Legal notice: Germany

We practise law in Germany through Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP. Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC306763 and registered office at One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD, United Kingdom, and represented in Germany by the partners listed under this link (there specifically referred to as "partner").

Below you can find details on our German offices as well as on rules and regulations for lawyers, patent attorneys, tax advisors, notaries and European Patent Attorneys.

Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP has been admitted with the Rechtsanwaltskammer in Frankfurt am Main as a foreign professional practice entity under sections 207a, 59f BRAO and provides legal services through its branch in the Federal Republic of Germany.

The lawyers of Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP practicing in the Federal Republic of Germany are admitted as Rechtsanwältin or Rechtsanwalt and member of the local bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer); or they are members of the local bar as foreign lawyers. Tax advisors, notaries or lawyers who are at the same time members of one of the other professions are admitted in the Federal Republic of Germany as a Rechtsanwalt, Steuerberater and/or Notar and are members of the relevant local bars.

Some of the material on this website may constitute attorney advertising under the applicable rules and regulations of certain jurisdictions. The following statement is made on this website in accordance with those rules: Attorney advertising; prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

DUESSELDORF

Lawyers (Germany)
Tax Advisors (Germany)
Patent Attorneys (Germany)
European Patent Attorneys

Dreischeibenhaus 1
40211 Duesseldorf
Phone +49 211 2806 7000
Fax +49 211 2806 7800
Email: Germany.Marketing@aoshearman.com
USt-ID: DE 232852765 

Bars

Rechtsanwaltskammer Duesseldorf
Freiligrathstraße 25
40479 Duesseldorf
Phone +49 211 4950 20
Fax +49 211 4950 228
Homepage: https://www.rak-dus.de/
Email: info@rak-dus.de

Steuerberaterkammer Düsseldorf
Grafenberger Allee 98
40237 Düsseldorf
Phone +49 211 66 90 6 0
Fax +49 211 66 90 6 600
Homepage: https://www.stbk-duesseldorf.de/
Email: mail@stbk-duesseldorf.de

Patentanwaltskammer
Tal 29
80331 München
Phone +49 89 242278 0
Fax +49 89 242278 24
Homepage: http://www.patentanwalt.de/
Email: dpak@patentanwalt.de

Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
Bayerstrasse 83
80335 München
Phone +49 89 242052 0
Fax +49 89 242052 220
Homepage: https://patentepi.org/en/
Email: info@patentepi.org

FRANKFURT

Lawyers (Germany)
Solicitors (England & Wales)
Tax Advisors (Germany)
Notaries (Germany)
Attorneys at law (USA)

Haus am OpernTurm
Bockenheimer Landstraße 2
60306 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 69 2648 5000
Fax +49 69 2648 5800
Email: Germany.Marketing@aoshearman.com
USt-ID: DE 232852765

Bars

Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main
Bockenheimer Anlage 36
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 69 1700 9801
Fax +49 69 1700 9850
Homepage: http://www.rechtsanwaltskammer-ffm.de
Email: info@rechtsanwaltskammer-ffm.de

Steuerberaterkammer Hessen
Bleichstraße 1
60313 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 69 153002 0
Fax +49 69 153002 60
Homepage: http://www.stbk-hessen.de
Email: info@stbk-hessen.de

Notarkammer in Frankfurt am Main 
Bockenheimer Anlage 36 
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 69 24745326 0
Fax +49 69 24745326 29
Homepage: http://www.notarkammer-ffm.de 
Email: info@notarkammer-ffm.de  

Regulation authority for notaries under section 92 no. 1 BNotO:
Präsident des Landgerichts Frankfurt am Main
Gerichtsstraße 2
60313 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 69 1367 01
Fax +49 611 327618 326
Homepage: https://ordentliche-gerichtsbarkeit.hessen.de/landgerichtsbezirk-frankfurt-am-main/landgericht-frankfurt-am-main
Email: verwaltung@lg-frankfurt.justiz.hessen.de

HAMBURG

Lawyers (Germany)

Ballindamm 17
20095 Hamburg
Phone +49 40 82 221 2100
Fax +49 40 82 221 2200
Email: Germany.Marketing@aoshearman.com
USt-ID: DE 232852765

Bars

Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg
Valentinskamp 88
20355 Hamburg
Phone +49 40 3574 41 0
Fax +49 40 3574 41 41
Homepage: https://www.rak-hamburg.de
Email: info@rak-hamburg.de

