Legal Notice

de faria & partner Rechtsanwälte mbB
Gustav-Freytag-Str. 19
65189 Wiesbaden

Tel: +49 (0) 611 – 39 39 6 – 0
Fax: +49 (0) 611 – 39 39 6 – 11
email: law@defaria.de

Partnership Register: Frankfurt am Main Local Court under PR 517

List of partners (* denotes a partner who works both as a lawyer and a notary) Thomas Röskens* (Certified Specialist in Commercial and Corporate law), Andreas Riedel* (Certified Specialist in Employment Law), Silvia Schrade, Silke Giesa* (Certified Specialist in Tax Law), Dr Jens Müller (Certified Specialist in Employment Law).

Our Professional Liability Insurance is provided by ERGO Versicherung AG, Victoriaplatz 1, 40477 Düsseldorf and covers worldwide activity related to our legal services.

VAT No.: DE 113 895 887

Note pursuant to § 36 Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz (VSBG; German Consumers Dispute Resolution Law)
We are neither willing nor obliged to participate in a dispute settlement procedure before a consumer arbitration board.

Further information pursuant to § 5 Telemediengesetz (TMG; German Telemedia Law)
de faria & partner mbB is a limited liability partnership company. The partners and employees of de faria & partner mbB bear the legal professional titles “Lawyer” and, where applicable, “Notary”. These professional titles were conferred in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Competent supervisory authorities and professional regulations:

Lawyers

All lawyers are admitted to the Rechtsanwaltskammer (Bar Association) of Frankfurt am Main.

Address:
Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main
Bockenheimer Anlage 36
60322 Frankfurt am Main
www.rechtsanwaltskammer-ffm.de

The following professional regulations apply:

Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO; Federal Lawyers’ Act)
Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (RVG; Attorney Remuneration Law)
Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte (BORA; Professional Rules for Attorneys at Law)
Fachanwaltsordnung (FAO; Specialist Lawyers Act)
Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)

Notaries

All notaries are members of the Notarkammer (Notaries’ Chamber) of Frankfurt am Main.

Address:
Notarkammer Frankfurt am Main
Bockenheimer Anlage 36
60322 Frankfurt am Main
www.notarkammer-ffm.de

The competent supervisory authorities for notaries pursuant to § 92 BNotO are:
1. The President of Wiesbaden Regional Court

Address:
Der Präsident des Landgerichts Wiesbaden
Mainzer Straße 124
65189 Wiesbaden

2. The President of Frankfurt am Main Higher Regional Court

Address:
Der Präsident des Oberlandesgerichts Frankfurt am Main
Zeil 42
60313 Frankfurt am Main

3. State Justice Administration of Hesse

Address:
Hessisches Ministerium der Justiz, für Integration und Europa
Luisenstraße 13
65185 Wiesbaden

The following professional regulations apply:

Bundesnotarordnung (BNotO; Federal Notarial Code)
Beurkundungsgesetz (BeurkG; Code of Authentication)
Dienstordnung für Notarinnen und Notare (DONot; Official Regulations for Notaries)
Guidelines of the Frankfurt am Main notaries’ chamber for the duties (official or otherwise) of the members of the chamber.
Gesetz über Kosten der freiwilligen Gerichtsbarkeit für Gerichte und Notare (GNotKG; Court & Notaries Fees Act)
European Code of Notarial Professional Law

The professional regulations can be viewed through the respective chambers (or at the website of the Federal German Bar Association www.brak.de and the Federal German Notaries’ Chamber www.bnotk.de)

Prevention of conflicts of interest: It is forbidden for lawyers to represent conflicting interests due to professional regulations (§ 43a Para. 4 BRAO). Therefore, before engagement is accepted, we have to perform a conflict check.

Out-of-court conciliation: If a dispute arises between lawyers and their clients, there is the possibility to request an out-of-court dispute settlement at the regional Bar Association (pursuant to § 73 Para. 2 No. 3 in conjunction with § 73 Para. 5 BRAO) or at the legal conciliation board at the Federal German Bar Association (§ 191 f. BRAO), which can be found online on the German Bar Association’s homepage (www.brak.de or by e-mail at schlichtungsstelle@brak.de).

Liability for Contents
As service providers, we are liable for own contents of these websites according to Sec. 7, paragraph 1 German Telemedia Act (TMG). However, according to Sec. 8 to 10 German Telemedia Act (TMG), service providers are not obligated to permanently monitor submitted or stored information or to search for evidences that indicate illegal activities.

Legal obligations to removing information or to blocking the use of information remain unchallenged. In this case, liability is only possible at the time of knowledge about a specific violation of law. Illegal contents will be removed immediately at the time we get knowledge of them.

Liability for Links
Our offer includes links to external third party websites. We have no influence on the contents of those websites, therefore we cannot guarantee for those contents. Providers or administrators of linked websites are always responsible for their own contents.

The linked websites had been checked for possible violations of law at the time of the establishment of the link. Illegal contents were not detected at the time of the linking. A permanent monitoring of the contents of linked websites cannot be imposed without reasonable indications that there has been a violation of law. Illegal links will be removed immediately at the time we get knowledge of them.

Copyright
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The copyright on the content of this website or parts of it belong to de faria & partner mbB or any party to which de faria & partner mbB have granted an applicable legal right of use.

Individual pages of this website may be downloaded, temporarily stored and printed for exclusive use within your company.

Any other reproduction, transmission or distribution of any content on this site, in particular by downloading, storing or printing, is prohibited without the express consent of de faria & Partner mbB.

Copyright laws of third parties are respected as long as the contents on these websites do not originate from the provider. Contributions of third parties on this site are indicated as such. However, if you notice any violations of copyright law, please inform us. Such contents will be removed immediately.

Information and Liability
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of all information and links contained on this website. However, any liability which might arise from the use of, or reliance on, the information or links contained on the website is excluded. The information on this website, and in particular contained on our client pages, do not claim to provide legal advice.

Applicable Law
The legal information on this page and all questions and disputes in connection with this website are subject to German law.

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