Commercial
In the commercial field we advise companies on all legal questions involving their operative business, with a particular focus on complex supply relations, the plant engineering sector, cooperation and research & development contracts, trade law and sales law. Furthermore, our diverse litigation and arbitration team offers support in court and arbitration proceedings in many areas.
Our consulting services
Complex supply relations
- National and cross-border supply and procurement contracts
- Cooperation and joint venture contracts
- OEM contracts
- Research and development contracts
- Confidentiality agreements
- Quality assurance Agreements
General terms and conditions
- Drafting and reviewing general terms and conditions of purchase and supply
- Ongoing monitoring of the legitimacy of general terms and conditions
Sales law
- Commercial agency contracts
- Distributor contracts
- Reseller contracts
- Franchise contracts
- Selective distribution systems
- Sales-related antitrust law
- Assertion of and defence against compensation Claims
International regulations
- Incorporation of Incoterms
- Advice on the UN Sales Convention
Liability for defective products
- Assisting with the development of measures to safeguard quality standards
- Providing clarification on issues of insurance law
- Assisting with the drafting of operating manuals
- Structuring contracts to prevent product liability
- Advising on crisis management and in the event of a product recall
- Defence against product liability Claims
Project preparation
- Providing support in land acquisitions and permit/approval procedures
- Conducting due diligence
- Advising on legal issues regarding financing
- Public procurement law
Project realization
- Advising on the conclusion of national/cross-border construction and project management contracts as well as joint venture contracts
- Providing support in the realization of plant engineering projects
- Quality assurance agreements
- Software contracts for the system-control of complex plants
- Clarifying financial issues; securing payment claims with letters of credit
Strategic pre-litigation advice
- Advising German and foreign clients in advance of legal disputes as well as strategic pre-litigation advice
- Monitoring proceedings (e.g. in the context of third-party notices)
- Advising clients in contract negotiations with regard to the best choice of court/arbitral tribunal taking into account the enforceability of judgments/decisions taken by arbitral tribunals and the applicable law
Conducting litigation
- Representing clients before all civil and criminal courts of law in Germany and before employment tribunals, financial courts and administrative courts
- Providing support in legal disputes outside Germany
- Enforcement of judgments
Arbitration proceedings
- Representation of clients before national and international arbitral tribunals
- Acting as arbitrator
- Conducting arbitration proceedings before international institutions (ICC, London Court of Arbitration etc.)
- Enforcement of national and international arbitral decisions
Complex disputes
- Structuring, organising and conducting class actions (e.g. test cases to obtain a declaratory judgment, class liability/warranty actions)
- Using IT-support tools for the efficient handling of class actions
- Alternative dispute resolution in complex legal proceedings