Legal notices
Braun & Zwetkow Rechtsanwälte
Martin-Luther-Ring 12, 04109 Leipzig
Germany
Phone: +49 341 224798-0
Fax: +49 341 224798-11
Tax-No.: 231/151/18102
Tax office Leipzig II
Pecuniary Loss Incurance: HV-SV 74290740.6-00837
insured by ERGO Versicherung AG, Victoraiplatz 1, 40198 Düsseldorf;
Our Pecuniary Loss Insurance ist a professional liability insurance which is valid worldwide and which is in compliance with the requirements of sec. 51 BRAO.
Person responsible in charge of context according to sec. 5, 7 Telemediengesetz (Telemedia Act – TMG):
Lawyer Katrin Zwetkow
Mandatory details according to sec. 5 TMG:
The law office Braun & Zwetkow is a society of lawyers which is based in Leipzig. Partners are Dr Christian Braun and Katrin Zwetkow.
Services and information requirements regulation
The Service and Information Requirement Regulation (Dienstleistungs-Informationspflichten-Verordnung – DL-InfoV) which was put into force on the 17 May 2010 serves on the basis of the delegating legislation according to sec. 6c Gewerbeordnung (Industrial Code – GewO) to implement the services directive in the European Union on services in the internal market. This regulation regulates the content, extent and type of information which a service provider needs to make available to the recipient of this service, either in general or if requested. The DL-InfoV shall also apply to legal services. As far as lawyers or law firms have an internet presence, many information requirements under the DL-InfoV are regulated already by existing legal provisions, especially sec. 5 TMG.
Information regarding Chamber and professional regulations as well as sec. 5 TMG
The legal occupation of all the professionals working in our office is “Rechtsanwalt” or “Rechtsanwältin” (i.e. “Lawyer” in the male or female form); they all are admitted to the bar in the Federal Republic of Germany and are members of the Rechtsanwaltskammer Sachsen (i.e. the bar association in Saxony – www.rak-sachsen.de) which is the responsible chamber for our lawyers (Rechtsanwaltskammer Sachsen, Glacisstraße 6, 01099 Dresden).
Following professional regulations apply:
- Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (Federal Lawyers’ Act – BRAO);
- Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte (Rules on Professional Practice for Lawyers – BORA);
- Fachanwaltsordnung (Specialised Lawyers’ Act – FAO);
- Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (Lawyers’ Compensation Act – RVG);
- Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Gemeinschaft (Code of Conduct of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, CCBE);
- Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland (Law regulating the activity of European lawyers in Germany – EuRAG).
You will also find the professional regulations on the homepage of the Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (Federal association of lawyers – www.brak.de) in the downloads section.
The homepage of the law office Braun & Zwetkow is protected by copyright. The rights granted thereunder, in particular the rights of translation, copying of texts or pictures, replication of information by photomechanical means or similar ways or the saving of information using data processing systems, are reserved by us.
The homepage of the law office Braun & Zwetkow is protected by copyright. The rights granted thereunder, in particular the rights of translation, copying of texts or pictures, replication of information by photomechanical means or similar ways or the saving of information using data processing systems, are reserved by us.
Extrajudicial settlement of disputes:
If disputes arise between German lawyers and their clients, such disputes can be settled out of court by applying to the regional Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer) (pursuant to sec. 73 (2) no. 3 in conjunction with sec. 73 (5) BRAO), i.e. the Rechtsanwaltskammer Sachsen, or to the Dispute Resolution Office of the Attorneys in Berlin, Neue Grünstraße 17, 10179 Berlin (www.schlichtungsstelle-der-rechtsanwaltschaft.de) (Schlichtungsstelle der Rechtsanwaltschaft) at the German Federal Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) (sec. 191f BRAO) (by e-mail: schlichtungsstelle(at)brak.de).This Office is responsible for pecuniary dispute resolution between consumers and their lawyers, although we are not legally required to take part in this dispute resolution. You can find an online-application form on the homepage of the dispute resolution office.
Moreover, we refer to the EU-plattform for extrajudicial online-dispute resolution for disputes between consumers and their lawyers when contracts are concluded electronically: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.