purchasing + selling.

multidisciplinary consulting.

Experienced specialist attorneys from all relevant disciplines support our clients in a closely cooperating team in all legal matters surrounding products, purchasing, and selling. Included in the areas of emphasis are contract law, distribution systems, warranties, protecting trademarks, utility and design models and selling insurance policies. We support our clients both nationally and also internationally in developing business models, including the associated contracts and their enforcement.

range of consulting services.

contract drafting | contract law.

sales agents | authorized dealers.

warranty | liability.

conflict management in the case of distribution partnerships.

industrial property rights.

value added tax.

industrial premises.

e-commerce | data protection.

contract drafting | contract law.

Both purchasing and also selling are characterized by a variety of legal relationships between purchasers and suppliers, or customers and manufacturers. We will support you in drafting and reviewing all relevant contracts.

subject areas.

(Framework) purchase agreements
(Framework) supply agreements
Development agreements
Plant construction/machine contracts
General terms and conditions B2B and B2C
Confidentiality agreements
Supplementary agreements (call-off, tool agreements, quality assurance agreement, etc.)

Dr. Tobias Buchmann

Partner | Lawyer

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sales agents | authorized dealers.

Distribution systems offer excellent possibilities to quickly penetrate markets. We will support you in the design of an optimal distribution system and in drafting the necessary national and international contracts.

subject areas.

Authorized dealers
Sales agents
Commercial brokers
Designing and establishing a distribution system
Selective distribution systems
Direct sales (in particular web shops) or direct distribution in online and offline retailing
Permissibility under competition law
Competition law
Freight/ forwarders / warehousing
Operating plants
Fictitious self-employment
Cross-border sales

Dr. Tobias Buchmann

Partner | Lawyer

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warranty | liability.

Manufacturers and sellers of products are increasingly subject to warranty and liability claims due to national and international regulations. We will support and represent you in all disputes with regard to liability and warranty.

services.

Assertion/defense of warranty claims
Assertion/defense of contractual liability claims (e.g. contractual penalties, compensatory damage claims)
Assertion/defense of statutory liability claims, product liability)

Dr. Tobias Buchmann

Partner | Lawyer

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conflict management in the case of distribution partnerships.

Commercially successful companies are also not free of conflicts with distribution partners.

services.

Out-of-court assertion/defense of distribution law claims (e.g. claims for commissions/sales agent claim for compensation)
Judicial, arbitration tribunal assistance in the case of distribution law disputes
Interlocutory relief measures (proceedings)

Dr. Rudolf Rupprecht

Partner | Lawyer

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industrial property rights.

Copyright, trademark and oatent law
Competition law
Protection of trademarks, utility models and designs
Examination and search
Drafting of contracts (licence agreements, non-disclosure agreements)
Out-of-court and in-court disputes (warning letters and preliminary injunctions, legal enforcement and defences

Julian N. Modi

Partner | Lawyer

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Dr. Alfred N. Klinger

of Counsel | Lawyer

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Dr. Birgit Müller

Lawyer

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Robin Fiedler

Lawyer

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value added tax.

The value added tax also plays a fundamental role in drafting purchase and sale contracts, in the case of cross-border deliveries, or invoicing. We advise our clients on all questions regarding value added tax, both on the national and also international level.

subject areas.

Value added tax rates (0%, 7% or 19%)
Value added tax and cross-border deliveries
Consignment stock
Correct invoicing and input tax deduction

services.

Value added tax consulting with respect to purchasing, selling, and distribution

Wolfgang Löhr

Partner | Lawyer, Tax consultant

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industrial premises.

At all times, our clients have access to the multidisciplinary tax counsel of our experts for domestic and foreign investors with respect to subsidiaries and industrial premises.

subject areas.

Founding and managing subsidiaries/industrial premises abroad or domestically for foreign investors
Posting employees
Transfer prices

Alessandra Schnell

Lawyer

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e-commerce | data protection.

Sonntag & Partner has extensive expertise in the subject areas of social media, e-commerce, and mobile commerce. We advise and support our clients in drafting contracts, general terms and conditions, and with regard to duties to provide information.

services.

Initiation of data protection management
Regulations on order data processing
Employee data protection
Customer relationship, data warehouse and scoring
Data protection on the Internet
Legal evaluation and securing websites, Internet portals, online shops
Distribution and marketing in e-commerce and mobile commerce
Distribution and marketing via social media platforms
Preparing general terms and conditions
Preparing terms of use
Counsel with respect to duties to provide information in distance selling transactions/in electronic legal transactions
Customer information, cancellation instructions, etc.
Contract drafting
Customer protection