GERMANY

KEY ECONOMIC DATA

Area: 357,868 sq km
GDP: €2,241bn
Currency: Euro
GDP per head (PPP): €26,500
Population: 82.4 million
GDP growth: 1.7 per cent
Inflation: 1.8 per cent
Unemployment: 8.2 per cent

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN GERMANY (2007 – nationwide only)

January 1; April 6, May 1, May 17, October 3; December 25, December 26.

LEGAL PROFESSION

Professional title: Rechtsanwalt
Number of lawyers: 133,113
Female lawyers as a per cent
of the profession: 28.5 per cent

USEFUL ADDRESSES

Local bar associations
Korperschaft des
Offentlichen Rechts
Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer
Littenstraße 9
D-10179 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 30 284 9390
Fax: +49 30 284 939 11
zentrale@brak.de
www.brak.de

Deutsche Anwaltverein
Littenstraße 11
D-10179 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 30 72 61 520
Fax: +49 30 72 61 521 90
dav@anwaltverein.de
www.anwaltverein.de

National justice ministry
Bundesministerium der Justiz
Mohrenstraße 37
D-10117 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 30 888 5800
Fax: +49 30 888 5809 5 25
poststelle@bmj.bund.de
www.bmj.bund.de

EU Commission office
Unter den Linden 78
D-10117 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 30 2280 2000
Fax: +49 30 2280 2222
eu-de-kommission@cec.eu.int
www.eu-kommission.de

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LAW FIRMS IN DÜSSELDORF

LAW FIRM LOCATOR

 

1 Hengeler Mueller
2 Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Dusseldorf International Airport is located 8km north of the city. More than 300 trains per day stop at the airport's train station, and in many cases the cost of the train fare will be included in your airline ticket. In addition, two taxi companies, Taxi Dusseldorf and Rhein Taxi, serve the airport. Expect to pay around €16 for the trip into central Dusseldorf. The airport is also served by a large number of local and regional bus routes.

WEBSITE

www.duesseldorf-international.de

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LAW FIRMS IN FRANKFURT

 

LAW FIRM LOCATOR

 

1 avocado rechtsanwälte
2 Greenfort
3 Hengeler Mueller
4 Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
5 P+P Pöllath + Partners

 

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Frankfurt airport is served by local train, S-Bahn, taxis, bus and shuttle bus services. A taxi for the 9km journey into the city centre will typically take around 20-30 minutes, and cost around €20. The bus station is directly opposite the arrivals hall.

WEBSITE

www.airportcity-frankfurt.com

 

AVOCADO
RECHTSANWÄLTE

www.avocado-law.com

Kurfürstendamm 217
Berlin D-10719
Germany
Tel : + 49 (0) 30 884 8080
Fax : + 49 (0) 30 88 48 08 84
berlin@avocado-law.com

Spichernstrasse 75-77
Cologne D-50672
Germany
Tel : + 49 (0) 221 39 07 10
Fax : + 49 (0) 221 390 71 29
koeln@avocado-law.com

Rond Point Schuman 6
Brussels B-1040
Belgium
Tel : + 32 (0) 2 742 32 00
Fax : + 32 (0) 2 734 76 71
bruxelles@avocado-law.com

Schillerstrasse 20
Frankfurt D-60313
Germany
Tel : + 49 (0) 69 913 30 10
Fax : + 49 (0) 69 913 01 19
frankfurt@avocado-law.com

Valentinskamp 24
Hamburg D-20354
Germany
Tel : + 49 (0) 40 82 22 614 0
Fax : + 49 (0) 40 82 22 614 10
hamburg@avocado-law.com

Nymphenburger Strasse 5
Munich D-80355Germany
Tel : + 49 (0) 89 520 31 30
Fax : + 49 (0) 89 52 03 13 99
muenchen@avocado-law.com

Key personnel

Dr Christian Berger – Managing partner, Frankfurt
Markus Figgen – Managing partner, Cologne

Firm headcount

Total advisers: 65
Total staff: 140

 

Firm profile

avocado rechtsanwälte is a German commercial law firm with a strong international outlook, having a client structure which ranges from international companies and public authorities to the German mittelstand. The firm offers a seamless service in the important trade and financial centres across the German jurisdiction. There is a commitment to personal client service with strong partner involvement and availability. A high degree of specialisation, creativity and innovation provides for good quality work which always offers a commercial solution.

avocado rechtsanwälte is involved in a diverse range of domestic and cross-border transactions. While its areas of practice are broad, the firm specialises in mid cap corporate work and in the provision of real estate and intellectual property advice. It is also recognised for its specialist employment law service and public commercial law work.

