FIELDS OF LAW

Commercial Law

Our Commercial team has extensive expertise in national and international contract, commercial and distribution law. We have decades of industry experience in the areas of plant construction & major projects, automotive, chemicals, retail & consumer goods, energy & renewables, real estate, industry, food, mobility and insurance.

We advise both medium-sized companies and global corporations, assisting them in their day-to-day operations with the drafting of contracts for their commercial relationships and supporting them in major projects and investment initiatives—whether they are acting as buyers or sellers. We also draw on our expertise in foreign trade law and supplement it with our knowledge of transportation law and insolvency law when payment defaults are imminent or have already occurred.

Our team is also experienced in all legal issues relating to distribution models and supply chains. Our contract lawyers draft agreements with customers, suppliers and subcontractors and shed light on online and offline distribution systems – we also bring general terms and conditions up to date.

We also have extensive experience in handling product liability cases and defending against related claims for damages, as well as providing preventive legal advice on product safety. Whenever a dispute arises, our Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Arbitration teams are routinely brought in.

Our Range of Services

  • Contract structuring and negotiation of (inter) national contracts
  • Contractual disputes: Defence against claims and prosecution of claims (liability for defects, default/contractual penalties, product liability)
  • Legal supervision of the execution of projects and orders
  • Distribution agent and brokerage agreements
  • Defence against and enforcement of compensation claims
  • International distribution systems
  • Compliance issues
  • EPC-/Turn-Key-Contracts
  • Project contracts
  • Outsourcing
  • Joint venture agreements, technology transfer
  • Preventive action against insolvency related liability, consultation during the crisis
  • Reorganisation and continuation concepts
  • Consulting of insolvency creditors and privileged creditors, parties entitled to the separation or release of property from the estate
  • Defence against clawback claims
  • Defects and product liability cases, serial damage and field campaigns
  • Product safety law, representation vis-à-vis and coordination with public authorities
  • Handling and assertion of insurance claims
  • Training seminars covering liability prevention, entitlement protection and claims handling
  • Contract structuring and negotiation of (inter) national contracts
  • Contractual disputes: Defence against claims and prosecution of claims (liability for defects, default/contractual penalties, product liability)
  • Legal supervision of the execution of projects and orders
  • Distribution agent and brokerage agreements
  • Defence against and enforcement of compensation claims
  • International distribution systems
  • Compliance issues
  • EPC-/Turn-Key-Contracts
  • Project contracts
  • Outsourcing
  • Joint venture agreements, technology transfer
  • Preventive action against insolvency related liability, consultation during the crisis
  • Reorganisation and continuation concepts
  • Consulting of insolvency creditors and privileged creditors, parties entitled to the separation or release of property from the estate
  • Defence against clawback claims
  • Defects and product liability cases, serial damage and field campaigns
  • Product safety law, representation vis-à-vis and coordination with public authorities
  • Handling and assertion of insurance claims
  • Training seminars covering liability prevention, entitlement protection and claims handling
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