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Name: GRAEF Rechtsanwälte
Legal form: Professional partnership (Partnerschaftsgesellschaft) is a partnership of lawyers under the German Partnership Act (Partnerschaftsgesellschaftsgesetz), a special form of partnership available to individuals rendering professional services.
Registered office:The partnership has its registered office in Hamburg and is recorded in the Partnership Register (Partnerschaftsregister) at the Local Court (Amtsgericht) of Hamburg under number PR 576.
Partners: Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef (Managing Partner) and Dr. Christian Rauda
For a list of our offices (including addresses and e-mail addresses), please refer to Contact
VAT Identification Number. USt.ID DE 814993698
Governing body
All German lawyers at GRAEF Rechtsanwälte are admitted to practice as lawyers (Rechtsanwalt) in the Federal Republic of Germany and are members of their local German Bar Association office (Rechtsanwaltskammer):
Hamburg: Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg and Anwaltskammer Berlin.
Applicable laws and regulations
Our attorneys are subject to the following professional laws and regulations,
Federal Attorneys’ Act (BRAO),
Federal Attorneys' Fees Act (RVG),
Professional Rules of Board Certified Attorneys (FAO),
Professional Rules of Attorneys in the European Union (CCBE),
Professional Rules and Regulations for Attorneys (BORA).
The above professional laws and regulations are available in full text on the website of the German Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) (www.brak.de) under the menu item "Berufsrecht".
Professional Liability Insurance
AXA Versicherung AG, Niederlassung Hamburg, Postfach 104203, 20029 Hamburg
Coverage area: worldwide;
except for liability arising from
- services rendered through law firms or offices established or maintained in other countries,
- advice or services rendered on non-European law, or
- services rendered by our attorneys before non-European courts. For liability arising from services rendered by our attorneys before non-European courts, insurance coverage is available only in the minimum amount required by law. The provisions of § 4 no. 1 and § 16 (IV) of the General Terms and Conditions of Insurance for Third-Party Liability Insurance for Financial Damages (AVB-A) and § 51 (III) nos. 2-4 of the Federal Attorney's Act (BRAO) apply.
According to the Partnership Act, the personal liability of the partners for obligations of the partnership is limited. Only those partners who have been involved in a certain matter may be personally liable with respect to that matter. Partners whose contributions to the matter were minor are not personally liable with respect to that matter. For details of a partner's professional liability, please refer to Sec. 8 of the German Partnership Act.
Mediation
Any disputes between attorneys and their clients may be referred to mediation before a local office (Hamburg or Berlin) of the German Bar Association office (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) under Sec. 73 II no. 3 in conjunction with Sec. 73 V of the Federal Attorneys’ Act (BRAO), or before the mediation board for attorneys of the German Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) under Sec. 191 f of the Federal Attorneys’ Act (BRAO). The German Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) can be found on the Internet at www.brak.de. The mediation board can be contacted by e-mail at schlichtungsstelle@brak.de.
Copyright
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Governing Law
This legal notice and all issues regarding this website are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany.