OLIV­ER SCHNEIDER

Glob­al­isa­tion and digit­isa­tion have immensely changed the require­ments in trade. Intens­i­fied com­pet­i­tion, world­wide move­ment of goods and data, as well as com­plic­ated leg­al frame­works require care­fully designed dis­tri­bu­tion sys­tems and con­trac­tu­al arrange­ments. We help our cli­ents to com­pete on the dynam­ic mar­kets, to act in com­pli­ance with the law, and to suc­cess­fully fur­ther devel­op their busi­ness models.

From our day-to-day work, we know the pro­cesses in com­mer­cial enter­prises in many dif­fer­ent sec­tors and identi­fy with the eco­nom­ic object­ives of our cli­ents. Our spe­cial­ist law­yers in com­mer­cial and com­pany law are exper­i­enced prac­ti­tion­ers who are both famil­i­ar with the pur­chase and sup­ply rela­tion­ships between busi­nesses at dif­fer­ent trade levels and with those of end customers.

We sup­port you with com­pet­ent advice through­out the entire value-added chain, under­take con­trac­tu­al arrange­ments, assert your claims or defend against unjus­ti­fied claims. Depend­ing on the issue, our spe­cial­ised law­yers in anti­trust, trade­mark and com­pet­i­tion law, as well as those in IT law and data pro­tec­tion, are happy to be at your disposal.

Our key ser­vices in com­mer­cial law

• Advice on the build­ing, expan­sion and restruc­tur­ing of dis­tri­bu­tion systems
• Draft­ing and set­tle­ment of dis­tri­bu­tion con­tracts (agency con­tracts, dis­trib­ut­or agree­ments, fran­chise contracts)
• Licens­ing agree­ments, cooper­a­tion and qual­ity assur­ance agreements
• Pro­cur­a­tion and powers of attorney
• Draft­ing and review­ing of gen­er­al terms and con­di­tions, con­di­tions of pur­chase and terms of delivery
• Advice and rep­res­ent­a­tion in war­ranty and liab­il­ity issues
• Defence against and enforce­ment of claims (accept­ance cri­ter­ia, liab­il­ity for defects, product liab­il­ity, con­trac­tu­al penalties)