Legal Structure

Partnership under the German Partnership Act, registered with the Charlottenburg Local Court under PR 1324 B.

LIGANT Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten Randhahn.Landvoigt.Steinpilz.Grups mbB. Sie

USt-IdNr. DE815766720

Partners authorized to represent:
– Lawyer and Notary Heiko Randhahn
– Lawyer Jan-Nicolas Steinpilz
– Lawyer Ike Landvoigt
– Lawyer Sebastian Grups
– Lawyer Sascha Kugler

Registration/Licence

The legal designations “notary”, “lawyer” and “specialist lawyer” have all been conferred in the Federal Republic of Germany.

All lawyers of the firm are admitted as attorneys in the Federal Republic of Germany and are members of the Berlin Bar Association, Littenstraße 9, 10179 Berlin.

Tel.:+49 30 30 69 31 0
Fax:+49 30 30 69 31 99
www.rak-berlin.de

The notary of the firm is appointed as a notary in Berlin and belongs to the Berlin Chamber of Notaries, Littenstraße 10, 10179 Berlin.

Tel.:+49 30 246290 – 0
Fax:+49 30 246290 – 25
www.berliner-notarkammer.de

Professional Law

Lawyers:
– BRAO – Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (Federal Lawyers Act)
– BORA – Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte (Professional Code of Conduct for Lawyers)
– FAO – Fachanwaltsordnung (Specialist Lawyer Regulation)
– RVG – Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsordnung (Lawyers Fee System)

Notary:
– BNotO – Bundesnotarordnung (Federal Notary Code)
– DONot – Dienstordnung für Notarinnen und Notare (Service Regulations for Notaries)
– NotAktVV – Verordnung über die Führung notarieller Akten und Verzeichnisse (Ordinance on the Maintenance of Notarial Records and Directories)
– Richtlinien der Notarkammer Berlin (Guidelines of the Berlin Chambers of Notaries)
– BeurkG – Beurkundungsgesetz (Notarisation Act)
– Europäischer Kodex des notariellen Rechts (European Code of Notarial Law)
– GNotKG – Gerichts- und Notarkostengesetz (Court and Notary Costs Act)

The rules of professional law for lawyers and notaries are accessible via the Berlin Bar Association and the Berlin Chamber of Notaries.

www.anwaltverein.de/de/anwaltspraxis/berufsrecht
www.notarkammer-berlin.de/

Liability

The information on this website is not the subject of legal advice provided by Sebastian Grups. They serve only as the information of the users. The information has been carefully checked. However, no liability is assumed for the correctness, completeness and up-to-dateness of the information contained on the website. The contents of external websites which can be reached via hyperlinks from this site or which refer to this site are external contents over which the law firm Sebastian Grups has no influence and for which no liability is assumed. Any adoption or use of the contents of this website requires the prior written consent of Sebastian Grups.

Professional Liability Insurance for Notaries and Lawyers

1. a) Insurance

Lawyers are obliged by the Federal Lawyers Act (BRAO) to maintain professional liability insurance. Notaries are also obliged to take out professional liability insurance. The minimum insurance sum is 250,000.00 euros for lawyers and 500,000.00 euros for notaries. Our insurances exceed the minimum sum insured. Details arise for the notary from § 19a III Bundesnotarordnung (BNotO). Our professionals (notaries and lawyers) are covered by professional liability insurance with AXA Versicherung AG, 51171 Cologne (VS-Nr. 1026 920 13628).

1. b) Area of application (AVB WSR 558)
2. Germany
   2. European countries
   Liability claims arising from the following activities are insured
   (1) in connection with the consultation and employment with European law;
   (2) of the lawyer before European courts.
   3. Worldwide in the amount of the legally prescribed minimum sum insured for liability claims arising from the use of the policyholder before non-European courts.

Editorially Responsible

Lawyer and Notary Heiko Randhahn

Settlement of Disputes

Platform of the EU Commission for online dispute resolution: www.ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr We are neither obliged nor willing to participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration body

Terms of Use

1. a) Liability for content

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As a service provider, we are responsible according to § 7 Abs. 1 TMG for our own contents on these pages under the general legislation. According to §§ 8 to 10 TMG, however, we are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general legislation remain unaffected by this. A liability in this respect is, however, only possible from the time of knowledge of a concrete infringement. As soon as we become aware of such infringements, we will, of course, remove the relevant content immediately.

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Should individual provisions of these Terms of Use prove to be invalid in whole or in part, the content and validity of the remaining parts of this document shall remain unaffected. In this case, the invalid provision shall be replaced by the statutory provisions.