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