We counsel commercial and private landlords and tenants on both commercial and residential tenancy law. Drawing on our many years of experience, we prepare and review rental agreements, conduct negotiations, and support our clients in the assertion of their claims—both out of court and in court.
We also represent and counsel property managers, condominium owners’ associations, condominium owners, and project and property developers in any questions of residential property law that may arise.
We counsel clients during the conducting of real estate projects from the initial idea to planning to realization and marketing—and beyond. Our team counsels and supports you during the acquisition of real estate, in the planning and in the conducting of procedures pursuant to public procurement law, and in the planning and construction of buildings.
We counsel municipalities and project developers on the accelerated expansion of renewable energies. We have been supporting our clients for many years in the sectors of wind energy, open-space photovoltaic plants, and the construction of hydrogen plants, in the supervision of planning procedures, and the drafting of urban development contracts, and in the facilitation of participation processes in the municipalities. We counsel project sponsors in the approval procedures under building and emissions control law.
Digitalization presents new challenges and new opportunities for authors, users, and exploiters of creative works alike. At the same time, digital networking has greatly changed the conditions of communication in business and society. We counsel and represent our clients in the rapidly developing fields of copyright and media law during the assertion of, and defense against, claims as well as during the negotiation of contracts.
As digitalization proceeds apace, companies as well as governments and administrations face increasingly strict and complex requirements imposed by laws concerning IT, data protection, and the use of data. The breathtaking development in the field of artificial intelligence is accelerating this trend. We guide companies, institutions, and public authorities through the jungle of legal challenges during the conducting of IT and digitalization projects of any nature.
The drafting of contracts is a fine art that requires extensive experience, which our attorneys have. Our many years of experience in the conduct of litigation also enable us to assess contractual risks accurately. We draft, revise, and negotiate comprehensive contracts and help to minimize liability risks and ensure appropriate warranty provisions.
We counsel clients about the drafting of general terms and conditions of business, especially for online sales, and of complex distribution agreements. Where sales personnel are concerned, we create reasonable terms and conditions for the payment of commissions, especially for the period after the termination of the contract.
The protection of intellectual property (IP) and secret expertise is of crucial importance for the economic success of companies. Yet, at the same time, the boundary lines between what is compliant with and what is in violation of fair competition laws must be constantly redrawn on a rapidly changing global marketplace and under the terms and conditions of digitalization. We stand shoulder to shoulder with companies and associations in competition with others in all IP and unfair competition law issues.
From simple authentications of signatures to complicated transactions in real estate and corporate law: civil-law notaries public perform a wide range of tasks for private individuals and companies.
We advise, above all, cities and municipalities, other local authorities, and their companies and operations in virtually all areas of administrative law—including, in particular, municipal law; building, planning, and regional planning law; constitutional law; tax law; and environmental protection law. Several of our attorneys are specialists in administrative law; they are authors of numerous professional publications and regularly give lectures and organize workshops and in-house seminars.
In today’s world, no one can avoid labor law issues. We know the pitfalls and what really matters; we will be at your side during litigation, in drawing up contracts, for personnel planning, in management-labor relations law, and during transactions and transformations.
