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The responsible provider of this website is:

Mr. Stefan Winheller, LL.M. Tax (USA)
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

The attorneys working with WINHELLER Attorneys at Law are admitted to bar in the Federal Republic of Germany. Mr. Rechtsanwalt and Attorney at Law Michael Rinné is also admitted to bar in the state of California, USA.

Legal Form:

The law firm WINHELLER Attorneys at Law’s legal form is a BGB company.

Titles, Professions and Bar Associations in charge:

The titles ”LL.M in Taxation” (Atty. Stefan Winheller) and “LL.M. in US Legal Studies” (Atty. Dr. Christian Seyfert, Atty. Michael Rinné) were bestowed by the Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California, USA. The title “Dr. jur.” (summa cum laude) was bestowed to Atty. Dr. Christian Seyfert by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany. Atty. Stefan Winheller also is Tax Law Specialist.
All attorneys working with WINHELLER Attorneys at Law are attorneys (“Rechtsanwaelte”) under German law. The responsible supervisory authority for Atty. Stefan Winheller, Atty. Dr. Christian Seyfert, Atty. Andreas Warkentin, Atty. Christian Zeller and Atty. Dirk Sajogo is the Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main, Bockenheimer Anlage 36, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; and for Atty. Thomas Schwab and Atty. Martin Sach the Rechtsanwaltskammer Karlsruhe, Reinhold-Frank-Str 72, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany. The responsible supervisory authority for Atty. Michael Rinné is the Rechtsanwaltskammer Stuttgart, Werastr. 23, 70182 Stuttgart, Germany. For Atty. Gerald Freund, the responsible supervisory authority is Rechtsanwaltskammer Berlin, Littenstraße 9, 10179 Berlin.
The aforementioned attorneys are members of the respective bar associations (“Rechtsanwaltskammer”).
Michael Rinné is also licensed to practice law in California, USA. He is admitted to the California Bar.

Professional Indemnity Insurance:

Name and address of the professional indemnity insurance company: HDI Gerling, Duerrenhofstr. 6, 90402 Nuernberg, Germany.
Geographical coverage of the professional indemnity insurance company: 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 occupation with non-European law,
c) of the attorney before non-European courts.”
Subsidiary agreement on clause 3.1: “Notwithstanding [… 3.1], within the conditions shall also be insured the consultancy as to or occupation with US American law, as long as this activity will not be exercised predominantly.”

Professional Regulations for Attorneys at Law:

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].

Multidisciplinary Activities / professional associations / conflicts of interest:

WINHELLER Attorneys at Law are cooperating with the following partners:
Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer Check, LLP (USA) – Cooperation in particular as to Capital Market Law.
Beijing G&G Law Firm (P.R. China) – Cooperation in various practice areas.
Rinné Legal (USA) – Cooperation in particular as to US Law (e.g. visas, incorporation), Atty. Michael Rinné also is of counsel for the law firm WINHELLER Attorneys at Law.
Dr. h.c. Rudolf Döring, Rechtsbeistand, Württ. Notarassessor, MBA (Karlsruhe, Germany) – Of counsel for the law firm WINHELLER Attorneys at Law.
Atty. Gerald Freund (Berlin, Germany) – Of counsel for the law firm WINHELLER Attorneys at Law, cooperation in various practice areas, in particular Family and Inheritance Law.

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

According to professional regulations (Art. 44a, section 4 BRAO), attorneys at law must not represent conflicting interests. We therefore carefully check if there are conflicting interests before accepting a client.

Settlement of disputes out of court:

When it comes to disputes between attorneys at law and their clients, they have the option to request the settlement of the dispute out of court at the abovementioned local bar associations in Stuttgart, 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).

German VAT Identification Number:

DE232035843

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