Schürmann & Partner

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The Firm

Schürmann & Partner was formed in 2008 on the strength of the team members' many years of experience in large German and international law and tax consulting firms. The firm's roots go back to 1998 in Frankfurt am Main. Schürmann & Partner strives to uphold the tradition of a comprehensive consulting philosophy, where clients will find a partner who supports them individually and personally.

Long-term impact is an important feature of our work. We can rely on as many as 18 years of professional experience amongst our partners. Our team's areas of activity include consultation and arranging legal and fiscal matters, as well as the enforcement of interests judicially. An open and goal-oriented consulting and support service is a deciding factor in our mutual success. We aspire to give you clear and understandable answers in a market that's becoming more complex by the day.

Together with our cooperation partners we'll also oversee your international transactions.

Services

Schürmann & Partner consults its clients on all matters of national and international economic law, company law, tax law and commercial law. Many of our clients enjoy an all-round service, while others seek advice in one of our areas of expertise for particular cases. Schürmann & Partner functions as an in-house legal department for many clients. We offer full support to these clients in matters of company and procedural law.

Clients often come to our law firm with special problems that require special solutions. These problems and their solutions often don't fit into any one category. They frequently touch on many different fields of law and sometimes constitute a completely new branch of law. The main focus of our service is primarily on the following fields:

· Business startup and restructuring, company taxation

· Real estate law, building law, commercial rental and lease contracts

· Labour law and co-determination

· International and national economic law

· Transactions and acquisitions

· Competition law, copyright, industrial property protection

· Inheritance law

· Litigation

· Criminal code for tax offences, white-collar crime defence

· Auditing

Business startup and restructuring, company taxation

Schürmann & Partner and their cooperation partners help clients to start up new businesses and give comprehensive tax advice on such endeavours. Our service in matters of company law includes the drafting of legal documents and statutes, as well as advice on partnerships, foundations and associations. We advise our clients on shareholder agreements, buying up equity and on matters relating to financing family businesses.

Real estate law, building law, commercial rental and lease contracts

Schürmann & Partner provides services in the following areas of real estate law: commercial rental and lease contracts, acquisition and sale of properties, property developer projects and building cooperatives, building of office complexes, portfolio acquisition and liquidation, mortgages, tenancy law, municipal building planning, and home sales.

Labour law and co-determination

Our services in the field of labour law cover individual and collective labour law. We advise both employers and employees on individual labour law while drawing up and signing employment contracts. We represent our clients in labour courts, including cases of wrongful dismissal. We advise our clients during collective bargaining and when dealing with government authorities and works councils.

International and national economic law

Our lawyers and accountants have wide-ranging international experience. We draw up national and international contracts for all areas of economic law. Our field of activity includes the negotiation of joint ventures and takeover agreements concerning technology transfer; sales agency agreements; order and distribution agreements; licences; project financing and credit agreements; advertising, publication and marketing agreements; employee and management contracting; confidential matters; and building contracts.

Together with our tax consultants in Frankfurt am Main, as well as the partner offices of ADVOSELECT EWIV in Europe and the United States, and a network of law firms within Europe that we work closely with, we represent companies internationally when advising them on their investments or projects.

Transactions and acquisitions

We advise our clients on a variety of fiscal and legal questions when it comes to the acquisition and sale of existing companies and businesses, e.g., joint ventures, takeover bids, spin outs and other procedures.

Our lawyers, accountants and tax consultants take fiscal and legal aspects into consideration when planning pending transactions; they help with the negotiation, the preparation, the implementation and the management of the required agreements and other documents. They provide legal advice on questions that arise during such transactions.

Competition law, copyright, industrial property protection

Our lawyers advise our clients on licence and franchise contracts. We research logos, trademarks and patents. Our lawyers are familiar with the problems relating to national and international copyright infringements. This includes industrial property protection, licensing, IP law for software and computer data, as well as copyright for artists, directors and musicians.

