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Firm cogito.legal Rechtsanwälte Rheingans Römisch Wiehl PartGmbB
Legal form Partnership with limited professional liability under German law (PartGmbB)
Address Poststraße 14/16
20354 Hamburg
Germany
Telephone +49 40 232 053 000
Fax +49 40 232 053 009
Data protection datenschutz@cogito.legal
Authorised partners Malte Rheingans, Dr Marcel Römisch, Yannik Wiehl
Register court Local Court (Amtsgericht) of Hamburg
Registration number Partnership register PR 1167
VAT number DE313596053 (Hamburg-Mitte tax office)
Content responsibility Malte Rheingans, address as above

Professional title and competent bar association

The lawyers practising at the firm hold the statutory professional title “Rechtsanwältin" or “Rechtsanwalt" (attorney-at-law), conferred in the Federal Republic of Germany.

The specialist titles held — Certified Specialist Lawyer for Copyright and Media Law and Certified Specialist Lawyer for Information Technology Law (Fachanwalt für Urheber- und Medienrecht; Fachanwalt für Informationstechnologierecht) — were likewise conferred in the Federal Republic of Germany.

The competent bar association is the Hanseatic Bar Association Hamburg (Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg), Valentinskamp 88, 20355 Hamburg, Germany, www.rak-hamburg.de.

Rules of professional conduct

The practice of the profession is governed in particular by:

  • Federal Lawyers' Act (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung, BRAO)
  • Professional Code for Lawyers (Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte, BORA)
  • Specialist Lawyers' Regulations (Fachanwaltsordnung, FAO)
  • Lawyers' Remuneration Act (Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz, RVG)
  • Code of Conduct for European Lawyers (CCBE)
  • Act on the Activities of European Lawyers in Germany (EuRAG)

These rules are available from the German Federal Bar at www.brak.de.

Professional indemnity insurance

Insurer Allianz Versicherungs-AG
10900 Berlin, Germany
Territorial scope Federal Republic of Germany and the member states of the European Union

Dispute resolution

For disputes arising from the relationship between lawyers and their clients, the Arbitration Body of the German Bar (Schlichtungsstelle der Rechtsanwaltschaft) established under sec. 191f BRAO is available: Neue Grünstraße 17, 10179 Berlin, Germany, www.schlichtungsstelle-der-rechtsanwaltschaft.de.

Beyond that, we are neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body within the meaning of the German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (VSBG).