Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
Partnership of lawyers and tax advisors with limited professional liability under the German Partnership Act (Partnerschaftsgesellschaftsgesetz)
Georg-Glock-Straße 4, 40474 Düsseldorf
e-mail: duesseldorf(at)heuking.de
T: +49 211 600 55-00
Registered office: Düsseldorf, Registration: Local Court (Amtsgericht) Essen, PR 1481
VAT ID: DE 119 459 367
List of partners, sorted by office: Partner
Offices and addresses: Locations
Lawyers
Unless otherwise specified, all German lawyers are admitted as lawyers (Rechtsanwälte) in the Federal Republic of Germany and are members of the bars (Rechtsanwaltskammern) of their office locations. The following links contain the addresses of the competent bars.
- Rechtsanwaltskammer Berlin www.rak-berlin.de
- Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf www.rak-dus.de
- Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main www.rak-ffm.de/
- Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg rak-hamburg.de/
- Rechtsanwaltskammer Köln www.rak-koeln.de
- Rechtsanwaltskammer München www.rak-muenchen.de/
- Rechtsanwaltskammer Sachsen (für den Standort Chemnitz) www.rak-sachsen.de
- Rechtsanwaltskammer Stuttgart www.rak-stuttgart.de
Therules on professional conduct applicable to lawyers (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung, Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte, Fachanwaltsordnung, Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz and the professional regulations applicable to lawyers in the European Union) may be found on www.brak.de by clicking on "Berufsrecht".
Notaries public
Some of the lawyers at our Berlin and Frankfurt am Main offices are also civil law notaries; although appointed as notaries in the Federal Republic of Germany, the notaries based in Berlin are practicing exclusively in Berlin and the notary based in Frankfurt am Main is practicing exclusively in the district of Frankfurt am Main Local Court.
The competent supervisory authorities for notaries based in Berlin are the Senate Department for Justice and Consumer Protection, Salzburger Str. 21-25, 10825 Berlin, and the President of the Berlin Regional Court II, Littenstraße 12-17, 10179 Berlin. The President of the Court of Appeal, Elßholzstraße 30-33, 10781 Berlin, acts as the judicial supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authorities for the notary based in Frankfurt am Main are the President of the Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, Gerichtsstraße 2, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, the President of the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, Zeil 42, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, and the State Justice Administration of Hesse, Hessian Ministry of Justice and for the Rule of Law, Luisenstraße 13, 65185 Wiesbaden.
Our notaries are members of the respective regional chambers of notaries:
Chamber of Notaries Berlin: www.notarkammer-berlin.de
Chamber of Notaries Frankfurt: www.notarkammer-ffm.de
The professional regulations applicable to notaries (the Federal Notarial Code, the Notarization Act, the Professional Regulations for Notaries, the Ordinance on Keeping Notarial Records and Directories, the Court and Notary Fees Act, the Guidelines of the competent Notarial Chambers, and the European Code of Notarial Professional Conduct) are available at www.bnotk.de under the heading “Berufsrecht” [“Professional Regulations”].
Tax advisors
Some of the lawyers based in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt/M., Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart are also tax advisors and members of the chamber of tax advisors of their office location. The following links contain the addresses of the competent chambers of tax advisors.
- Steuerberaterkammer Düsseldorf
www.stbk-duesseldorf.de - Steuerberaterkammer Hessen (for the office in Frankfurt)
www.stbk-hessen.de - Steuerberaterkammer Hamburg
www.stbk-hamburg.de - Steuerberaterkammer Köln
www.stbk-koeln.de - Steuerberaterkammer München
www.steuerberaterkammer-muenchen.de - Steuerberaterkammer Stuttgart
www.stbk-stuttgart.de
The rules on professional conduct applicable to tax advisors (Steuerberatungsgesetz, Durchführungsverordnung zum Steuerberatungsgesetz, Berufsordnung der Bundessteuerberaterkammer and Steuerberatergebührenverordnung) may be found on www.bstbk.de by clicking on "Ihr Steuerberater"/ "Berufsrecht".
European Patent Attorney / Professional Representative before the EPO
A member of the law firm based in Düsseldorf is a professional representative before the European Patent Office (European Patent Attorney). As such, she is a member of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (www.patentepi.com) and is subject to the rules of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office ("epi Guidelines for Professional Conduct" / "epi Code of Conduct") which can be retrieved there. The address of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office is: Bayerstraße 83, 80335 Munich/Germany.
Cooperation
The partners of HEUKING operate as a partnership with limited professional liability. Under professional rules, German attorneys may not represent conflicting interests (Section 43a(4) Federal Code of Professional Conduct for Lawyers [BRAO]). Therefore, prior to accepting new client representation, it is always reviewed whether a conflict of
interests is given.
Information and liability
All efforts were made to ensure the correctness of all information and links contained in this Web site. Due to the specificities of the internet medium and the risk of interruption or cancellation of information transmission, however, any liability related to the use of the information, the links or the trust in their correctness is excluded.
All information on this Web site is for general information purposes only; in particular, it is no legal advice. A large part of this information is updated regularly; to ensure that you receive the newest version.
Extrajudicial Mediation
In the event of disputes between lawyers and their clients, the option of alternative dispute resolution may be requested at the Bar Association competent for the respective lawyer (in accordance with Section 73(2)(3), (5) German Federal Lawyers’ Ordinance).
HEUKING is generally willing to participate in out-of-court dispute resolution in property disputes arising from the client relationship. The competent body is the Lawyers’ Conciliation Board (Section 191f Federal Lawyers’ Ordinance) of the Federal Bar Association (Neue Grünstraße 17, 10179 Berlin, www.s-d-r.org).