Information according to Section 5 of the German Digital Services Act (Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz – DDG) and Section 2 of the German Regulation on Service Information Requirements (DL-InfoV):

Reed Smith LLP is a limited liability partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware, USA (file number: 3609802). The head office of Reed Smith LLP is located in Pittsburgh, USA. The liability of Reed Smith LLP for claims arising under contracts, in tort (including for damages due to professional practice misconduct) or otherwise is limited to the assets of Reed Smith LLP.

Reed Smith LLP
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Pittsburgh, PA 15222
USA
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T: +1 412 288 3131 
F: +1 412 288 3063

Global Managing Partner: Casey Ryan

Responsible persons pursuant to Section 18(2) of the German Interstate Media Treaty (Medienstaatsvertrag - MStV) are in equal parts:

VAT Identification Number according to Section 27a of the German Value Added Tax Act (Umsatzsteuergesetz - UStG): DE 814400756.

Bar Admission: 

Attorneys

Unless otherwise stated, all attorneys in Reed Smith’s German offices are admitted within the Federal Republic of Germany to practice as attorneys (Rechtsanwälte) and are members of the bar association (Rechtsanwaltskammer) competent for their respective offices:

Notaries

Attorneys who are also acting as notaries (Notare) are admitted within the Federal Republic of Germany to practice as notaries, are members of the Chamber of Notaries (Notarkammer) competent for their respective office and are subject to the supervisory authority responsible for their respective location:

Notarkammer Frankfurt am Main
Bockenheimer Anlage 36
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
www.notarkammer-ffm.de

Der/Die Präsident/in des Landgerichts Frankfurt am Main
Gerichtsstraße 2
60313 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Tax Advisers

All attorneys who are also acting as tax advisers are admitted within the Federal Republic of Germany to practice as tax advisers and are members of the Chamber of Tax Advisers (Steuerberaterkammer) competent for their respective office:

Steuerberaterkammer Hessen
Bleichstraße 1
60313 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
www.stbk-hessen.de

Solicitors

All Solicitors under English law are admitted to practice as such in England and Wales. They are members of the Law Society of England and Wales. The address can be found at: www.lawsociety.org.uk under section „Contact or Visit Us“.

Attorneys at Law (New York)

All Attorneys at law (New York) are admitted to practice as such in the state of New York. They are members of the New York Bar: www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/.

Professional Law Provisions for German Attorneys:

The following provisions of professional law apply:

Attorneys

• German Federal Code for Lawyers (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung – BRAO)
• Professional Code of Conduct for Attorneys (Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte – BORA)
• German Act on the Remuneration of Lawyers (Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz – RVG)
• German Rules on Certified Specialist Lawyers (Fachanwaltsordnung – FAO)
• Act on Activities of European Lawyers in Germany (Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland – EuRAG)
• Code of conduct for European lawyers (CCBE Code of Conduct)

All the above regulations can be accessed on the website of the Federal Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) under www.brak.de in section “Anwaltschaft/Berufsrecht”.

Notaries

• Federal Code for Notaries (Bundesnotarordnung – BNotO)
• Notarization Act (Beurkundungsgesetz)
• Professional Rules of the Chamber of Notaries of Frankfurt am Main (Richtlinien der Notarkammer Frankfurt am Main)
• Professional Regulations for Notaries (Dienstordnung für Notarinnen und Notare – DONot)
• Court and Notaries Compensation Act (Gesetz über Kosten der freiwilligen Gerichtsbarkeit für Gerichte und Notare – GNotKG)

All the above regulations can be accessed on the website of the Federal Chamber of Notaries (Bundesnotarkammer) under www.bnotk.de in section “Notar/-in/Berufsrecht”.

For information on how we as notaries process personal data if you are formally or materially involved in a notarial procedure please read our Information on data processing in the notary’s office.

Steuerberater

• Tax Advisory Act (Steuerberatungsgesetz – StBerG)
• Implementing Regulation to Tax Advisory Act (Durchführungsverordnung zum Steuerberatungsgesetz – DVStB)
• Professional Code of The Federal Tax Advisory Chamber (Berufsordnung der Bundessteuerberaterkammer – BOStB)
• Tax Advisers’ Fees Regulation (Steuerberatervergütungsverordnung – StBVV)

Professional Law Provisions for Solicitors

The applicable professional law provisions for Solicitors (UK) are the SRA Code of Conduct, the SRA Accounts Rules, the SRA Financial Services Rules and the SRA Indemnity Insurance Rules. These regulations are available online at the website of the Solicitor Regulation Authority under https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/handbook/code/.

Professional Law Provisions for Attorneys at Law (New York)

The texts of the applicable codes and rules for Attorneys at Law (New York) are available at ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys.

Professional Liability Insurance

AIG Europe S.A.
Neue Mainzer Straße 46 - 50
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

The territorial scope of the professional liability insurance is worldwide.

Online Dispute Resolution platform and Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures for consumers: Article 14(1) of the Regulation on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes (Regulation on consumer ODR) and Section 36 of the German Act on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Consumer Matters (Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz – VSBG):

The European Commission provides a platform for out-of-court dispute resolution, which is accessible at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.

In Germany, the competent alternative dispute resolution entity for consumer disputes in property matters arising from an attorney-client relationship is the Lawyers’ Meditation Board (Schlichtungsstelle der Rechtsanwaltschaft), Rauchstraße 26, 10787 Berlin, www.schlichtungsstelle-der-rechtsanwaltschaft.de.

Reed Smith LLP does not participate in alternative consumer dispute resolution procedures before alternative dispute resolution entities.