MUNICH

Lawyers (Germany)
Tax Advisors (Germany)
Patent Attorneys (Germany)

Maximilianstraße 35
80539 München
Phone +49 89 71043 3000
Fax +49 89 71043 3800
Email: Germany.Marketing@aoshearman.com
USt-ID: DE 232852765

Bars

Rechtsanwaltskammer für den Oberlandesgerichtsbezirk München
Tal 33
80331 München
Phone +49 89 5329 44 0
Fax +49 89 5329 44 28
Homepage: http://www.rak-muenchen.de/
Email: info@rak-muenchen.de

Steuerberaterkammer München
Nederlinger Str. 9
80638 München
Phone +49 89 1579 02 0
Fax +49 89 1579 02 19
Homepage: http://www.steuerberaterkammer-muenchen.de/
Email: info@stbk-muc.de

Patentanwaltskammer
Tal 29
80331 München
Telefon +49 89 242278 0
Fax +49 89 242278 24
Homepage: http://www.patentanwalt.de/
E-Mail: dpak@patentanwalt.de

Rules and regulations governing professional conduct

Rechtsanwälte

Relevant rules and regulations governing the professional conduct of lawyers admitted in Germany:

• Federal Lawyers' Act (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung; BRAO)
• Lawyers' Compensation Act (Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz; RVG)
• Rules of Professional Practice (Berufsordnung; BORA)
• Rules of Professional Practice for Specialist Lawyers (Fachanwaltsordnung; FAO)
• Law regulating the activity of European lawyers in Germany (Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland, EuRAG)
• Code of conduct for European lawyers (CCBE Code of Conduct)

The full text of these rules and regulations is available on https://brak.de/fuer-anwaelte/berufsrecht (primarily in German language).

Solicitors of England and Wales

Relevant rules and regulations governing the professional conduct of solicitors can be found on the website of the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales.

Steuerberater

Relevant rules and regulations governing the professional conduct of tax advisors:

• Tax Advisory Act (Steuerberatungsgesetz; StBerG)
• Implementation Ordinance to the Tax Advisory Act (Durchführungsverordnung zum Steuerberatungsgesetz; DVStB)
• Rules of Professional Conduct for Tax Advisors (Berufsordnung für Steuerberater; BOStB)
• Ordinance on Tax Advisors' remuneration (Steuerberatungsvergütungsverordnung, StBVV)

The full text of these rules and regulations is available on http://www.bstbk.de under "Downloads/Berufsrecht" (primarily in German language).

Notare

Relevant rules and regulations governing the professional conduct of notaries:

• Federal Notaries Act (Bundesnotarordnung, BNotO)
• Notarisation Act (Beurkundungsgesetz, BeurkG)
• Guidelines of the Frankfurt Chamber of Notaries (Richtlinien der Notarkammer Frankfurt am Main)
• Official Regulations for Notaries (Dienstordnung für Notarinnen und Notare, DONot)
• Court and Notary Fees Act (Gerichts- und Notarkostengesetz, GNotKG)

The full text of these rules and regulations is available at https://www.notar.de/der-notar/berufsrecht (primarily in German language).

Patent Attorneys

Relevant rules and regulations governing the professional conduct of patent attorneys:

• Patent Attorneys Act (Patentanwaltsordnung, PAO)
• Patent Attorneys’ Code of Conduct (Berufsordnung der Patentanwälte)

European Patent Attorneys

Relevant rules and regulations governing the professional conduct of European Patent Attorneys:

• Act on the Activities of Patent Attorneys from EU Member States in Germany (Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Patentanwälte in Deutschland, EuPAG)
• The regulations of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office are available at https://patentepi.org/de/das-institut/regeln-des-epi.html. 

Professional indemnity insurance

The professional indemnity insurance for the German branch of Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP and for the activities of Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP's German lawyers and tax advisors has been taken out with AXA Versicherung AG, Colonia-Allee 10-20, 51067 Köln. The territorial scope of the insurance cover includes activities within the member states of the European Union.

Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP has also in place professional indemnity insurance led by Travelers Insurance DAC. This professional indemnity insurance covers Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP entities worldwide and extends to acts or omissions wherever in the world they occur. Further details may be obtained from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP's General Counsel.

Data protection

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Information under section 36 Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz):

Like all German lawyers, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP is not obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer conciliation board. Neither is Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP prepared to participate in such proceedings.