Our Competences

Corporate Law

• Articles of associations and shareholders’ agreements
• Formations by way of cash subscriptions and non-cash contributions
• Preparation and assistance in shareholders’ meetings and general meetings
• Preparation and implementation of equity and debt financings
• Proceedings regarding defective resolutions
• Shareholder disputes
• Profit transfer and domination agreements
• Liability of managing directors and board members

M&A-Transactions

• Legal Due Diligence
• Structuring and negotiation of company acquisition agreements (asset and share deals)
• Mergers, divisions and form-changing conversion
• Merger control proceedings

Open-end and Closed-end Funds and other Asset Investments

• Legal conception of open-end and closed-end special and retail funds and other asset investments
• Preparation of sales prospectuses, investment memorandums and other sales documents
• Structuring of the articles of association, service contracts and contractual terms
• Ongoing legal advice and support in relation to the initiators, capital management and investment companies
• Defence of claims by investors and claims under prospectus liability

Capital Market Law

• Preparation of securities prospectuses
• Legal support on initial public offering and capital increases
• Preparation of and support on general meetings and creditors meetings
• Capital market law compliance
• Issuance of convertible bonds
• Preparation of and support on takeovers
• Legal support on delisting

Banking and Securities Supervisory Law

• Civil actions and proceedings for interim relief related to business law
• Defence of claims by investors and claims under prospectus liability
• Defence of revocatory actions of the insolvency administrator
• Corporate-related disputes
• Proceedings regarding defective resolutions
• Inheritance proceedings and proceedings for the issue of inheritance certificates

• Contracts for the sale and delivery of goods
• Licensing contracts
• Software development and maintenance contracts
• Agent and distributor contracts
• Quality assurance agreements
• Executive employment contracts
• Joint venture agreement

Law of Succession

• Structuring of last wills and testaments and contracts of inheritance
• Anticipated succession
• Rights to a compulsory portion
• Contracts for the benefit of a third party in the event of death
• Powers of attorney regarding legal guardianship and precaution

Foundations

• Advising in the establishment of family foundations and non-profit foundations
• Structuring of the act of foundation and the articles
• Assistance in official approval proceedings
• Current advice of founders and executive bodies of foundations within the scope of the foundation’s activities and settlement

Corporate Succession

• Structuring of succession clauses in articles of association
• Entrepreneurial wills and testaments
• Adjustment and coordination of private succession arrangements with succession clauses in articles of association
• Advising in the change of the legal form of business enterprises

Divisions of Estates and Execution of Wills

• Preparation of schedules regarding the division of estates
• Division of estates among joint heirs
• Assistance in succession-related disputes
• Execution of wills (by way of division or administration)

Arbitration Proceedings

• Representation in arbitral proceedings including cancellation and enforcement proceedings under the German Code of Civil Procedure
• Exercising the functions of an arbitrator

Mediation

• Representation in commercial mediation proceedings and other extra-judicial dispute resolutions
• Exercising the functions of a mediator and conciliator

Structuring of Conflict Resolution Clauses in Contracts

Development of Conflict Resolution Strategies

• Advising and defending in court in relation to warning letters under competition law and motions for cease-and-desist orders
• Advising in relation to design and implementation of advertising communication
• Advising in connection with e-commerce/distance selling
• Protection of know-how and business secrets

• Advising and legal representation of film and theater production companies as well as authors and holders of performance protection rights
• Licensing, exploitation and defense of copyrighted works
• Press law and protection of privacy
• Copyright disputes

• Advising in relation to the development of trademark strategies
• Registration, enforcement and defense of trademarks
• Opposition and cancellation proceedings before the German and European Trademark Office
• Trademark infringement actions
• Domain law