Legal Notice

Germany
Information under Section 5 German Tele Media Act (Telemediengesetz)

Information Provider
The information on this website within the meaning of § 5 German Tele Media Act is provided by the law firm Faegre & Benson LLP, Main Tower, Neue Mainzer Strasse 52-58, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, with the partners named below.

Tax Identification Number
Faegre & Benson’s identification number for the purpose of section 27a Value-added Tax Act is DE 12 316 00130.

List of Partners
Manfred Baumbach (German lawyer), Horst Daniel (German lawyer), Philip Haleen (Attorney-at-Law, Minnesota), Thomas Hopf (German lawyer), Ralph Hummel (German lawyer and German tax adviser), Dr. Karl Maria Walter (German lawyer), Dr. Markus M. Wenserski (German lawyer and German tax adviser).

Contact
Contact information for Faegre & Benson LLP is listed under the relevant location under "Contact."

Bar Admission
Unless otherwise stated all German lawyers (Rechtsanwälte) of Faegre & Benson LLP are admitted as lawyers in the Federal Republic of Germany and belong to the local Frankfurt am Main Chamber of Lawyers (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

Lawyers also acting as tax advisers (Steuerberater) are admitted within the Federal Republic of Germany as tax advisers and are members of the local Frankfurt am Main Chamber of Tax Consultants (Steuerberaterkammer).

Provisions on Occupational Law
The following provisions on occupational law apply:

Lawyers:

  • Code of conduct for German lawyers (BRAO – Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung)
  • Professional code of conduct for lawyers (BORA – Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte)
  • Code of conduct for lawyers in specialist fields (FAO - Fachanwaltsordnung)
  • German Law on Attorney Compensation (RVG – Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz)
  • Code of conduct for lawyers in Europe (Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Gemeinschaft – CCBE)
  • Act on the activities of European lawyers in Germany (Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland – EuRAG vom 09.03.2000 (BGBl I S. 182)
  • Law Implementing the Directives of the European Community pertaining to the professional regulating the legal profession

Tax Advisers:

  • Tax Consultancy Act (StBerG – Steuerberatungsgesetz)
  • Implementing regulation on tax consultancy act (DVStB – Duchführungsverordnung zum Steuerberatungsgesetz)
  • Code of conduct for German Tax Consultancy Chamber (BOStB – Berufsordnung der Bundessteuerberatungskammer)
  • Tax Consultants’ fees scale (StBGebV – Steuerberatergebührenverordnung)

Iowa

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