Schröder Fischer Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Rechtsgebiete

Architects Law

An Architect does not only design buildings. He supports the builder from the first Idea for a project over financial issues, planning, the construction permit, procurement and construction itself. Homes, office buildings, functional builings up to complex infrastructure projects – no matter, what it is. This often leads to legal questions, as for example:

  • Architects Contracts

  • Supplements and additional services

  • Defects of planning and/or construction

  • Securitys to the Architecht

  • Legal proceedings and claims

  • Litigation on professional fees and liabilities

Schröder Fischer Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Rechtsgebiete

Aviation Law

We advise

  • Sale and Purchase of Aircrafts

  • Registering Aircrafts

  • Aircraft and Engine related securities

  • Leasing agreements

  • Configuration agreements

Schröder Fischer Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Rechtsgebiete

Construction Law

Construction Business is a key-branche not only in Germany. That leads to Construction Law beeing practically relevant and shaped by the ideas of cooperation, coordination and professional interaction. We are there for you, in every project stage – to avoid upcoming disputes or to effectively finish them for you.

  • Drafting of construction contracts

  • Review of construction contracts

  • Consulting through the construction period

  • Strategic Advice

  • Legal Management of Claims

  • Disturbance and interruption of construction time

  • Enforcement of compensations

  • Defence against compensations/claims

  • Construction defects

  • Litigation in construction matters

  • Securities in construction contracts

  • Arbitration

  • Professional association of companies (Bau – ARGE)

  • Consulting in case of insolvency

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Insolvency Law / Bankruptcy Law

We advise

  • Managers / Managing Directors in regard to Insolvency Filings

  • Litigation for and against Insolvency Administrators

  • Managing Director liability in regard to delayed insolvency filings (Sec. 15b German Insolvency Order (InsO), formerly Sec. 64 German Limited Liability Act, Sec. 92 German Stock Corporations Act, Sec. 130a German Commercial Code / Sec. 266a German Criminal Code, Sec. 34 and 69 German Tax Code etc.)

  • Issues regarding the German Insolvency Order, StaRUG, SanInsFoG etc.

  • Insolvency related contestation rights and defending against such claims

  • Creditors in case their business partner becomes insolvent

  • Registering claims with the insolvency administrator

  • Security rights in an insolvency

Schröder Fischer Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Rechtsgebiete

Labour Law

We advise

  • Terminations / group or mass terminations

  • Termination related litigation for employers and employees

  • Severance packages

  • Termination and dissolution agreements

  • Employment and service agreements

  • Collective Labor Law

Schröder Fischer Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Rechtsgebiete

Law of Tenancy

Offic-, retail-, commercial spaces – most of them are at rent in Germany. Often enough, this even applies to complex industrial sites and locations. Long-term contracts are common, as this gives security to the tennant for his business and the owner for the value of the property. Thus, a thorough contract design does not only help to avoid conflicts – it can as well have a wide impact on business value and property value.

  • Design of lease contracts

  • Lease contracts within afiliated groups

  • Advice for lease contracts

  • Subsidies or cost agreements on construction and/or build-out

  • Estate Agents

  • Enforcement of leases

  • Defects of the lease

  • Termination of lease contracts

  • Long-term lease contracts

Schröder Fischer Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Rechtsgebiete

M&A transactions / SPAs / Asset Deals / Mergers and Company Successions

We advise

  • Share Deals / SPAs

  • Asset Deals

  • Mergers, Spin-offs etc. according to the German Transformation Act (UmwG)

  • Form changes according to the German Transformation Act

  • Company Successions

  • Buying and Selling Airplanes

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Public Procurement Law

The Public Procurement Law is a special matter within German Construction Law, binding for public contracting entities. European regulations on that are mostly harmonized, the German regulations are to be found in the VOB/A. Procurement proceedings are strongly formalized, which is binding for the contracting entitie as well as for the tenderer. If you are a tenderer and need advice on that, we are ready to help you.

  • Audit of Supplementary regulations

  • Advice in the tendering process

  • Advice in advertising biddings

  • Complaints within the proceeding

  • Enforcement of reviews within the proceeding

  • Appeal against review-decisions

  • Special issues with bidding consortia

Schröder Fischer Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Rechtsgebiete

Real Estate Law

Real estate law and construction law are close to each other. We are consulting real estate law as well, subjects are (for example):

  • Design of purchase agreements/real estate

  • Advice during negotiations

  • Law/contracts of Building promoters

  • Estate Agents

  • Reverse transactions

  • Liabilities

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Trade and Corporate Law

We advise:

  • Gestaltung von Mietverträgen

  • Foundation of companies

  • Articles of Association

  • Shareholder Agreements

  • Participation models

  • Venture Capital Structures

  • Shareholder Disputes

  • Managing Director Liability / CEO liability

  • Limited Liability Companies (GmbH) and Stock Corporations (AG)

  • Partnerships with or without limited liability (KG, GmbH & Co. KG, oHG, silent partnerships, Civil Law partnerships

  • Share Deals and Asset Deals

  • Trade Agreements / Commercial Agreements

  • Supply Agreements

  • Agency Law