Legal 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