Trade & Corporate Law

WINHELLER Attorneys at Law provide legal services to German and international business companies and charitable organizations in all areas of German business law relevant for their activities within Germany and abroad. We also maintain a successful and experienced dispute resolution department whose litigators will vigorously represent you in order to enforce your claims before all German courts.

As law firm in Germany we, of course, do represent a large number of German business clients. However, we are very proud of our diversified and truly international client base: almost half of our clients come from outside of Germany, specifically from the US, from Russia, and the People's Republic of China. While assisting our national clients with expanding their business activities abroad, our lawyers in Germany likewise provide international clients with assistance as to entering the German market and establishing a business in Germany. For further details on doing business and investing in Germany, please refer to our firm's brochure of the same title: Doing Business and Investing in Germany.

• enter the German business market, choose the right legal form for their new entity and set up their new company in Germany (Limited = GmbH, Incorporation = AG (Aktiengesellschaft), etc.)
• with regards to all immigration law issues,
• merger with and take over German target companies,
• sell their German subsidiaries,
• comply with all tax and financial laws which have to be observed by businesses, subsidiaries, branches and any entity holding assets in Germany,
• comply with all relevant capital market rules set by German law and the financial authorities, like e.g. the BaFin,
• negotiate and draft business agreements and general terms and conditions,
• draft contracts with and represent client's interests towards suppliers, employees and competitors,
• handling all issues of employment law in Germany,
• license and sublicense copyrights and trademarks,
• market and subpublish products in Germany and develop franchising solutions
• examine their business websites with regards to legal insufficiencies under German media and internet law
• enforce their claims in and out of court.

Our clients rely on our internationally experienced laywers and their expertise in advising German and international clients which come from a wide range of different legal jurisdictions and cultures (USA, Russia, China). In addition to our comprehensive legal background, our lawyers cooperate with expert partner law firms in Germany and abroad in order to provide our clients with the best possible legal advice on all international legal issues that come up in business. With the strong support from our cooperating partners we are also able to enforce your rights internationally, if required.

Your contact persons for the issues mentioned above are Atty. Thomas Schwab (Incorporation, Immigration), Atty. Stefan Winheller (Tax Law and Tax Advisory) and Atty. Christian Zeller (M&A). Please contact us by e-mail (info@winheller.com) or by phone (+49 69 76 75 77 80).