Legal Notice

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH 

Anna-Schneider-Steig 22
50678 Cologne
Germany

Phone +49 221 9937 0
Fax +49 221 9937 110
E-mail  ,   

Managing Partner:
Dr. Hans-Georg Hahn, Dr. Markus Sengpiel

Commercial Register:
Registergericht Köln, HRB Nr. 39853

VAT Number:
DE 223646821

Bar Admission:
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is admitted within Germany and is supervised by the Cologne Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer Köln, www.rak-koeln.de).

All German lawyers at Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH are admitted as lawyers and are members of the relevant Bars (Rechtsanwaltskammer) for their respective offices (cf. to the individual regional Bar Associations www.brak.de/seiten/01_03.php).

Lawyers also acting as tax advisers (Steuerberater) are admitted within the Federal Republic of Germany to practice as tax advisers and are members of the relevant Bars (Steuerberaterkammer) for their respective offices (www.bstbk.de).

Provisions on occupational law for lawyers:
Job title: Lawyer (Federal Republic of Germany)You find information about the regulations applying to lawyers on the web pages of the Federal Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) here: www.brak.de/seiten/06php.

Provisions on occupational law for tax advisers:
Job title: Tax adviser (Federal Republic of Germany)You find information about the regulations applying to tax advisers on the web pages of the relevant Bar in Cologne (Steuerberaterkammer Köln) here: www.stbk-koeln.de (Download) or www.bstbk.de.

Avoiding conflicts of interest
Lawyers are prohibited by professional regulations from representing conflicting interests (Sec. 43a (4) Federal Regulations for Lawers (BRAO)).  Therefore, before we accept an engagement, we always check whether a conflict of interest exists.

Out-of-court settlement of disputes
Upon request, disputes between lawyers and their clients can be settled out of court by the regional bar association (pursuant to Sec. 73 (2) no. 3 in conjunction with Sec. 73 (5) BRAO) or by the conciliation body of the Federal Bar Association (Sec. 191f BRAO), which can be found on the homepage of the Federal Bar Association (http://www.brak.de/ or by e-mail: ).