insult, defamation
Counterstatements, revocations/corrections, damages
AlbertNoll
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Frankfurt/Main
IT & data protection
Data protection
Data protection compliance within the company’s organisation
Data protection concerning marketing and distribution
Data protection concerning labour law (private use of operational means, internal investigations, shared-services)
Cloud computing
Advice and representation in case of infringements of data protection
IT & E-Commerce
Draft of contracts concerning development, distribution, licensing and maintenance of software and hardware
IT projects
Outsourcing/shared services
Set-up and design of e-commerce platforms
Intellectual property / media / advertising & PR
MareikeStritt
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney)
Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf)
Competence
Business and corporate law
Foundation of partnerships and corporations
Conversion, mergers & liquidation
Registrations in the commercial register
Preparation of the lists to be presented by the commercial register
Real estate law
Purchase & sale of land, home and partial ownerships, lease holds
Registration of mortgages
Plot division
Creation of lease holds
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & reorganisation
Change of legal form
Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
Creation of holding structures
Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Venture capital and private equity financings
(International) trade
General terms and conditions
Non-disclosure agreements
Commercial purchase
Distribution law
E-Commerce
Law of commercial agents
Law of authorized dealers
Freight and forwarding law
International commercial law
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Corporate housekeeping
Construction law & real estate
Utilisation
Support in contract negotiations, termination and questions regarding current leasing
Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
Project planning
Support in contract negotiations
Preparation and execution of tenders under private law
Drafting and review of project and construction contracts (architects, consortium, property developers, building contractors, BIM, energy saving contracting, general planners, general transferee, general contractors, GMP contracts, prefabricated housing sector, FIDIC, engineers, PPP models, project developers, project controllers, subcontractors)
Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
Advice on urban development and restructuring measures
Development of building areas, advice on development and land use planning including project and development plans, preparation and negotiation of urban development contracts
Project development
Property purchase
Advice on public tenders, PPP projects
Realisation
Real estate
Energy saving contracting
Legal Due Diligence
Land, condominium and part ownership, heritable building rights: creation and transactions
Hedging instruments
Condominium ownership
MichaelUsselmann
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Compliance
Draft of compliance systems
Creation of compliance rules
(In-house-) compliance trainings and seminars
Review of existing compliance systems
Internal investigations for current reasons or to uncover weaknesses in the company organisation and the compliance system
Compliance Due Diligence Audit for M&A
Advice and representation in compliance infringements
Enforcement of recourse claims
Commercial
Establishment of local companies
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & reorganisation
Change of legal form
Mergers
Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
Creation of holding structures
Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
Company succession
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Adaptation of articles of association to the needs of succession planning
Restructuring of companies and group of companies with regard to succession planning
Establishment of foundations, donations
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Venture capital and private equity financings
Conception and prospectus of investment funds
Advice in connection with IPOs
Corporate governance & compliance
Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Corporate housekeeping
PhilippJunker
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Construction law & real estate
Utilisation
Support in contract negotiations, termination and questions regarding current leasing
Design of sale and rent-back/lease-back models
Drafting of commercial rental and leasing contracts
Project planning
Support in contract negotiations
Drafting and review of project and construction contracts (architects, consortium, property developers, building contractors, BIM, energy saving contracting, general planners, general transferee, general contractors, GMP contracts, prefabricated housing sector, FIDIC, engineers, PPP models, project developers, project controllers, subcontractors)
Advice on the project and award structure under private law and on contract models
Project development
Property purchase
Realisation
Audit of partial and final invoices
Preparation and supervision of the acceptance
Criminal construction law (anti-competitive agreements, illegal employment, construction hazards, environmental crimes, fraud and embezzlement in accounting)
Support in a crises, for example in case of loss of construction parties
Advice on receivables due to construction delays
Examination of supplements and justification
Construction related and strategic support, mainly with regard to large-scale construction projects and plant construction (for example construction of power plants, industrial plants) as well as securing and asserting receivables
Claim management and defence against amendments
Warranty management
Real estate
Legal Due Diligence
Land, condominium and part ownership, heritable building rights: creation and transactions
Hedging instruments
Condominium ownership
Prof. Dr. ClemensWeidemann
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in administrative law