Inheritance law

We advise our clients on matters of inheritance and assist in the writing of wills. Our lawyers, accountants and tax consultants also act as executors.

The tax consultants take tax issues into consideration during the consultation – especially inheritance and gift tax, as well as property tax. Together with our clients we develop a strategy for business succession in family businesses, ensuring a smooth change from one generation to another.

Litigation

We represent our clients in court and before administrative authorities in Germany. Our partner offices also make this possible in almost every European country and in the United States (Seattle). We handle almost every type of litigation: general contract and trade disputes; disputes relating to company law; environmental and product liability cases; cases relating to building and real estate law; matters of competition law and industrial property protection; matters relating to banking laws and insurance; cases relating to insolvency law; labour law disputes; and copyright issues.

Criminal code for tax offences, white-collar crime defence

We advise and serve our clients prior to judicial inquiries relating to the criminal code for tax offences and represent them before the revenue authorities, the penalty and fine payment offices of the tax authorities, and the public prosecutor's office. We'll also advise and represent companies or their executives in matters of white-collar crime defence, especially in the field of insolvency counseling and recapitalisation.

Auditing

Our accountants advise SMEs, public companies and credit institutes in all economic matters. We gladly offer our clients assistance in matters of business valuation, due diligence, financing, treasury and financial accounting (especially according to IFRS). The firm's accountants also act as expert witnesses and provide partisan valuation reports. Furthermore, we also advise and serve clients in matters of restructuring and crisis management.

Dr. Reinhard Regner | Lawyer – Born July 4, 1963 in Munich.

Education | Degree in Law from the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg

Doctorate: University of Heidelberg, topic: "Fahrlässigkeit bei Konkursdelikten" (Buchführung und Konkursdelikte)

Areas of expertise | Company and economic law, Legal and tax planning advice, criminal code for tax offences and white-collar crime defence, Inheritance law, especially business succession

Career | 1994–1998 Employee at an auditing and tax accountant firm in Mannheim

1998 Junior partner of the Schürmann & PartnerLaw Firm, later Coudert Brothers LLP

2005 Founding partner of Wanner & Partner, later Schürmann & Partner

Startup coach at BestFinance (FAZ-Institut)

Languages | German and English

Publications (selection) | "Fahrlässigkeit bei Konkursdelikten – Sorgfaltspflichten der handelsrechtlichen Buchführung und ihre Bedeutung im Konkursstrafrecht", 1998

"Das BGB nach der Schuldrechtsmodernisierung", Handbuch der Unternehmensfinanzierung, 2003

Client information brochure with the topic: "Rating und Basel II", 2003

"Versicherung gegen Managerfehler", update 1/2003, institute supplement of the FAZ

"Nicht ohne meinen Nachfolger – Unternehmensnachfolge rechtzeitig planen", FAZ, April 15, 2003

Lectures/presentations (selection) | 1st German Entrepreneur Day on October 21, 2002; moderated the forum titled: "MBO/MBI – Vom Manager zum Unternehmer"

2nd German Entrepreneur Day on November 24, 2002; headed the workshop titled: "Rahmenbedingungen für eine Unternehmensnachfolge"

2nd Bavarian SME day on June 26, 2003; headed the workshop titled: "Krisenprävention & Restrukturierung für mittelständische Unternehmen"

Contact | reinhard.regner@schuermann.com | Telephone: +49 (0) 69 – 97 84 71 70

JeskoZahn | Lawyer – Born August 21, 1971 in Brig (Switzerland)

Education | Degree in Law from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt

Areas of expertise | Litigation and arbitration, Labour law, Competition law, industrial property protection

Career | 1990 – 1994 GChief executive officer of a Frankfurt advertising agency

2005 Lawyer at Wanner & Partner Rechtsanwälte

Since 2007 Partner of the law firm Wanner & Partner Rechtsanwälte, later Schürmann & Partner

2008 Startup coach at BestFinance (FAZ-Institut)

Languages | German and English

Lectures/presentations (selection) | BEST EXCELLENCE Intensive workshop (FAZ-Institut) on May 8, 2008; headed the workshop titled: "Marken– und wettbewerbsrechtliche Probleme und Fragestellungen im Zuge der Existenzgründung"

Contact | jesko.zahn@schuermann.com | Telephone: +49 (0) 69 – 97 84 71 70

Dr. Jochen Schürmann | Accountant – Born July 18, 1960 in Koblenz.

