On 20th September, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Association of German Lawyers in France (DeutscherAnwaltverein #DAV Frankreich) and the start of the consular year 2022 in the #German #Embassy in #Paris, on invitation of Dr. Christian Pernhorst, Head of [...]
We are pleased to share that within the #UIA ACADEMY OF HIGH LEGAL EDUCATION, the 2nd edition of the Summer Course "Business and Human Rights for Legal Practitioners" will take place in #Madrid, Spain, from July 6-9, 2022. The key note [...]
Our Partner retreat this year took us to Palma de Mallorca. We focused on our synergies in client relationships and the expansion of our firm. We were supported by our outstanding facilitator Sebastian Keilich. Among others, Sebastian has been the Lead [...]
We are very grateful that we could enjoy a great year 2021, even though we were at a distance most of the time, to our partners, clients and friends. But we were able to successfully accompany the projects entrusted to us, [...]
January 7, 2021 I am writing an article about the paperless law office. In the past months, our law firm had no major problems with Corona restrictions, home office was no problem. The only things that had to be ensured were [...]
December 30, 2019 I was out of town with friends and didn't want to work. A good client calls me, he is sorry, but he overlooked the fact that on 31st December one of his claims against a contractual partner will [...]
The system can only be maintained if the workflow is systematically adhered to and kept paperless. Our branch in Berlin has been paperless since 1st of January 2016. We all felt attached to paper and it means a big change for [...]
At our office, incoming mail is now destroyed every six months. All electronic documents are stored in the lawyer software. Once the mandate has ended, the file is filed virtually, and the retention period is defined. During the retention period, access [...]
The first thing to do is to enter the deadlines. This requires legally trained staff, or the lawyer enters the deadlines himself. Using a PDF editing software such as Adobe Acrobat, the deadlines are noted directly on the electronic document. In [...]
As lawyers, we receive documents in different ways. In the meantime, e-mail is the predominant means of communication with clients. Particularly "progressive" clients even send documents via WhatsApp or other messenger services, regardless of security concerns. There are also letters, especially [...]