Heidelberg
Competence
Gaming & Betting Law Practice Group
Licensing & compliance
Casino licensing procedures
Arcade and gaming hall concessions
Advice on betting shop concessions
Sports betting licensing process
Brokering licences for online lotteries
AML compliance
Legal support in day-to-day operations (e.g. regarding customer support)
Accreditation of age verification tools with German authorities
Accreditation of test labs with gambling regulators
Lobbying
Lobby work with gambling regulators
Foundation of trade groups
Representation of gambling companies in trade groups
Lobby work with European Commission
Lobby work with tax authorities
Litigation
Administrative procedure
Interstate Treaty restrictions & interdictions
Interlocutory relief
Legal defence against player claims
Legal representation in German supreme courts & constitutional courts
Tax advice
Sports betting tax
Taxation of online casinos including VAT
Gaming & betting
Advice on gambling-related payment solutions
Strategic advice regarding future trends
Advice on gaming hall / AWP regulations
Advice on online casino and sports betting
Advice on the legal framework for fantasy betting
Advice on regulation of horse betting
Advice on legal framework for social gaming
Advice on regulation of lotteries and bingo
Advice on regulation of land-based casinos
Goal-oriented implementation of planning and approval procedures
Economy & State - Public law
European law & international law
Application of EU regulations and effects of EU directives in national law
Advice on international treaties (e.g. double taxation agreements, ECHR, WTO agreements, UN Charter, Geneva Convention)
Legislative procedures
Advice on and support in coping with legislative bodies and political organisations, observation and analysis of political developments during the legislative process
Drafting of argumentation lines and statements in the context of participation in the political decision-making process
Draft of initiative presentations within the lobbying work of industries and associations
Environment & waste management
Chemicals legislation
Construction & planning
Advice on building permit processes and notification procedures
Protection of historical monuments
Advice on development contributions and municipal levies
Advice on the preparation and modification of land use and zoning plans
Project-related building development plans, drafting and negotiating of urban development contracts (in particular execution contracts) for the purpose of developing a building area or realising large-scale investment projects (retail, commerce, industry, residential and home building)
Development of building areas, advice on development and land use planning including project and development plans, preparation and negotiation of urban development contracts
Construction related and strategic support, mainly with regard to large-scale construction projects and plant construction (for example construction of power plants, industrial plants) as well as securing and asserting receivables
Federal State Building Order (approval of construction projects/bringing the intended project to the knowledge of the building authority, neighborhood protection, pollution control, preservation statute and protection of historical monuments)
SteffenLinden
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Mannheim
Labour law / HR
Litigation & arbitration
Representation in all individual and collective disputes before the labor courts (labor court, regional labor court, federal labor court) and, in particular in disputes between managing directors and board members and the company, the ordinary courts (regional court, higher regional court, representation before the Federal Supreme Court)
Support and representation of the employer in the conciliation committee
International labour law
Design of cross-border employee assignments (labour, social security and residence permit law, inbound and outbound)
Advice of German subsidiaries of international companies
Advice of German clients with regard to foreign subsidiaries
Cross-border restructuring
Recruiting, drafting of employment contracts, current employment
Legal aspects of personnel recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel
Employment contracts and connected agreements
Fixed-term employment law (fixed-term employment with or without a material reason, fixed-term employment beyond retirement age)
Variable payment (target agreements, royalties, commissions, bonuses, long- and short-term incentives, employee participation)
Variable working hours (flexible work time, capacity-oriented work time, trust-based working hours, working hours accounts)
Part-time work inside and outside parental leave, care and family leave, sabbaticals
Corporate integration management
Written warnings
Notice of terminations, cancellation and winding-up agreements
References
Employment of temporary workers
Work contracts, service contracts, avoidance of bogus self-employment
Supply of temporary workers
Management contracts
Transactions, restructuring & reorganisation
Due diligence concerning labour law
Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
Draft of new operational structures
Adjustment and draft of working conditions and payment structures
Staff reduction measures (reconciliation of interests, social plans, collective redundancies, actions for dismissal protection)
Works council, economic committee, personnel council, employee representation, representation of severely disabled persons
Advice of enterprises without a works council (employee communication without works council, alternative employee representation, advice on questions regarding the initiation or avoidance of the establishment of a works council)
Establishment of a works council, works council elections, appeal against works council elections
Constructive cooperation with the works council (communication with the works council, right to information of the works council, monthly meetings, works council meetings, works council training, cost for works council training etc.)
