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Corneliusstr. 34,
60325 Frankfurt a.M.,
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)69 76 75 77 80
Fax: +49 (0)69 76 75 77 810
E-Mail: webmaster@winheller.com
Internet: http://www.winheller.com 

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The law firm WINHELLER Attorneys at Law's legal form is a Limited Liability Corporation.

The titles ”LL.M in Taxation” (Atty. Stefan Winheller) and “LL.M. in US Legal Studies” (Atty. Dr. Christian Seyfert) were bestowed by the Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California, USA. The title “Dr. jur.” was bestowed to Atty. Dr. Christian Seyfert by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany, the title “LL.M. oec. int.” to Atty. Andreas Warkentin by Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Atty. Stefan Winheller also is a Certified Tax Law Specialist and Atty. Dr. Christian Seyfert is a Certified Copyright & Media Law Specialist.

All attorneys working with WINHELLER Attorneys at Law are licensed to practice law in the Federal Republic of Germany. They are attorneys (“Rechtsanwälte”) under German law. The responsible supervisory authority for Atty. Stefan Winheller, Atty. Dr. Christian Seyfert, Atty. Andreas Warkentin, Atty. Christian Zeller and Atty. Thorsten Franke-Roericht is the Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main, Bockenheimer Anlage 36, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. For Atty. Thomas Schwab and Atty. Martin Sach the supervisory authority in charge is the Rechtsanwaltskammer Karlsruhe, Reinhold-Frank-Str 72, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany.

All attorneys with WINHELLER Attorneys at Law are members in good standing of their respective bar association (“Rechtsanwaltskammer”).

Name and address of our malpractice liability insurance provider: HDI Gerling, Duerrenhofstr. 6, 90402 Nuernberg, Germany.
Geographical coverage of the insurance: Germany, Europe, United States of America.

Conditions of the insurance (extract, translated from German):

“Part 2, 3.1 Claims for indemnity with international context
The coverage of the insurance does not refer to claims for indemnity due to activities
a) by law firms or offices established or maintained in foreign countries,
b) in connection with consultancy as to or the occupation with non-European law, c) of the attorney before non-European courts.”

Additional agreement on clause 3.1: “Notwithstanding [… 3.1], within the conditions shall also be insured the consultancy as to or the occupation with US American law, as long as this activity will not be exercised predominantly.”

German attorneys at law are subject to the following professional rules and regulations:

• Berufsordnung der Rechtsanwälte (BORA) [Professional Regulations for Attorneys at Law]
  Fachanwaltsordnung (FAO) [Regulations for Specialized Attorneys at Law]
• Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO) [Federal Regulations for Attorneys at Law]
• Rechtsanwaltsverguetungsgesetz (RVG) [German Code for Attorney Fees]
• Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwaelte in der Europaeischen Gemeinschaft [Professional Rules for Attorneys at Law in the European Community].

The professional regulations can be found at www.brak.de which is the website of the Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer [Federal Bar Association for German Attorneys at Law].

WINHELLER Attorneys at Law are cooperating with the following partners:

• Kessler Topaz Meltzer Check, LLP (USA) – Cooperation in particular as to Capital Market and Securities Law
• Beijing G&G Law Firm (P.R. China) – Cooperation in various practice areas as to Chinese Law
• Rinné Legal (USA) – Cooperation in particular as to US Immigration Law; Atty. Michael Rinné is of counsel of our firm
• Dr. h.c. Rudolf Döring, Rechtsbeistand, Württ. Notarassessor, MBA (Karlsruhe, Germany) – Cooperation mainly in M&A transactions; of counsel of the firm
• Atty. Gerald Freund (Berlin, Germany) – Of counsel of the firm in particular in the field of family law
• WINHELLER Attorneys at Law is a member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms.

Information about memberships and volunteering activities of each of the law firm's attorneys can be found in the individual descriptions (please follow the link People).

According to professional regulations (Art. 44a, section 4 BRAO), attorneys at law are prohibited to represent in case of a conflict of interest. We therefore carefully check if there are conflicting interests before accepting a client's case.

When it comes to disputes between attorneys at law and their clients, clients have the option to request the settlement of the dispute out of court at the abovementioned local bar associations in Frankfurt am Main und Karlsruhe (according to Art. 73, section 2, subsection 3 BRAO in conjunction with Art. 73, section 5 BRAO) or at the Federal Bar Association (“Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer”, website: www.brak.de, email: schlichtungsstelle@brak.de).

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