Notary office

Numerous legal transactions require a special legal form. Important transactions are subject to the condition of a notarial certification. This includes, for example, matters relating to company law and real estate law.

A notarial certification has a strict legal form which is recognised by law. The notary informs and instructs the parties to the document about these formal requirements and about the content and effects of the legal transaction which is to be certified. In addition, it should be ensured that legal transactions are clearly prepared, understandable and legally watertight for all those involved. In the course of the certification, the notary does not act on the side of one of the parties, but is always independent and impartial.

Using the services of its own notary in Herford, Rödl & Partner offers its clients the design and certification of contracts which are legally compliant. Our notary serves clients in Germany and other countries for all notarial matters and in particular in the areas of company law, real estate law and succession arrangements. Our lawyers work closely together in an interdisciplinary manner with our notary.

As far as there no co-operation prohibitions, a notarisation is possible through our notary to be able to guarantee the best possible implementation. In request, the notarisation can be made in the English language.

Our notary office supports you in the following areas:

Company law

Founding of companies, in particular stock corporations (GmbH, AG)
Design and notarisation of company contracts (for the founding and with changes to the articles of incorporation)
Preparation and execution of resolutions and commercial register applications (e.g. appointment of managing directors, registration of authorized signatories and registration of forms of German companies such as eK, OHG and KG)
Increases in share capital
Notarisation of processes acc. to the German reorganisation of companies act
Notarisation of purchase agreements
Shareholder agreements / investment agreements

Real estate law

Preparation and notarisation of property purchase agreements / property transfers (incl. all auxiliary matters, e.g. land charges)
Founding of apartment associations, preparation and notarisation of declarations of division
All property transactions subject to notarisation

Inheritance law

Consulting for general inheritance law
Notarisation of last will and testament (simple will, joint will, "Berliner Testament", entrepreneur's last will) and inheritance contracts
Design of estate execution
Notarisation of waiving of inheritance
Notarisation of gift contracts, anticipated inheritance (use of tax-free allowances)
Auxiliary matters, e.g. power of attorney and living wills

Rödl, Lang Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB

Leopoldstraße 2-8

32051 Herford

Tel.: +49 5221 6930 10

Fax: +49 5221 6930 199

E-Mail: herford@roedl.com

PARTNERS WITH SOLE POWER OF REPRESENTATION:

Prof. Dr. Christian Rödl, LL.M. (Columbia University, New York), Attorney at Law (Germany), Certified Tax Consultant (Germany), Specialist Consultant for International Tax Law (Germany)

Thomas Lang, LL.M., Attorney at Law (Germany), Notary (Germany)

PARTNERSHIP REGISTER:

District Court Essen, PR 3949

VAT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:

DE 313 186 024

PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION:

Attorneys at Law, Notary

PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION AWARDED IN:

Federal Republic of Germany

RESPONSIBLE SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES AND CHAMBERS:

Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamm

Ostenallee 18

59063 Hamm

Tel.: +49 2381 9850-00

Fax: +49 2381 9850-50

E-Mail: info@rak-hamm.de

www.rechtsanwaltskammer-hamm.de

All the attorneys at law belonging to the company are members of the regional bar association responsible for their admission (www.brak.de/die-brak/regionale-kammern/) and are subject to its supervision.

The notary is subject to the supervision of the President of the Regional Court of Bielefeld:

Präsident des Landgerichts Bielefeld

Niederwall 71

33602 Bielefeld

The notary is a member of the competent chamber of notaries in his location:

Westfälische Notarkammer

Ostenallee 18

59063 Hamm

Tel.: +49 2381 96959 0

Fax: +49 2381 96959 51

E-Mail: info@westfaelische-notarkammer.de

www.westfaelische-notarkammer.de

PROFESSIONAL REGULATIONS:

The relevant professional regulations for attorneys at law are:

the Federal Code for Lawyers (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung – BRAO)
the Rules of Professional Practice (Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte - BORA)
the Act on the Remuneration of Lawyers (Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz – RVG)
the Regulations on Specialist Lawyers (Fachanwaltsordnung - FAO)
the Professional Rules for Lawyers in the European Union (Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Union)
the Law Regulating the Activity of European Lawyers in Germany (Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland - EuRAG)

All texts are available on the website of the German Federal Bar Association www.brak.de under „Anwaltschaft“ (advocancy) – „Berufsrecht“ (law of professional conduct).

The relevant professional regulations for notaries are:

the Federal Code for Notaries (Bundesnotarordnung – BNotO)
the Notarization Act (Beurkundungsgesetz - BeurkG)
the Court and Notary Costs Act (Gerichts- und Notarkostengesetz - GNotKG)
the Official Regulations for Notaries (Dienstordnung für Notarinnen und Notare - DONot)
the Ordinance on the Maintenance of Notarial Records and Directories (Verordnung über die Führung notareller Akten und Verzeichnisse - NotAktVV)
Guidelines of the Westphalian Chamber of Notaries (Richtlinien der Westfälischen Notarkammer)

All texts, with the exception of the Guidelines of the Westphalian Chamber of Notaries, are available on the information portal of the Federal Chamber of Notaries www.notar.de under www.notar.de unter „Notar/-in“ (notary) – „Berufsrecht“ (law of professional conduct). The Guidelines of the Westphalian Chamber of Notaries are available on the website of the Westphalian Chamber of Notaries www.westfaelische-notarkammer.de under „Notarservice“ (notarial services) – „Berufsrechtliche Regelungen“ (professional regulations).

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE:

Rödl, Lang Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB maintains the required professional liability insurance with R+V Allgemeine Versicherung AG, Raiffeisenplatz 1, 65189 Wiesbaden. The territorial scope of the insurance cover includes services at least in the member states of the European Union.

European platform for online dispute resolution (ODR platform):

The European Union has set up an online platform (“ODR platform") for the out-of-court settlement of disputes arising from online legal transactions at the following link: www.ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/

Consumer dispute resolution:

Rödl & Partner is neither legally obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer dispute resolution body.

Rödl & Partner is accustomed to reaching a consensus without detours on the proven basis of trust in the - in any case unlikely - event of differing opinions in the mandate.

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