Areas of practice
our areas of practice are the following:
commercial and contract law, corporate law
Consulting, negotiation and drafting of contracts for all matters with regard to the incorporation of a company, the financing, the production, the trade and distribution; conduct of an external legal services; counsel, negotiation and litigation as to contractual claims; edition of general terms and conditions (sale and purchase conditions); company purchases (mergers & acquisitions), mergers and demergers, joint ventures und co-operation contracts; formation of branch offices and subsidiaries; organisation rules, shareholders’ agreements; corporate succession solutions; restructuring and reorganisation of companies; MBO’s; conduct of administrative board tasks, board of foundation, management and business mandates.
authentication and notarisation
Incorporation and restructuring of companies (corporations, limited liability companies, personal companies, associations, foundations, corporations), modifications of bylaws, increase and reduction of share capital, transfer of shares, contracts on stock and good transfers; authentication of prenuptial agreements and of testamentary contracts, testaments; appraisal of complex property law questions; suretyships, pre-contracts of property purchases; certifications of signatures and documents; authentication of evidences and facts.
building, planning and environmental law
Consulting and representation in all matters regarding private and public building, planning and environmental law; counsel and representation in all matters concerning architectural contracts and contracts of work and labour; drafting and review of building related contracts (full service general contractor, general contractor, engineering contracts, project contracts, venture contracts, consortium contracts etc.); registration of and defence against liens on building craft rights, building guarantee related questions; construction trusteeships; multiple storey related law.
family , inheritance and property law
Consulting and representation in all fields of family law (legal partnership, engagement, marriage, matrimonial property law, child rights, adoption, marriage protection and divorce); drafting of prenuptial agreements, pension and descendant’s estate planning; inheritance law (testament, hereditary contracts, execution of a will, inheritance administrations); consultation and agency in all questions of property and possession.
employment law
Consulting in private and public labour and employment law, employment contracts, continuation of wage payment, vacancies etc.; drafting and review of labour contracts, employment regulations, shift working and working time models, collective labour agreements; employment of foreign workers; obtaining work and residence permits, negotiation with authorities; dealing with social security matters.
tenancy law
Consulting and representation in all matters of tenancy law, drafting business and private lease agreements; attendance during the handover of the leased premises.
public law
Representation before public agencies; leading public complaint procedures; consulting of communities in all matters of the constitutional and administrative law (management of external legal service of communities); questions of public and private employment law; data protection law, supervision of proceedings; expropriation law; submission law, tax law.
litigation
Consulting and representation of private clients, corporate clients and federations with the main focus on of civil, administrative and criminal litigation proceedings; consulting and representation in pre-procedural arbitration and mediation including negotiation mandates.
arbitration
Acceptance of appointments as arbitrators within in all legal fields (especially in commercial and contract law as well as in property and building law); management of arbitral tribunal secretariats; consulting and representation before arbitral tribunals.
mediation
Acceptance of appointments as mediators (especially in the fields of economical, employment related and environmental matters as well as in-plant mediation and mediation between associations and communities), consulting and representation of parties in mediation and ADR proceedings of all kinds.
debt enforcement and bankruptcy law
Claim collection; consulting and representation in all maters regarding insolvency law including financial reorganisation; acceptance of mandates as an auxiliary person, special administration of the bankrupt’s estate, trustee shank, membership in committees of creditors etc; all question related to restructuring; consulting and representation in attachment, enforcement, estate and bankruptcy proceedings.
liability and insurance law
Implementation of and defence against all liability claims (tort, contractual, corporate and product liability); consulting and representation in social security law issues (day funds, pensions, accident and invalidity insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance etc.).
criminal law
Consulting and representation in all criminal procedure matters (criminal defence, complaints, victim aid law etc.) mainly in business criminal law.
IT, Internet and software law
Consulting and drafting of contracts related to all fields of IT-law including e-business, software-, maintenance and license rights; domain name disputes.
international law
Consulting in the area of international private and enforcement law; international commercial and contractual law; international legal assistance.
intellectual property law
Consulting and representation in all matters related to trademark, design and copyright law.
competition law
Consulting and representation in all matters of competition law and unfair competition.
sports law
Consulting and representation of athletes, sponsors, associations and federations in sports law related issues; consulting of sport event organizers.
secretariats for associations and management mandates
Acceptance of management mandates and providing secretariats for associations and federations.
expert and referee mandates
Acceptance of expert and referee mandates.