Practice areas

Banking and finance
Commercial
Competition
Construction
Corporate and M&A
Criminal law
Intellectual property, IT and media
Labour
Litigation
Public commercial and environmental law
Real estate
Succession
Tax and trusts
Telecommunications

 

GREENFORT

www.greenfort.de

Main office

Grüneburgweg 149
D-60323 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 69 97 99 58–0
Fax: +49 (0) 69 97 99 58–10

Key personnel

Dr Carsten J Angersbach – LL.M (Chicago)
Certified tax lawyer, Attorney-at-law (New York)
Gunther A Weiss – LL.M (Yale) Attorney-at-law (New York), Advokát (Prague)
Andreas von Oppen – LL.M (Warwick)
Dr Daniel Röder
Dr Mark Lembke – LL.M (Cornell)
Certified labour lawyer, Attorney-at-law (New York)
*Dr Tim Sperling
*Dr Jens-Wilhelm Oberwinter – LL.M (Wellington)

Firm profile

GREENFORT was launched on 1 April 2005 as the brainchild of former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hengeler Mueller lawyers. The firm provides a unique service to its clients. With the strong personal commitment of its partners, GREENFORT specialises in matters that require special attention, broad experience and a high degree of expertise. GREENFORT lawyers do not just solve legal problems, but rather join their clients in realising their economic goals. Routine matters are handled with the highest degree of efficiency. GREENFORT is an independent and highly responsive business law firm. Passion for the legal profession is GREENFORT’s driving force.

GREENFORT operates on the highest quality standards and ensures that any advice is accurately tailored to its client’s specific needs. Excellent legal education and personal experience of all GREENFORT lawyers form the basis for their work. Before joining GREENFORT, all lawyers have worked for many years in leading international law firms where they were privileged to be involved in some of the most complex and prominent transactions representing major national and international enterprises.

GREENFORT particularly assists foreign clients with their engagements in Germany. Its lawyers’ broad international experience, thorough grounding in other legal systems and their ability to work in several languages are among the skills they bring to cross-border matters. Their international capability is complemented by preferred relationships with a selected number of pre-eminent law firms around the world.

Practice areas

Capital markets
Corporate
Dispute resolution/Litigation
Labour and employment law
Mergers and acquisitions
Private equity/Venture capital

* not members of the partnership

 

HENGELER MUELLER

www.hengeler.com

Benrather Strasse 18-20
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 211 8304 0
Fax: +49 (0) 211 8304 170
hmdus@hengeler.com

Charlottenstrasse 35/36
10117 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 30 20374 0
Fax: +49 (0) 30 20374 333
hmbln@hengeler.com

Avenue de Cortenbergh 118
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32 (0) 2 7885 500
Fax: +32 (0) 2 7885 599
hmbrx@hengeler.com

Bockenheimer Landstrasse 24
60323 Frankfurt
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 69 17095 0
Fax: +49 (0) 69 725773
hmffm@hengeler.com

Leopoldstrasse 8-10
80802 Munich
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 89 383388 0
Fax: +49 (0) 89 383388 333
hmmuc@hengeler.com

One Bunhill Row
London EC1Y 8YY

As of Feb. 2007:

30 Cannon Street
London EC4M 6XH
United Kingdom
hmlon@hengeler.com

Key personnel

Matthias Blaum – Managing partner
Christof Jäckle – Managing partner

Firm headcount

Partners: 81
Associates: 144

Practice areas

Banking and finance
Capital markets
Competition
Corporate/M&A
IP/IT
Labour and employment
Litigation, arbitration and ADR
Private equity
Regulatory and environment
Tax

Clients

Hengeler Mueller’s clients include major German, European andUS entities, notably, in recent years, 22 of the DAX-30, 31 of theEuroSTOXX-50 and 14 of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Index.

Firm profile

Hengeler Mueller is dedicated to absolute quality of legal advice and the highest standards of service, delivering the most creative and efficient solutions designed to optimise clients’ business objectives. The prerequisite: a true, independent and homogeneous partnership of professionals, entrepreneurial in thinking and handling and international in education, training and practice. Cultivating an in-depth knowledge and expertise in a wide spectrum of business law matters, lawyers at Hengeler Mueller establish for each transaction result-oriented and cost-effective teams − interactively in various fields of practice − tailor-made for client requirements.