Education | Degree in Economics from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz

Doctorate: Finance under Prof. Dr. Rolf Peffekoven, Mainz

Areas of expertise | Restructuring and crisis management, Business valuation, Due diligence, financing, treasury, International financial accounting, tax law, balancing of bank products

Career | 1988–1989 Instructor at the "euro sprachschule" in Wiesbaden

1990–1992 Assessor, C&L Treuhand-Vereinigung Deutsche Revision AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Steuerberatungsgesellschaft

1993–1999 Audit Manager, PWC Deutsche Revision AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

1999–2001 Chief financial officer and assistance in IPO for a German stock company

Since 2001 Accountant with his own offices, assessor for Landgericht Mainz (district court)

2002–2004 Business manager & consultant for a stock company

2009 Partner of the law firm Schürmann & Partner

Languages | German and English

Contact | jochen.schuermann@schuermann.com | Telephone: +49 (0) 69 – 97 84 71 70

Prof. Dr. Peter Haller | Accountant

Christian Lerch | Specialist in Commercial Law – Born on 04. April 1972 in Hanover

Education | Studies at Fachhochschule, Lüneburg [University of Applied Sciences, Lüneburg] qualifying with a degree in business law

Specialities | Conduct of proceedings in labour law, contract law, mediation in conflicts under labour law

Career | 2000–2002 Personnel officer with HOCH Tief AirPort in Essen

2002–2003 Personnel officer with Lorenz Bahlsen Snack-World in Neu-Isenburg

2003 Legal Adviser on labour law to WISAG Facility Service Holding, Frankfurt

Since 2007 Judge at Local Labour Court in Frankfurt on an honorary basis

Languages | German, Spanish and English

Periods abroad | 06.1998–08.1998 South African – German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Department: Law and Market Research in Johannesburg, South Africa

09.1998-02.1999 German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest Inc., Department: Consulting Services in Chicago USA

Events | Courses held on labour law and on social security law; black market labour

Contact | christian.lerch@schuermann.com | Telephone: +49 (0) 69 – 97 84 71 70

Network

In our view networking is indispensable when it comes to securing a high-quality and sustainable integrated consulting approach.

Thanks to our branch in Zurich, we now count 10 lawyers and accountants as well as auditors who also engage cross-border subject to the law of the Swiss Confederation both in a consultancy capacity and before courts of law. Moreover, we are members of the Deutsch-Schweizerischer Wirtschaftsclub – German-Swiss Business Club – so that we will be happy to bring you into contact with banks and companies in Switzerland.

Because of our membership in the Advoselect EWIV we additionally have access to a proven national and international network of lawyers, tax consultants, notaries and accountants located in (national) Aachen, Chemnitz, Dinslaken, Erfurt, Flensburg, Gießen, Göttingen, Mannheim, München, Nördlingen, Öhringen, Osnabrück, Rotenburg, Saarbrücken und Stuttgart; as well as (international) in Barcelona, Bratislava, Bregenz, Budapest, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Seattle, Strasbourg, Sofia and Vienna.

As such, we will also gladly provide advice on problems outside our areas of expertise.