Limits to constructive cooperation: exclusion of individual works council members or dissolution of the works council due to gross breaches of duty; termination of works council members
Advice and support in all questions of co-determination of the works council under works constitution law (e.g. recruitment, transfer, dismissal, working time models, overtime, remuneration, data processing, employee monitoring, social media etc.)
Negotiation and drafting of works agreements and ( in-house ) collective agreements
Negotiation of reconciliations of interest and social plans in case of restructuring and lay-offs
Representation and support of the employer in conciliation bodies
Representation and support of the employer in other disputes with the works council outside and in court
Advising the employer on how to deal with the representative body for severely handicapped persons
Matters regarding board and managing directors
Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
Company pension
Deferred compensation
Restructuring of existing and introduction of new pension models (choice of the pension model: direct pension, direct insurance, support fund, pension funds, etc.)
Adjustment or denial of the adjustment of company pensions pursuant to § 16 BetrAVG
Social security
Employment of temporary workers, assignment of workers, freelance contributor models and avoidance of bogus self-employment and bogus work agreement
Managers subject to social security
International social insurance for secondments or parallel activities in several host countries
Dr. HolgerJakob LLM. Eur.
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf)
Gaming & Betting Law Practice Group
Licensing & compliance
Casino licensing procedures
Arcade and gaming hall concessions
Advice on betting shop concessions
Sports betting licensing process
Brokering licences for online lotteries
AML compliance
Legal support in day-to-day operations (e.g. regarding customer support)
Accreditation of age verification tools with German authorities
Accreditation of test labs with gambling regulators
Lobbying
Lobby work with gambling regulators
Foundation of trade groups
Representation of gambling companies in trade groups
Lobby work with European Commission
Lobby work with tax authorities
Litigation
Administrative procedure
Interstate Treaty restrictions & interdictions
Interlocutory relief
Legal defence against player claims
Legal representation in German supreme courts & constitutional courts
Commercial
Establishment of local companies
Due diligence for gambling-related M&A transactions
Advertising and contracts
Trademark issues and litigation
Advice on competition law risks
Terms & Conditions
Tax advice
Taxation of land-based casinos & gaming halls
Sports betting tax
Taxation of online casinos including VAT
Lottery tax
Tax registration and reporting
Tax litigation
Legal defence against prosecution of tax crimes
Gaming & betting
Advice on gambling-related payment solutions
Strategic advice regarding future trends
Advice on gaming hall / AWP regulations
Advice on regulation of betting shops
Advice on online casino and sports betting
Advice on the legal framework for fantasy betting
Advice on regulation of horse betting
Advice on legal framework for social gaming
Advice on regulation of lotteries and bingo
Advice on regulation of land-based casinos
Sports & Esports
Litigation
Action for protection against dismissal, action for prohibition, action for damages, action for rescission
Contract, licensing and compliance
Transfer agreements and handling, ticketing and merchandising, licensing procedures, advertising and sponsoring agreements, agency and mediation agreements, sports betting agreements, rental and lease agreements
IP and data protection law
Merchandising, trademark applications, delimitation agreements, performance data in sports, data protection
Competition and antitrust law
Exclusive agreements, athletes' rights in relation to associations, central TV marketing
Law of associations, corporate and company law
Sports arbitration, spin-offs, corporate bonds (so-called fan bonds), questions of articles of association, preparation and implementation of general meetings, managing director contracts
Administrative law
Sports subsidies, in particular sports usage contracts, acquisition and construction of a centre for young talents, fan rights and protection of minors
Sports labour law
Employment contracts for players and coaches, promotion contracts, advice on bogus self-employment
Dr. AndreasMasuch
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Certified specialist in trade, company and corporate law, Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
Matters regarding board and managing directors
Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & reorganisation
Change of legal form
Mergers
Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
Creation of holding structures
Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
Company succession
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Adaptation of articles of association to the needs of succession planning
Restructuring of companies and group of companies with regard to succession planning
Establishment of foundations, donations
