Rechtliche Hinweise
ZACCO legal Rechtsanwalts GmbH
Registered office:
Bayerstrasse 83
80 355 München
Germany
T: +49 89 53 88 60 910
Managing Partner: Dr. Nils Köster
Commercial Register: Registergericht München, HRB275395 VAT Identification Number: DE352656047
Responsible professional associations: ZACCO legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (herein after ZACCO legal), which is registered in Germany, is subject to supervision by the Munich Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer) (www.rak-muenchen.de). German lawyers (Rechtsanwälte) at ZACCO legal: respective regional Bar Associations (Rechtsanwaltskammern) responsible for their admission (see the individual regional Bar Associations www.brak.de/die-brak/regionale-kammern/). German patent attorneys at ZACCO legal: German Patent Attorneys Bar Association (Patentanwaltskammer), www.patentanwalt.de European Patent Attorneys at ZACCO legal epi – Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office, www.patentepi.com.
Professional regulations for German lawyers: Professional title: Rechtsanwalt (Bundesrepublik Deutschland); information about the regulations that apply to German lawyers is available on the website of the German Federal Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) at www.brak.de/fuer-anwaelte/berufsrecht/.
Professional regulations for German patent attorneys: Professional title: Patentanwalt; Patentanwaltsordnung; Berufsordnung der Patentanwälte (www.patentanwalt.de) Code of Professional Conduct des epi (www.patentepi.com) FICPI Standesregeln (https://ficpi.org/system/files/FICPI-Code-of-Conduct-2022.pdf)
Professional liability insurance: German lawyers and German patent attorneys are all required to take out professional liability insurance according to the provisions of the German Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO) and the German Patent Attorney Act (PAO), respectively. The minimum insurance sum for law firms is EUR 2,500,000.00. Further details are contained in Secs 51, 59j (2) German Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO),
ZACCO legal’s professional liability insurance is provided by Signal Iduna Allgemeine Versicherung AG, Joseph-Scherer-Str. 3, 44139 Dortmund. The professional liability insurance policy is valid worldwide.
Avoiding conflicts of interests: Professional regulations (Sec.43a (4) German Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO)) prohibit German lawyers from representing if there is a conflict of interest. This is why we always check whether a conflict of interests exists before we accept an engagement. Online dispute resolution platform and consumer dispute resolution: The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution, which is available at https://.ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. ZACCO legal does not participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a dispute resolution body for consumers.
