LEGAL NOTICE
Kowalski Clemens Schmidt
Lawyers Partnership company with limited professional liability (mbB)
Partners according to the Law on Partnerships of Liberal Professions (PartGG):
Dr. André Kowalski, Dr. Horst Clemens, Tim Arne Schmidt
Kaiserswerther Straße 282
40474 Düsseldorf
Germany
T +49 (0) 211 26108810
F +49 (0) 211 26108819
Partnership Register
Essen District Court, PR 4926
VAT identification number
DE342544294
Competent Bar Association
Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf
Freiligrathstraße 25
40479 Düsseldorf
Germany
www.rak-dus.de
Professional regulations
The legal professional title “Lawyer” was awarded in Germany. The legal profession is essentially subject to the following professional regulations:
- Professional Code (BORA)
- Specialist Lawyers’ Code (FAO)
- Federal Lawyers’ Code (BRAO)
- Lawyers’ Remuneration Act (RVG)
- Professional rules for lawyers in the European Union (CCBE)
These regulations can be viewed on the homepage of the Federal Bar Association.
Professional Liability Insurance
HDI Versicherung AG
HDI-Platz 1
30659 Hannover
Germany
The territorial scope of professional liability insurance includes (i) Germany, (ii) other European countries; the insurance covers liability claims from activities (a) in connection with advice and engagement with European law; (b) of the lawyer before European courts. (iii) Worldwide in the amount of the legally prescribed minimum sum insured for liability claims from the claims of the policyholder before non-European courts. The insurance cover does not relate to liability claims from activities via law firms or offices established or maintained abroad.
Liability for content
We are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with general law. For third-party information that we merely transmit or store, the liability rules of Articles 4 to 6 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act) apply in conjunction with Section 7 (1) of the German Digital Services Act (Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz, DDG). Under Article 8 of that Regulation, there is no general obligation to monitor such information or to actively seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity. As soon as we become aware of legal violations, we will remove the content concerned immediately.
Liability for links
Our offer contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot accept any liability for such third-party content. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time they were linked. No illegal content was found at the time the link was created. A permanent control of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of a violation of the law. As soon as we become aware of legal violations, we will remove such links immediately.
Copyright
The content and works on these pages created by the website operator are subject to German copyright law. The duplication, processing, distribution and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright law require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this website are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. Insofar as the content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are observed. In particular contents of third parties are marked as such. If you should nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, we would ask you to notify us accordingly. If we become aware of legal violations, we will remove such content immediately.
Photographs of lawyers:
John M. John, Düsseldorf