International expertise

Integrated Teams: Hengeler Mueller believes strongly that cross-border service of the highest quality can best be provided by independent firms also committed to absolute standards of service and representing the elite in their respective jurisdiction. Through integrated teams with such firms, clients have access to premium international legal services that are client-focused, cost-effective and result-oriented. Hengeler Mueller’s success in cross-border mandates demonstrates that integrated teams give clients what they want: seamless handling of the mandate from beginning to end and legal advice of unsurpassed quality. In any given mandate, Hengeler Mueller will choose the lawyers from each jurisdiction to be included in the integrated team in consultation with the client (client-focused) − keeping in mind the requirements of the matter (result-oriented). The result is a tailor-made team of the best lawyers from the relevant jurisdictions, with clear management responsibilities and no unnecessary duplication of work (cost-effective). The client will liaise with a single partner contact and receive a single invoice. For decades, Hengeler Mueller has been working intensively with Slaughter and May (London) in addition to Bredin Prat (France), Uría Menéndez (Spain), Bonelli Erede Pappalardo (Italy) and further renowned European firms. Hengeler Mueller also co-operates with several leading US firms. Thus, clients are able to call on integrated teams accustomed to working together as a unit. Hengeler Mueller has established with those firms standing practice groups in all relevant areas of work and industry sectors; they pool precedents, know-how and expertise, engage in lawyer training programmes, implement a continuous programme of secondments involving both partners and associates, and maintain compatible IT systems. The described co-operation is, in the interests of the client, non-exclusive. If the client wishes to work with a certain firm, Hengeler Mueller teams up with the firm of the client’s choice. Hengeler Mueller neither imposes law firms on clients nor cross-sells the services of branch offices. Given that the firm does not export one single approach, integrated teams continue to find great favour among clients and have been hailed a resounding success.

 

HEUKING KÜHN LÜER WOJTEK

www.heuking.de

Main office

Cecilienallee 5
D-40474 Düsseldorf
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 211 600 55-00
Fax: +49 (0) 211 600 55-050
duesseldorf@heuking.de

Other offices

Friedrichstrasse 149
D-10117 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 30 88 00 97-0
Fax: +49 (0) 30 88 00 97-99
berlin@heuking.de

Avenue Louise 140
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32 (0) 2 646 20-00
Fax: +32 (0) 2 646 20-40
brussels@heuking.de

Weststrasse 16
D-09112 Chemnitz
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 371 38 203-0
Fax: +49 (0) 371 38 203-100
chemnitz@heuking.de

Magnusstrasse 13
D-50672 Cologne
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 221 20 52-0
Fax: +49 (0) 221 20 52-1
koeln@heuking.de

Grüneburgweg 102
D-60323 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 69 975 61-0
Fax: +49 (0) 69 975 61-200
frankfurt@heuking.de

Bleichenbrücke 9
D-20354 Hamburg
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 40 35 52 80-0
Fax: +49 (0) 40 35 52 80-80
hamburg@heuking.de

Prinzregentenstrasse 48
D-80538 Munich
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 89 540 31-0
Fax: +49 (0) 89 540 31-540
muenchen@heuking.de

Firm headcount

Lawyers: 178

Firm profile

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek is one of the leading independent German law firms, specialising in German and international business law matters, with offices throughout Germany and in Brussels. The firm’s client base comprises numerous well-known German, European and international corporations and associations, as well as governments and individuals.

Languages spoken

German, English, Chinese, Dutch, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish and Russian

Practice areas

Corporate/Commercial law and restructurings
M&A transactions
Aviation law
Banking and finance law
Bankruptcy/Insolvency
Competition law/Anti-trust
Energy regulation
Environmental, health and safety law
IT, media and telecoms law
Insurance and reinsurance
Intellectual property rights
Litigation, arbitration, dispute resolution and mediation
Merger control and State aids
Private clients, family law and inheritance
Privatisations
Product liability
Product-specific regulation
Public-private partnerships
Real estate, property and construction law
Taxation and white collar crime
Transport, shipping and postal services law
WTO and EU international trade and customs law

A REGISTERED PARTNERSHIP OF LAWYERS, TAX ADVISORS AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW

 

P+P PÖLLATH + PARTNERS

www.pplaw.com

Main office

Fünf Höfe
Kardinal-Faulhaber-Straße 10
80333 Munich
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 89 242400
Fax: +49 (0) 89 24240999
muc@pplaw.com

Other offices

Potsdamer Platz
Linkstraße 2
10785 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 30 253530
Fax: +49 (0) 30 25353999
ber@pplaw.com

Hauptwache
Zeil 127
60313 Frankfurt/Main
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 69 2470470
Fax: +49 (0) 69 24704730
fra@pplaw.com