Clarification and draft of succession issues under international private law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Venture capital and private equity financings
Conception and prospectus of investment funds
Advice in connection with IPOs
Corporate governance & compliance
Design of the internal corporate structures
Allocation of responsibilities
Rules of procedure
Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
Compliance management systems
Compliance guidelines and operational instructions
Advice and representation in case of compliance infringements
(International) trade
General terms and conditions
Non-disclosure agreements
Commercial purchase
International commercial law
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Corporate housekeeping
Private Clients
Succession planning & donation
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Anticipated inheritance, draft of donation agreements
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Agreements on waiver of compulsory share
Establishment of foundations, donations
Clarification and draft of succession issues under private international law
Inheritance distribution and execution of a will
Inheritance proceedings
Precautionary documents
Precautionary power
Care directive
Patient directive
Sports & Esports
Contract, licensing and compliance
Transfer agreements and handling, ticketing and merchandising, licensing procedures, advertising and sponsoring agreements, agency and mediation agreements, sports betting agreements, rental and lease agreements
Law of associations, corporate and company law
Sports arbitration, spin-offs, corporate bonds (so-called fan bonds), questions of articles of association, preparation and implementation of general meetings, managing director contracts
GerritPülm
Diplom Kaufmann, Auditor, Tax Advisor, Certified expert advisor for international tax law, Partner
Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf)
Competence
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & reorganisation
Change of legal form
Mergers
Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
Company succession
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Restructuring of companies and group of companies with regard to succession planning
Establishment of foundations, donations
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
General company law
Advice for start-ups
Sports & Esports
Tax law
Taxation issues for professional athletes and clubs, international sponsoring and advertising contracts, licensing procedures in football, handball and ice hockey
CanYurtseven LL.M.
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney)
Heidelberg
Competence
Labour law / HR
International labour law
Design of cross-border employee assignments (labour, social security and residence permit law, inbound and outbound)
Advice of German subsidiaries of international companies
Advice of German clients with regard to foreign subsidiaries
Cross-border restructuring
Recruiting, drafting of employment contracts, current employment
Legal aspects of personnel recruitment, selection and hiring of personnel
Employment contracts and connected agreements
Fixed-term employment law (fixed-term employment with or without a material reason, fixed-term employment beyond retirement age)
Variable payment (target agreements, royalties, commissions, bonuses, long- and short-term incentives, employee participation)
Variable working hours (flexible work time, capacity-oriented work time, trust-based working hours, working hours accounts)
Part-time work inside and outside parental leave, care and family leave, sabbaticals
Corporate integration management
Written warnings
Notice of terminations, cancellation and winding-up agreements
References
Employment of temporary workers
Work contracts, service contracts, avoidance of bogus self-employment
Supply of temporary workers
Management contracts
Transactions, restructuring & reorganisation
Due diligence concerning labour law
Negotiation and draft of transfer of or change in operations
Draft of new operational structures
Adjustment and draft of working conditions and payment structures
Staff reduction measures (reconciliation of interests, social plans, collective redundancies, actions for dismissal protection)
Works council, economic committee, personnel council, employee representation, representation of severely disabled persons
Advice of enterprises without a works council (employee communication without works council, alternative employee representation, advice on questions regarding the initiation or avoidance of the establishment of a works council)
Establishment of a works council, works council elections, appeal against works council elections
Constructive cooperation with the works council (communication with the works council, right to information of the works council, monthly meetings, works council meetings, works council training, cost for works council training etc.)
Limits to constructive cooperation: exclusion of individual works council members or dissolution of the works council due to gross breaches of duty; termination of works council members
Advice and support in all questions of co-determination of the works council under works constitution law (e.g. recruitment, transfer, dismissal, working time models, overtime, remuneration, data processing, employee monitoring, social media etc.)
