Legal Notice

1. Provider Information pursuant to Sec. 5 German Digital Services Act (Digitale Dienste Gesetz, DDG)

The provider of this digital service and person responsible for its content is

Lars Schönwald
Rechtsanwalt (German qualified attorney-at-law)
Augustenstr. 5 (Rgb.)
80333 Munich
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89 24242159
Email: mail [at] lars-schoenwald [dot] com
Website: www.lars-schoenwald.com

2. Professional Title and Admission

Lars Schönwald is admitted to the bar in the Federal Republic of Germany as Rechtsanwalt (German qualified attorney-at-law).

The competent licensing and supervisory authority (Zulassungs- und Aufsichtsbehörde) is the

Rechtsanwaltskammer für den Oberlandesgerichtsbezirk München
Tal 33
80331 Munich
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89 5329440
Email: info [at] rak-m [dot] de
Website: www.rak-muenchen.de

3. Professional Regulations

The professional conduct of Rechtsanwälte (German qualified attorneys-at-law) admitted in Germany is governed by the following legal regulations:

• BRAO - Bundesrechtsanwaltsverordnung (Federal Lawyers' Act)
• BORA - Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte (Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys)
• FAO - Fachanwaltsordnung (Regulations for Specialized Attorneys, if applicable)
• RVG - Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (German Attorneys' Fees Act)
• CCBE - Code of Conduct for European Lawyers

These professional codes and regulations are accessible in their current version on the website of the German Federal Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) under the section «Berufsrecht» at www.brak.de.

4. Professional Liability Insurance

Professional liability insurance (Berufshaftpflichtversicherung) is maintained as required by Sec. 51 BRAO. Detailed information regarding the insurance carrier, geographic scope, and policy details can be obtained upon justified request pursuant to the statutory disclosure requirements of the German Service Information Regulations (Dienstleistungsinformationsverordnung, DL-InfoV). To obtain these information, please contact me at the address shown above.

5. Editorial Responsibility Pursuant to Sec. 18 Para. 2 State Media Agreement (Medienstaatsvertrag, MStV)

The individual responsible for journalistic and editorial content of this website and the listed social media account is:

Lars Schönwald
Rechtsanwalt (German qualified attorney-at-law)
Email: mail [at] lars-schoenwald [dot] com

6. Consumer Dispute Resolution (Verbraucherstreitbeilegung)

The European Commission provides a platform for Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), which can be found at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.

I am neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board (Verbraucherschlichtungsstelle) pursuant to the German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (Verbraucherschlichtungsstellengesetz, VSBG). Instead, for professional disputes, the competent arbitration board is the Schlichtungsstelle der Rechtsanwaltschaft, Rauchstr. 26, 10787 Berlin, Germany, website www.s-d-r.org.