Key personnel

Reinhard Pöllath – Partner
Matthias Bruse – Partner

Firm headcount

Partners: 21

Firm profile

P+P’s 21 partners and 70 attorneys and tax advisers focus solely on legal and tax advice on acquisitions (M&A), private equity/venture capital, real estate, family offices and asset management. In these specialised areas, P+P offer state-of-the-art expertise, judgment and independence, and full service:

Transactions: corporate acquisitions and structuring, private equity/venture capital/alternative assets fund structuring and screening, listing and delisting, succession and tax structuring, real estate (including restitution of East German properties)

Asset Management: strategy, succession (including family offices, entrepreneurs, investment banks, funds), financial products, trusts, foundations, tax rulings and audits, and real estate

P+P are fully independent and work with leading professionals from other firms, nationally and internationally, as well as with other advisers, banks, etc. The majority of our clients and mandates are based abroad.

 

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Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler
Galileiplatz 1
81679 Munich
Tel: +49 89 9 28 05-0
Fax: +49 89 9 28 05-444
www.bardehle.de

Becker Büttner Held
Köpenicker Strasse 9
10997 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 611 284 00
Fax: +49 30 611 284 099
www.bbh-berlin.de

Beiten Burkhardt Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Mbh
Kurfuerstenstrasse 72-74
10787 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 264 71 0
Fax: +49 30 264 71 123
www.bblaw.com

Boehmert & Boehmert
Meinekestrasse 26
10719 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 31 50 51 50
Fax: +49 30 31 50 51 51
www.boehmert.de

Buse Heberer Fromm
Kurfürstendamm 237
10719 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 327942 0
Fax: +49 30 327942 22
www.buse.de

CMS Hasche Sigle
Bankstraße 1
40476 Dusseldorf
Tel: +49 211 49 34-0
Fax: +49 211 3 92 00 97
www.cms-hs.com

Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Friedrichstraße 69
Eingang Taubenstraße
10117 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 21 0020-20
Fax: +49 30 21 0020-99
www.fgs.de

Fritze Paul Seelig
Kurfürstendamm 188-189
10707 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 88 59 46-0
Fax: +49 30 88 59 46-55
www.fps-law.de

Gassner Stockmann & Kollegen
Mohrenstraße 42
10117 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 20 39 07-0
Fax: +49 30 20 39 07-44
www.gsk.de

Gleiss Lutz
Friedrichstraße 71
10117 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 800979-0
Fax: +49 30 800979-979
www.gleisslutz.com

GÖRGTiergarten Dreieck
Klingelhöferstraße 5
10785 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 884 503-0
Fax: +49 30 882 715-0
www.goerg.de

Graf von Westphalen
Ulmenstraße 23-25
60325 Frankfurt Am Main
Tel: +49 69 800 8519-0
Fax: +49 69 8008519-99
www.westphalen-law.com

Grünecker Kinkeldey Stockmair & Schwanhäusser
Maximilianstr. 58
80538 Munich
Tel: +49 89 21 23 50
Fax: +49 89 220287
www.grunecker.com

Haarmann Partnerschaftsgesellschaft
Neue Mainzer Strasse 75
60311 Frankfurt Am Main
Tel: +49 69 920 59999
Fax: +49 69 920 59108
www.haarmann.Com

HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft
Brienner Strasse 9
Amiraplatz
80333 Munich
Tel: +49 89 29 09 70
Fax: +49 89 29 09 7200
www.heussen-law.de

Kapellmann und Partner
Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Straße 2
SpreePalais am Dom
10178 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 39 97 69-71
Fax: +49 30 39 97 69-91
www.kapellmann.de

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft
Friedrichstrasse 71
10117 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 25471 500
Fax: +49 30 25471 510
www.luther-lawfirm.com

Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz
Charlottenstraße 57
10117 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 20 94-20 00
Fax: +49 30 20 94-20 94
Website:www.noerr.com

Redeker Sellner Dahs & Widmaier
Kurfürstendamm 218
10719 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 88 56 65-0
Fax: +49 30 88 56 65-99
www.redeker.de

Schultze & Braun Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft fuer Insolvenzverwaltung mbH
9-10 Krausenstrasse
10117 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 31 51 83 61
Fax: +49 30 31 51 96 93
www.schubra.de

Schwarz Kelwing Wicke WestpfahlRechtsanwälte
Wittelsbacherplatz 1
80333 Munich
Tel: +49 89 28 64 00
Fax: +49 89 280 9432
www.skwlaw.de

Thümmel Schütze & Partner
Urbanstraße 7
70182 Stuttgart
Tel: +49 711 16 67 0
Fax: +49 711 16 67 290
www.tsp-law.com