Regulatory Germany

Here you will find the information required for this website. 

The website www.twobirds.com is an offer of (registered office of the company):

Bird & Bird LLP
12 New Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1JP
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0)20 7415 6000
Fax: + 44 (0)20 7415 6111
Email: [email protected]
www.twobirds.com 

Bird & Bird LLP is a limited liability partnership (LLP) registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000, and is admitted to the Düsseldorf Bar Association in Germany in accordance with Sections 207a, 59fBRAO, register no. 63275. It is registered in England and Wales (both United Kingdom) under registration number OC340318 and is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) with SRA ID 497264, Ipsley Court, Berrington Close, Redditch, B98 0TD or DX 19114 Redditch, United Kingdom. Further contact details of the SRA can be found here

List of Partners

Further information about our partners and their professional qualifications can be found under lawyers.

Bird & Bird in Germany is a branch of Bird & Bird LLP with four offices.

Bird & Bird LLP
Carl-Theodor-Strasse 6
40213 Dusseldorf
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)211 2005 6000
Fax: +49 (0)211 2005 6011

Bird & Bird LLP
Marienstraße 15
60329 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)69 74222 6000
Fax: +49 (0)69 74222 6011

Bird & Bird LLP
Maximiliansplatz 22
80333 Munich
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89 3581 6000
Fax: +49 (0)89 3581 6011

Bird & Bird LLP
Am Sandtorkai 50
20457 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)40 46063 6000
Fax: +49 (0)40 46063 6011

[email protected] 

VAT identification number: DE815021337

Attorneys

Unless otherwise stated, all attorneys assigned to a German office (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Munich or Hamburg) of Bird & Bird LLP are admitted as attorneys in the Federal Republic of Germany. They are members of the respective bar associations responsible for the location. Unless otherwise noted, they have been granted the right to use the professional title "Rechtsanwalt" in the Federal Republic of Germany. The database of the Federal Bar Association contains the admission details of the individual lawyers.

Contact details of the relevant bar associations:

Düsseldorf
Email: [email protected] 
www.rak-dus.de

Frankfurt am Main
Email: [email protected] 
www.rechtsanwaltskammer-ffm.de 

Munich
Email: [email protected] 
www.rak-muenchen.de 

Hamburg
Email: [email protected] 
www.rak-hamburg.de 

You will find the relevant professional regulations for lawyers under the following links:

The professional regulations can be viewed and accessed in German and English on the homepage of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers www.brak.de under the heading "Berufsrecht".

Patent Attorneys

Patent attorneys also work in our German offices. They are members of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys

Email: [email protected] 
www.patentanwaltskammer.de /en/  

They are also registered in the patent attorney list of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office and are members of the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle and bound by its professional rules, which can be seen here.

Unless otherwise stated, they have been granted the right to use the professional title "Patentanwalt" in the Federal Republic of Germany.

The relevant professional regulations for patent attorneys can be found there:

If the professional title "Authorized Representative before the European Patent Office" or "European Patent Attorney" is indicated, the respective patent attorney is admitted at the European Patent Office (www.epo.org) and a member of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi - www.patentepi.com). He is bound by the rules of the epi (available here) and is subject to the disciplinary rules of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation.

Tax Consultant

Lawyers working in our German offices, who are also tax advisors, are admitted as such in the Federal Republic of Germany. They are members of the respective Chamber of Tax Consultants responsible for the respective location. Unless otherwise stated, they have been granted the right to use the professional title "tax consultant" in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Contact details of the relevant chambers of tax consultants:

Düsseldorf
Email: [email protected] 
www.stbk-duesseldorf.de 

Frankfurt
Email: [email protected]
www.stbk-hessen.de

Munich
Email: [email protected]
www.stbk-muc.de 

Hamburg
Email: [email protected]
www.stbk-hamburg.de 

The relevant professional regulations for tax consultants can be found here:

The professional regulations can be viewed and accessed on the homepage of the Federal Chamber of Tax Consultants www.bstbk.de under the heading "Berufsrecht".

Professional liability insurance

Bird & Bird LLP has professional liability insurance with Travelers Insurance Company Limited (www.travelers.com) and QBE Insurance (Europe) Limited (www.qbe.com). The geographical scope of the insurance is worldwide. In addition, local insurances are maintained where required by the professional law of the respective country. In Germany, the insurer is Allianz Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft, 10900 Berlin, contract number: GHV 30/0457/3032380/490.

Online dispute resolution platform and consumer dispute resolution

The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution which can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. Bird & Bird LLP does not participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.