The complex of architect's law primarily encompasses particularly the partly very complex questions connected to the fee structure for architects and engineers and also the area of their liability. For the supervision of this department in particular, a high level of information on current jurisdiction is indispensable, just as knowledge of building processes and technical details of constructional measures. The lawyers Mauel, Schmidt and Arntz are processsing this spezialist department.

The law firm has a very long experience in this field of law. The multitude of demands for a proper handling of …….require advice not only for the bank customer but also for the banking institution. Both is granted by the lawyers Schieberle and Mauel.

The department for labour law, which is managed mainly by lawyer Holger Schieberle, has grown continuously over the past years. The cyclical development shows an effect on this department. The activities particularly include

 - comprehensive consultation for company take-overs, rationalisation or the shutdown
    of an establishment
 - client support with company agreements
 - comprehensive advice of organisations in the area of employment law
 - representation in legal proceedings, both in the individual and the collective
    area of employment law

Mr. Schieberle is a specialist lawyer for labour relations.

Nationwide, we oversee any sort of cases of building law, including the secondary areas. These cases may be concerned with classic building conflicts in the context of fulfilment of the contract of services, yet may also be complex cases in the context of the area of industrial engineering. Continuous consultations are just as much a part of this as contract reviews and the creation of complex contractual works. An essential task in the area of public building law is to accompany the development of complete sites for both industrial and residential settlements. Here, Mr Mauel has more than 20 years of experience throughout Germany.

Moreover, all areas of public building law are covered, such as e.g. questions regarding the capability of achieving authorisation for building projects, the building code and other constructional planning law. This department is attended by the lawyers Mauel and Schmidt.

Furthermore, cooperation in consultancy for law initiatives is carried out for the area of building law.

The lawyers Arntz and Schmidt are graduating the admission for specialist building laywer.

Mrs Cornelsen, lawyer, who also attends to the family law department, has specialised herself in the area of succession law. Questions regarding succession law do not only play a role in the case of inheritance, but increasingly also in the area of preventive legal advice. The requirements when creating complex regulations for the case of inheritance have grown. Often very complex and difficult consultation procedures are necessary in connexion with creating a testamentary disposition. Complicated proceedings from the area of inheritance are also handled in this department.

The department for family law has been managed independently since 1995. The lawyer Mrs Cornelsen, who works with a focus on the area of family law, gives advice in this extensive and difficult field of law and gives support both with procedural conflicts and out of court settlements.

In connexion with questions regarding family law often answers are also required for questions regarding corporate law, labour law or from the area of real estate law, landlord and tenant law etc.. In these cases, our family law expert calls in colleagues from the other special fields.

Further, the lawyer working in this specialist area is also familiar with foreign divorce law.

Mrs Cornelsen is specialist lawyer for family law.

This area particularly involves the ongoing consultation from the small sole proprietor to the large medium-sized organisation throughout Germany.

A multitude of organisations have been consulted continuously for more than a dozen years.

This advisory function has extended to the area of English-speaking clientele, particularly from the United States, in recent years.

Shortly, Mr Mauel will be able to look back on a 25-year-old tradition in the context of trade and corporate law consultancy.

In the course of cyclical development, the area of insolvency law has increasingly gained in importance. The number of company breakdowns in Germany ranks in second place in European comparison.

Through the more than 20-year-old tradition of corporate consultancy, significant experiences can be brought in precisely in consultancy and client support regarding restructuring law.

In the course of European enlargement, the acceptance of further member states into the European Community, and in the course of globalisation, it is essential for a medium-sized law firm to also deal with the area of international private law in depth. Germany has become an export country. The consulting lawyer must also be able to evaluate the advised clients' trade relationships to foreign countries.

The "research" activity necessary in this field is carried out by Mrs Cornelsen as well as Mr. Goretzki, the advisory function in the course of consultancy regarding company law is performed by Mr Mauel.

This field of law comprises the complex land law. This includes the review of complex contractual works, the creation of the same, as well as extensive advisory services around the property.
The lawyers Mauel and Arntz are processing this department.

This area includes all processing of damages matters. Here, damages from the area of road traffic, both personal injuries and property damages, are the main focus. This also includes claims due to civil offence, questions regarding liability for medical malpractice, complex clarifications regarding the amount of loss and analysis of damaging events. Due to the long-time experience of Mr Kinzel in this area, a multitude of these damage events can often be settled out of court in rather a short time. Most certainly, client support in legal proceedings to assert or avert claims is also offered.

This department is managed in a highly specialised manner. Representation is carried out for almost any kind of monetary fine matters from the simple regulatory offence to representation in proceedings dealing with the divestment of the driving license.

In the penal area, advice is given for selected cases; particularly those in connexion with road accident settlements. Criminal proceedings from the area of commercial law are also attended to.

Mr Kinzel, lawyer, who also supervises the departments for damages and compensation law, for criminal law and monetary fine matters, and for insurance law, has worked in the area of traffic law for more than ten years. Questions regarding traffic law are mostly connected to questions of damages law, criminal law and the area of monetary fines, or insurance law. For this reason, the specialist areas for this sector were pooled together and bundled for Mr Kinzel. The area of traffic law, in particular, comprises the clarification of responsibilities in road traffic accidents, yet also other proceedings in connexion with licensing regulations in road traffic.

The area of insurance law is very complex. It is processed by Mr Kinzel assisted by Mr Goretzki in connexion with the area of traffic law and damages and compensation law. This area particularly includes the review of any sort of questions regarding insurance law, as e.g. the checking of insurances' commitment to meet claims, the assertion of claims, in legal proceedings as well as out of court. Equally, the review of complex contractual works is also part of it.
At the moment lawyer Goretzki is graduating the admission for specialist insurance lawyer.

Logistics is one of the booming industry sectors of recent years. The idea of logistics requirements has changed fundamentally.

A whole range of organisations from the area of logistics are being advised by the law firm, from the simple short-distance forwarding agent to the complete warehousing organisation. Around ten years of experience in the area of logistics enable speedy and extensive counselling.

The support of Internet services from this field is also processed in this department by Mr. Schieberle

This department includes client support with complex settlements of compulsory auctions both for the enforcement of claims for creditors and also in representation of debtors for the defence of unjustified measures of execution.

This departmental area has increasingly gained in significance. The reason for this is the change in "payment behaviour", an increasing indebtedness, growing company breakdowns as well as a difficult economic situation in many areas. As a special case of compulsory execution law, the auction of real estate is also attended to in this department. It works closely with the area of the department for insolvency and restructuring. Mr Arntz has more than 20 years of experience in this specialist area among others.