Areas of practice
Our law firm specializes in business law, especially all legal questions concerning the sale of goods and the provision of services. We provide legal advice in consideration of German as well as European legislation.
Our practice includes among others:
Trade and Corporate law (Focus: Sales law)
- Review and verification of sales contracts (legal and economic viability) such as:
- Sales representative contracts
- Authorized dealership, repair and service contracts
- Tenancy agreements for gas stations
- Merchandising contracts
- Contracts of agents of savings and loan associations
- Contracts of insurance agents
- Subagent contracts
- Commission and commission agency contracts
- Franchise contracts
- Negotiations with principals such as manufacturers or importers
- Review and verification of compensation agreements and their alterations (i.e. commission, bonus, margin, sales promotion)
- Review of compensation monitoring rights such as the right to billing and the statement of books
- Assistance in terminating contracts and asserting resulting rights such as:
- Compensatory claim § 89 b HGB in direct (sales representative) and analogue (dealership) application, determination of the basis and amount of claim
- Redemption claim for contract goods
- Claim for indemnification for unamortized investments
- Incorporation of purchase and sales companies
- Legal advice regarding the incorporation and administration of companies
- Settlement of company contracts for firms like GbR, oHG, KG, GmbH, AG
Anti-trust and competition law
- Legal advice in the field of national and European anti-trust regulations (i.e. EC Block Exemption Regulations such as no. 330/2010 for vertical agreements or no. 461/2010 for the motor vehicle industry) especially:
- Legal counseling regarding intermediary activities
- Enforcement of claims to approve principal’s authorized service partners
- Clarification of branch specific questions such as location/site clauses and their cessation
- Legal advice with regards to cooperation
- Legal representation in case of anti-trust dissuasions or interim orders
- Legal representation at the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) and the European Commission
Trademark and design protection
- Design protection and repair clause
- Assertion of claims to use the manufacturer’s logo
General contract law
- All legal problems arising in a business including labor law related questions
- Settlement and review of contracts and standard business conditions for our clients, i.e. vehicle dealerships (sale of new and used vehicle as well as vehicle repairs)
- Settlement and review of purchase and sale conditions
- Legal counseling regarding the handling of clients’ orders
Miscellaneous
- Settlement of counsel’s opinions on special legal questions
- Legal representation at all District (Amtsgerichte), Regional (Landgerichte), and Appellate (Oberlandesgerichte) Courts
- Mediation (extrajudicial settlements without a judge)
- Arbitrator under national and international rules of arbitration