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Labor and Companies

We advise and represent companies and individuals on general civil law, labor law and intra-company conflicts, corporate law, commercial and distribution law, and competition law. 

General Civil Law

We support small and medium-sized companies, sole proprietors, service providers as well as private individuals in dealing with legal matters of everyday business or private life with the following legal services:

Legal advisory, contract drafting and legal representation on the following topics

  • General terms and conditions of business
  • Commercial loans
  • Debt collection
  • Warranty and compensation
  • Commercial rent
  • Purchase and sale
  • Property damage and personal injury
  • Traffic accidents
  • Work and labor contracts

Litigation and Arbitration

We represent our clients in court proceedings at all German District and High Courts and Regional Appeal Courts. In addition, we represent companies in national arbitration proceedings.

Mediation

As certified Mediators, we offer private and corporate clients the implementation of mediation proceedings in order to support the conflict parties to settle the dispute amicably and based on interests.

Contact person

  • Ernst Henning Knigge
  • Markus Hoffmann-von Wolffersdorff
  • Igor Dragobetski
  • Bernhard Böhm
Labor law and corporate in-house conflicts

Conflicts regularly arise when people work together. We support our clients to avoid conflicts and we support employers or employees in disputes as legal representatives or mediators. In the labor law sector, we provide the following services:

Legal advisory, legal representation and contract drafting on the following topics:

  • Enforcement of legal interests and representation
  • Employee invention law
  • Employee leasing
  • Establishment and termination of employment or service relationships
  • New Work Concepts
  • Non-competition clauses
  • Protection against dismissal
  • Remuneration
  • Termination payments
  • Transfer of a corporate company
  • Warnings

Litigation

We represent employers or employees in court proceedings at all German Labor Courts, District and High Courts and Regional Appeal Courts.

Corporate in-house conflicts

In the event of internal conflicts in a company or disputes between employers and employees, we offer mediation to solve the conflict. By mediation, we support the conflicting parties to solve their dispute in a short time, to develop conflict competencies and leadership skills in conflict resolution and thus in shaping future cooperation free of tension.

Contact person

  • Ernst Henning Knigge
  • Bernhard Böhm
Company law

We offer the following legal services in the field of company law to domestic and foreign companies, start-ups and individuals:

Legal advisory, legal representation and contract drafting on the topics of

  • Appointment and dismissal of managing directors and board members
  • Articles of association and memorandum of companies
  • Conducting Due Diligence-proceedings
  • Corporate succession
  • Formation and liquidation of companies
  • Employment contracts of managing directors and board members
  • Liability of consultants, management, board of directors and supervisory board
  • Joint Ventures
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Shareholder and creditor meetings
  • Shareholder resolutions and agreements
  • Private equity and venture capital
  • Restructuring

Litigation

In the event of disputes, we represent consultants, companies, shareholders, managing directors and board members at all German District and High Courts and Regional Appeal Courts.     

Mediation

The legal and economic relationships between shareholders of a company are usually aimed for long-term. Conflicts between shareholders or within a group of companies usually have a negative impact on the company or its business. As mediators, we support our clients to maintain longer-term relationships and achieve win-win solutions in case of conflicts.

Contact person

  • Markus Hoffmann-von Wolffersdorff
  • Igor Dragobetski
  • Bernhard Böhm
Competition Law

Competition law serves fair competition on the market and avoidance of unfair business practices such as product imitation and piracy, damage of reputation or misleading advertisement. In this area of law, we provide the following services for small and medium-sized enterprises, sole proprietors and service providers:

Legal advisory, legal representation and drafting of contracts on the topics of

  • Examination of claims in the case of unfair competition by third parties
  • Defense against or enforcement of warnings in the case of violation of competition law
  • Defense or enforcement of claims for information, damages and injunctive relief
  • Drafting of legally compliant general terms and conditions, data protection texts and revocation instructions,

Litigation

In competition disputes, we represent our clients in court proceedings at all German District and High Courts and Regional Appeal Courts.   

Contact person

  • Ernst Henning Knigge
  • Cornelia Schnerch