Negotiation and drafting of works agreements and ( in-house ) collective agreements
Negotiation of reconciliations of interest and social plans in case of restructuring and lay-offs
Representation and support of the employer in conciliation bodies
Representation and support of the employer in other disputes with the works council outside and in court
Advising the employer on how to deal with the representative body for severely handicapped persons
Matters regarding board and managing directors
Draft of service agreements for management and board members as well as for executives, draft of rules of procedure for board members and management
Negotiation and draft of separation agreements
Termination of the employment contract and litigation in the termination and compensation process
Drafting agreements on non-compete and post-contractual non-compete clauses; representation in litigation, in particular interim injunctions for omission of competition
Directors & Officers Liability and D&O insurance
Company pension
Deferred compensation
Restructuring of existing and introduction of new pension models (choice of the pension model: direct pension, direct insurance, support fund, pension funds, etc.)
Adjustment or denial of the adjustment of company pensions pursuant to § 16 BetrAVG
Social security
Employment of temporary workers, assignment of workers, freelance contributor models and avoidance of bogus self-employment and bogus work agreement
Managers subject to social security
International social insurance for secondments or parallel activities in several host countries
Sports & Esports
Litigation
Action for protection against dismissal, action for prohibition, action for damages, action for rescission
Contract, licensing and compliance
Transfer agreements and handling, ticketing and merchandising, licensing procedures, advertising and sponsoring agreements, agency and mediation agreements, sports betting agreements, rental and lease agreements
Sports labour law
Employment contracts for players and coaches, promotion contracts, advice on bogus self-employment
Dr. JörgHofmann
Rechtsanwalt (German attorney), Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
Gaming & Betting Law Practice Group
Licensing & compliance
Casino licensing procedures
Arcade and gaming hall concessions
Advice on betting shop concessions
Sports betting licensing process
Brokering licences for online lotteries
AML compliance
Legal support in day-to-day operations (e.g. regarding customer support)
Accreditation of age verification tools with German authorities
Accreditation of test labs with gambling regulators
Lobbying
Lobby work with gambling regulators
Foundation of trade groups
Representation of gambling companies in trade groups
Lobby work with European Commission
Lobby work with tax authorities
Litigation
Administrative procedure
Interstate Treaty restrictions & interdictions
Interlocutory relief
Legal defence against player claims
Legal representation in German supreme courts & constitutional courts
Commercial
Establishment of local companies
Due diligence for gambling-related M&A transactions
Advertising and contracts
Trademark issues and litigation
Advice on competition law risks
Terms & Conditions
Tax advice
Taxation of land-based casinos & gaming halls
Sports betting tax
Taxation of online casinos including VAT
Lottery tax
Tax registration and reporting
Tax litigation
Legal defence against prosecution of tax crimes
Gaming & betting
Advice on gambling-related payment solutions
Strategic advice regarding future trends
Advice on gaming hall / AWP regulations
Advice on online casino and sports betting
Advice on the legal framework for fantasy betting
Advice on regulation of horse betting
Advice on legal framework for social gaming
Advice on regulation of lotteries and bingo
Advice on regulation of land-based casinos
Sports & Esports
Contract, licensing and compliance
Transfer agreements and handling, ticketing and merchandising, licensing procedures, advertising and sponsoring agreements, agency and mediation agreements, sports betting agreements, rental and lease agreements
Competition and antitrust law
Exclusive agreements, athletes' rights in relation to associations, central TV marketing
Administrative law
Sports subsidies, in particular sports usage contracts, acquisition and construction of a centre for young talents, fan rights and protection of minors
Dr. MatthiasSpitz
Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney), Partner
Heidelberg
Competence
Gaming & Betting Law Practice Group
Licensing & compliance
Casino licensing procedures
Arcade and gaming hall concessions
Advice on betting shop concessions
Sports betting licensing process
Brokering licences for online lotteries
AML compliance
Legal support in day-to-day operations (e.g. regarding customer support)
Accreditation of age verification tools with German authorities
Accreditation of test labs with gambling regulators
Lobbying
Lobby work with gambling regulators
Foundation of trade groups
Representation of gambling companies in trade groups
Lobby work with European Commission
Lobby work with tax authorities
Litigation
