Legal information
Partnership details pursuant to section 5 of the German Digital Services Act (Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz, DDG).
Name/Legal Form:
Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB (Partnership of Lawyers with Limited Professional Liability under the German Partnership Act (Partnerschaftsgesellschaftsgesetz).
Registered Seat and Registration: Registered seat in Berlin, Local Court (Amtsgericht) of Berlin-Charlottenburg, PR 291
Offices and addresses (including e-mail addresses): Offices
Professional liability insurance with worldwide coverage is provided by AXA Versicherung AG, Colonia-Allee 10-20, 51067 Cologne, Germany.
VAT identification number: DE 112 008 745
Lawyers
Competent regional bars (Rechtsanwaltskammern): Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main and Munich. The addresses of the regional bars can be found at the website of the German Federal Bar(Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) www.brak.de.
Unless otherwise stated, all our lawyers are admitted to practice in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Applicable professional rules and laws include, without limitation, the German Federal Lawyers' Act (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung), the Rules of Professional Practice (Berufsordnung), the Rules of Professional Practice for Specialist Lawyers (Fachanwaltsordnung), the German Act on Lawyers' Fees (Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz) and the Code of Conduct for European Lawyers. The above rules and laws can be found at www.brak.de under "Professional Rules" ("Berufsrecht").
Notaries
Some of the lawyers based in Frankfurt am Main are additionally authorised to act as notaries.
Competent chamber of notaries: Frankfurt am Main. The address of the chamber can be found at www.bnotk.de in category"Chamber of Notaries" ("Notarkammer") under "Bundesnotarkammer".
The professional rules and laws applicable to notaries (the German Federal Notaries' Act (Bundesnotarordnung), the German Notarisation Act (Beurkundungsgesetz), the Rules of Professional Conduct for Notaries (Dienstordnung für Notarinnen und Notare), the German Court and Notary Fees Act (Gerichts- und Notarkostengesetz), the rules of the competent chambers of notaries and the European Codex of Notarial Professional Ethics (Europäischer Kodex des notariellen Standesrechts)) can be found at www.bnotk.de under "Professional rules" ("Berufsrecht").
Supervisory Authority for Notaries with seat in Frankfurt am Main:
President of the District Court of Frankfurt am Main
Gerichtsstraße 2
60313 Frankfurt am Main
Online Dispute Resolution platform and Consumer Conciliation Procedures (Art. 14 para 1 of the ODR-Ordinance and Act on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Consumer Matters)
The European Commission provides a platform for out-of-court dispute resolution, which can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.
In Germany, the competent consumer conciliation board for disputes over proprietary interests resulting from a client relationship is the Lawyers' Meditation Board (Schlichtungsstelle der Rechtsanwaltschaft), Neue Grünstraße 17, 10179 Berlin, www.schlichtungsstelle-der-rechtsanwaltschaft.de.
Hengeler Mueller does not participate in procedures for dispute resolution before a consumer conciliation board.
Modern Slavery Statement
Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement as required by Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015:
Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2019
Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2020
Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2021
Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2022
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Governing Law
This legal information and all issues and disputes regarding this website are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany.
