As external consultants, we offer you the complete service of a legal department. We can “think along” with your company’s goals and business models. We advise you on urgent questions as well as on strategic issues and are always available at short notice and without complications. Our communication takes place as you wish, by e-mail, telephone or by means of secure data transfer via our lawyer cloud and GDPR-compliant chat programmes. Of course, our individual advisory concepts also include individual compensation concepts.

Other important domains in the advisory field “External Legal Department”:
Contract law, in particular national and international distribution contracts and the domain of contract management
Product liability and product conformity
Labour law
Duties of the executive bodies under company law
Business succession
State aid and public procurement law

 

Complementary fields of advice:

Compliance and data protection

Commercial and corporate law

International commercial law

We support you in all important current issues and in the areas of commercial and corporate law. This includes the drafting of commercial agency and authorised dealer agreements as well as distribution agreements. In the event of a dispute, e.g. in questions of commercial agency compensation, we represent your interests out of court and in court. We also support you in questions relating to the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and in the selection of international trade clauses (Incoterms, letters of credit, collection guidelines).

The law of partnerships and corporations and the area of EU company forms are among the core topics of our advisory work. We provide you with comprehensive support in this area, from the formation of the company, the drafting of the articles of association and the managing directors’ employment contracts to all types of capital measures, e.g. also in the form of silent partnerships, restructurings, reorganisations and the dissolution and liquidation of the company. In shareholder disputes, we represent you out of court, in court or in arbitration proceedings.

Likewise, we advise the corporate bodies of managing directors, executive board, supervisory board and advisory board with regard to the duties and liability risks incumbent upon them. We also represent you out of court and in court or in arbitration proceedings in disputes about breaches of duty by corporate bodies.

In the case of a company succession, we work with you to develop a strategy and a concept with which your concerns can be implemented in the best possible way and use the existing, extensive possibilities for structuring this.

Other important domains in the advisory field of “Commercial and Corporate Law”:
Articles of association and corporate bodies, duties under company law and liability risks of the corporate bodies of limited companies
Capital measures
Company succession and inheritance law advisory services
Compliance, in particular money laundering prevention
Distribution contracts, commercial agency and authorised dealer contracts, commercial transactions, UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, international trade clauses
Product liability

 

Complementary fields of advice:

External legal department

International commercial law

Start-ups

The increasing number of cross-border business relationships is a consequence of the progressive globalisation of the economy. While it is already possible to fall back on harmonised cross-border regulations in many areas of the law in the EU, otherwise there are frequent collisions between the different private law systems. The choice of the applicable legal system and the responsible court ensure an optimal structuring of your cross-border business activities. With our many years of expertise, we can advise you in detail and comprehensively on complex international arrangements, on international supply contracts and contracts for work and services, on international distribution law and international commercial agency law, on export financing issues and on international corporate law matters. In addition, our lawyers also take on the task of recovering claims across borders.

We see it as our task to clarify in advance the legal framework conditions of your investments abroad, whereby we work together with our colleagues in law firms in the most important industrialised countries. We support our national and international clients in establishing a business presence in the respective foreign market, whether in the form of a branch office or via commercial agents or authorised dealers (joint venture/internet-based foreign sales). After the successful establishment, we can continue to support your foreign activities, for example if contracts between related companies (intercompany contracts) are to be drawn up or if further expansions and cooperations are to take place.

Other important domains in the advisory field of “International Commercial Law”:
European law and conflict of laws
Drafting of contracts, in particular distribution contracts, supply contracts and contracts for work and services
Advisory services on money laundering issues
Contract management, product conformity and product liability
State aid and public procurement law

 

Complementary fields of advice:

Commercial and corporate law

Start-ups

Compliance and data protection

Starting a business is a challenging time when you need good, efficient advisors who know what legal challenges you will face. We have great expertise in providing comprehensive advice to start-ups from their foundation through the growth phase to an eventual exit. We work together with a selected partner network in order to be able to guarantee this comprehensive advisory service.

Other important domains in the advisory field of “Start-ups”:
Investor participations and their financing
Labour law, in particular employee participation schemes
Advisory services regarding the duties and liability risks of the governing bodies of corporations
Creation and review of the contents of your homepage
University spin-offs, exit strategy, M&A, IPO
Contract drafting and contract management, drafting contracts that fit the business model, such as distribution contracts or cooperation agreements, general terms and conditions of business
Data protection

 

Complementary fields of advice:

Commercial and corporate law, in particular comprehensive advisory services on the foundation of companies

IP and property rights strategies

International commercial law

In the domain of data protection, we cooperate with HilevDATA GmbH & Co. KG, which can serve as your external data protection officer. We advise companies and in-house data protection officers on the creation and implementation of the data protection concept as well as on specific audit requests. In addition, we also take on representation before authorities and in court proceedings.

We support you in regulatory issues such as money laundering regulations, legal issues of export control as well as in the area of risk management of contracts, especially in supply chains.

In the domain of compliance, we advise on all important topics such as money laundering, whistleblowing systems, the Corporate Governance Code, obligations under company law, in particular monitoring obligations of the company bodies executive board, management and supervisory board and on topics of corporate social responsibility. We also provide support on issues of product-related compliance in the EU internal market, such as CE marking of products, other EU regulations (in particular REACH or Health Claims Regulation) and also on the legal review of your online shop and homepage.

Other important domains in the advisory field of“Data protection and compliance”:
Corporate Governance Kodex and Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate law duties and liability risks of the executive bodies of corporations
Compliance with money laundering regulations
Product conformity and product liability

 

Complementary fields of advice:

External legal department

International commercial law

Start-ups

IP and property rights strategies

Innovation and the protection of new technologies are important foundations for a company’s competitiveness; we support you in maintaining and expanding them. Preserving the “Freedom to Operate” is just as crucial for us as safeguarding and asserting your interests against competitors.

We assist university spin-offs as well as universities and research institutions in negotiating research transfer agreements, contract research agreements, research collaborations, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), material transfer agreements (MTAs) and inter-institutional agreements (IAAs). We draft the necessary contracts for the protection of your technology, in particular licensing and transfer agreements, contracts in the field of international transfer of IP and prototypes in compliance with the requirements of export control law. In addition, we also advise you in the domain of trademark protection, patent and trade mark law as well as employee invention law.

Other important domains in the advisory field “IP and property rights strategies”:
Contract law and contract management
Research transfer
Labour law
Trademark protection, patent and trademark law
State aid and public procurement law

 

Complementary fields of advice:

Start-ups

Compliance and data protection

International commercial law