According to § 5 TMG:
JSW Rechtsanwälte Meyer-Jüres Baldus Walter PartG mbB
(hereinafter also “JSW Rechtsanwälte”)
Address:
Salierring 32
50677 Cologne
Postal address:
PO Box 10 19 53
50459 Cologne
Phone +49(0)221/9999 59-0
Fax +49(0)221/9999 59-59
info@jsw.law
Registered office and registration:
Cologne, District Court Essen PR 2105
Responsible for the content according to §6 MDStV: Axel Walter
Sales tax identification number: DE 122 723 950
Professional regulations
All lawyers are members of the Cologne Bar Association, Riehler Straße 30, 50668 Cologne, www.rak-koeln.de. The legal professional title is “Rechtsanwalt”.
All lawyers are admitted to the bar in the Federal Republic of Germany. The lawyers professional activities are governed in particular by the following regulations: Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO), Professional Code of Conduct for lawyers (BORA), Specialist Lawyers Act (FAO), Lawyers Fees Act (RVG), Code of Professional Conduct for Lawyers in the European Community (CCBE Profes-sional Rules).
The above regulations as well as supplementary information on professional law can be found in full text on the homepage of the Federal Bar Association at http://www.brak.de/ under the heading of professional law (“Berufsrecht”).
Mr. Jürgen Michels is also member of the Chamber of Tax Consultants (Steuerberaterkammer) in Cologne (Volksgartenstraße 48, 50677 Köln) and of the Chamber of Public Accountants (Wirtschaftsprüferkammer), Rauchstraße 26, 10787 Berlin.
Mr. Jürgen Michels additionally is entitled to use the professional title “Steuerberater” (“tax consultant”) and is admitted in Germany.
Tax consultants are subject to the professional rules imposed on their profession, in particular the Law on Tax Consultancy, the Regulations Implementing the Tax Consultants’ Act (Steuerberatergesetz), the Professional rules and Regulations for Tax Consultants (Berufsordnung für Steuerberater) and the Tax Consultants’ Fee act (Steuerberatergebührenverordnung). The above regulations as well as supplementary information on professional law can be found on the website of the Federal Chamber of Tax Consultants (http://www.bstbk.de).
Auditors are subject to the professional rules imposed on their profession, es-pecially the Accountancy Regulations (Wirtschaftsprüfungsordnung), the Professional Statutes of Accountants/Certified Auditors (Berufssatzung der Wirtschaftsprüfer/vereidigten Buchprüfer), the Statutes for Quality Control (Satzung für Qualitätskontrolle), the Regulation on Document Seals (Siegelverordnung) and the Regulation on Accountants‘ Professional Liability Insurance (Wirtschaftsprüfer-Berufshaftpflichtversicherungsordnung). You can find these and other professional rules and regulations on the Internet under http://www.wpk.de.
Professional Liability Insurance
According to the Federal Lawyers’ Act, lawyers are obliged to maintain profes-sional liability insurance. The minimum insurance amount for professional indemnity insurance for a partnership with limited professional liability is EUR 2,500,000.00 for each insured event. Details can be found in §§ 51,51a BRAO.
Professional liability insurance of the professionals:
ERGO Insurance AG, Victoriaplatz 1, 40198 Dusseldorf
Out-of-court settlements
In all disputes between lawyers and their clients there is the possibility upon request for extrajudicial mediation at the Regional Bar Association Cologne (pursuant to § 73 Section 2 Nr. 3 in connection with § 73 Section 5 BRAO) or at the arbitration board of the bar (§ 191 f BRAO) at the Federal Bar Association, which you can find on the internet on the homepage of the Federal Bar Association (http://www.brak.de), E-Mail: schlichtungsstelle@brak.de
Disclaimer
The information contained on this website serves only to introduce JSW Rechtsanwälte and does not constitute legal advice, nor can replace legal advice.
Despite careful content control, JSW Rechtsanwälte assumes no warranty for the currency, correctness and completeness of the information provided on this website.
The same applies to the contents of external websites to which reference is made directly and indirectly in this website by means of hyper-links, the contents JSW Rechtsanwälte is unable to influence.
Liability for contents
The contents of our pages were created with the greatest care. For the correctness, completeness and topicality of the contents we can take over however no guarantee. As a service provider we are responsible according to § 7 Abs.1 TMG for our own contents on these pages according to the general laws. According to §§ 8 to 10 TMG we are not obliged as a service provider to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of infor-mation in accordance with general laws remain unaffected by this. However, liability in this respect is only possible from the time of knowledge of a concrete violation of the law. As soon as we become aware of such infringements, we will remove the content immediately.
Liability for links
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