Contact

Schürmann & Partner | Rechtsanwälte • Wirtschaftsprüfer | Partnerschaftsgesellschaft

Frankfurt am Main | Rödelheimer Bahnweg 21 – 23 | 60489 Frankfurt am Main - Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 69 - 978 471 70 | Fax: +49 (0) 69 - 978 471 44

Zürich | Dufourstrasse 101 | 8008 Zürich - Switzerland
Telephone: +41 (0) 44 - 388 48 90 | Fax: +49 (0) 44 - 388 48 91

E-Mail: info@schuermann.com | Website: www.schuermann.com

By car | If you are arriving by car, then please use the following link to the map24 route planner. Please enter your start address and click the button. Our office's underground parking is available for your use.
»map24 Routenplaner«

By public transportation and via Frankfurt Central Station | Use the S-Bahn S3, S4 or S5 towards Bad-Soden/Kronberg/Friedrichsdorf and disembark at Rödelheim station. Go left along Rödelheimer Bahnweg (approx. 50 metres).

Via Frankfurt am Main Airport | Take the S-Bahn S8 or S9 towards Frankfurt Central Station. Disembark at Frankfurt Central Station and take the S-Bahn S3, S4 or S5 towards Bad-Soden/Kronberg/Friedrichsdorf and disembark at Rödelheim Station. After leaving the station go left along the Rödelheimer Bahnweg (approx. 50 metres).

Legal Notice

Notes according to § 5 Telemediengesetz (German Tele Media Act).

VAT ID Nr: DE 244305688
Registry court: Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main | Registration number: PR 1577
Legally authorised to represent in accordance with the PartGG:
Prof. Dr. Peter Haller | Dr. Reinhard Regner | Dr. Jochen Schürmann | Jesko Zahn

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Registration and regulatory authority | The partners at Schürmann & Partner PartG are registered at the: Chamber of Lawyers in Frankfurt and the Chamber of Public Accountants in Berlin.

Chamber of Lawyers | The chamber responsible for the lawyers of the firm is the:
Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main | Bockenheimer Anlage 36 | 60322 Frankfurt am Main | Germany

Telephone: (069) 17 00 98 – 01 | Fax: (069) 17 00 98 – 50
E-mail: info@rechtsanwaltskammer-ffm.de | Website: www.rechtsanwaltskammer-ffm.de

The occupational title Rechtsanwalt (lawyer) was granted to the members of the law firm based on the Federal German legal standards by the responsible Ministry of Justice after having passed the second state law examination and after having undergone a special registration procedure conducted by the president of the relevant Higher Regional Court of the district. They are bound by the professional law provisions of the Federal Lawyers Act of August 1, 1959 (BGBI. I 565) (BRAO) and the Federal Law on the Remuneration of Lawyers of July 26, 1957 (BGBl. I 907) (BRAGO), each in their currently valid versions, as well as the Professional Codes of Conduct and the Specialist Lawyers Regulations of the German Chamber of Lawyers of March 22, 1996 (BRAK-Mitt. 1996, 241) (BORA 2001 and FAO), each in their currently valid versions. On July 1, 2004, the Federal Lawyers Act (BRAGO) was replaced by the version of the Law on the Remuneration of Lawyers (RVG) valid on May 5, 2004 (BGBI. S. 717, 788).

Professional regulations for lawyers | Authorised lawyers in Germany are primarily subject to the following professional regulations | Federal Lawyers Act (BRAO) | Law on the Remuneration of Lawyers (RVG) | Professional Code of Conduct (BORA) | Specialist Lawyers Regulations (FAO) | Legal Advice Act (RBerG) | The professional rules of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) | Professional Partner Act (PartGG)

You can find these legal texts (German only) at www.brak.de or on the official website of the German Ministry of Justice: www.gesetze-im-Internet.de.

The occupational title of Wirtschaftsprüfer (accountant) was conferred on the firm's accountants in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Professional regulations for accountants | Authorised accountants in Germany are primarily subject to the following professional regulations | Statute Governing the Auditing Profession (WPO) | Certified Public Accountant Order-change Law WPOäG) | Professional Statute for Accountants and Registered Auditors (BS WP/vBP) | Statute for Quality Control | VO 1/1995 | Stamp Ordinance (Siegel-VO) | Auditors' professional liability insurance code (WPBHV)

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