Administrative procedure
Interstate Treaty restrictions & interdictions
Interlocutory relief
Legal defence against player claims
Legal representation in German supreme courts & constitutional courts
Tax advice
Sports betting tax
Taxation of online casinos including VAT
Gaming & betting
Advice on gambling-related payment solutions
Strategic advice regarding future trends
Advice on gaming hall / AWP regulations
Advice on online casino and sports betting
Advice on the legal framework for fantasy betting
Advice on regulation of horse betting
Advice on legal framework for social gaming
Advice on regulation of lotteries and bingo
Advice on regulation of land-based casinos
Goal-oriented implementation of planning and approval procedures
Economy & State - Public law
European law & international law
Application of EU regulations and effects of EU directives in national law
Advice on international treaties (e.g. double taxation agreements, ECHR, WTO agreements, UN Charter, Geneva Convention)
Legislative procedures
Advice on and support in coping with legislative bodies and political organisations, observation and analysis of political developments during the legislative process
Drafting of argumentation lines and statements in the context of participation in the political decision-making process
Draft of initiative presentations within the lobbying work of industries and associations
Construction & planning
Advice on building permit processes and notification procedures
Protection of historical monuments
Advice on development contributions and municipal levies
Advice on the preparation and modification of land use and zoning plans
Project-related building development plans, drafting and negotiating of urban development contracts (in particular execution contracts) for the purpose of developing a building area or realising large-scale investment projects (retail, commerce, industry, residential and home building)
Sports & Esports
Competition and antitrust law
Exclusive agreements, athletes' rights in relation to associations, central TV marketing
Administrative law
Sports subsidies, in particular sports usage contracts, acquisition and construction of a centre for young talents, fan rights and protection of minors
Development of building areas, advice on development and land use planning including project and development plans, preparation and negotiation of urban development contracts
Construction related and strategic support, mainly with regard to large-scale construction projects and plant construction (for example construction of power plants, industrial plants) as well as securing and asserting receivables
Federal State Building Order (approval of construction projects/bringing the intended project to the knowledge of the building authority, neighborhood protection, pollution control, preservation statute and protection of historical monuments)
Dr. VictoriaBerger
Rechtsanwältin (German attorney), Certified specialist in trade, company and corporate law
Heidelberg
Competence
Enterprises / Corporate & Commercial
Restructuring & reorganisation
Change of legal form
Mergers
Demergers, in particular spin-offs and split-offs of parts of companies
Creation of holding structures
Intercompany agreements and other group legal relationships
Company succession
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Adaptation of articles of association to the needs of succession planning
Restructuring of companies and group of companies with regard to succession planning
Establishment of foundations, donations
Clarification and draft of succession issues under international private law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Support of company acquisitions on the buyer and seller side, including due diligence reviews and post-M&A disputes
Corporate governance & compliance
Design of the internal corporate structures
Allocation of responsibilities
Rules of procedure
Representation of companies and managers in matters of managing directors' and board members' liability
Compliance management systems
Compliance guidelines and operational instructions
Advice and representation in case of compliance infringements
(International) trade
Non-disclosure agreements
General company law
Conception and establishment of companies
Articles of association and shareholder agreements
Amendments to the articles of association, capital measures
Design of the organisational structure and advice on corporate governance issues
Preparation and support of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings, resolution deficiency proceedings
Internal company disputes
Liquidation of companies
Advice for start-ups
Corporate housekeeping
Private Clients
Succession planning & donation
Succession counselling and planning, support in family internal communication
Anticipated inheritance, draft of donation agreements
Draft of testamentary dispositions (wills, inheritance contracts)
Agreements on waiver of compulsory share
Establishment of foundations, donations
Clarification and draft of succession issues under private international law
Inheritance distribution and execution of a will
Inheritance proceedings
