Chancellery

Dr. Fabian Friz
Managing Partner
Königstrasse 22
D-70173 Stuttgart
Phone 0711 / 2869999-0
Fax 0711 / 2869999-9
Email post@welzerfriz.com

Dr. Timo Welzer | German lawyer, Graduate in Business Administration (BA)
Managing Partner
Johannesstrasse 27
D-78056 Villingen-Schwenningen
Phone 07720 / 60993-00
Fax 07720 / 60993-99
Email post@welzerfriz.com

Gerrit Woerner | Graduate in Business Administration (BA), Tax Consultant
Johannesstrasse 27
D-78056 Villingen-Schwenningen
Phone 07720 / 60993-00
Fax 07720 / 60993-99
E-Mail post@welzerfriz.com

Marcus Schilling | Graduate in Business Administration (BA), Tax Consultant
Königstrasse 22
70173 Stuttgart
Phone 0711 / 2869999-0
Fax 0711 / 2869999-9
Email post@welzerfriz.com

Professional liability insurance has been taken out with Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherungen AG, Gothaer Allee 1, D-50969 Cologne. The insurance coverage meets the requirements of §§ 51a, 59j German Federal Lawyers' Act (BRAO).

In relation to the activities of lawyers and the lawyer's risk, the insurance cover does not apply to liability claims arising from the lawyer's activities before non-European courts or in connection with the provision of advice and dealing with non-European law, with the exception of that of Turkey or via law firms or offices established or maintained in other countries. In addition, in relation to the activities of lawyers and the lawyer's risk, the insurance cover does not apply to liability claims for damages due to embezzlement by staff, partners or relatives of the policyholder, nor to activities of the policyholder as an employee.

In relation to the activities of tax advisors, the tax advisory professions and the tax advisor’s risk, the insurance cover does not apply to (a) liability claims which are asserted before foreign courts (this also applies in the case of a domestic judgment for enforcement (§ 722 German Code of Civil Procedure)), or (b) arising from the violation of, or non-compliance with, foreign law or, (c) arising from activities which are carried out through branches, subsidiaries or further advisory offices abroad. However, these risk exclusions for the activities according to clause (a) and (b) of tax consultants, the tax advisory professions and the tax advisor’s risk do not apply to other European countries, member states of the European Union and contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA), Turkey and the states in the territory of the former Soviet Union. Liability claims for the activity of tax consultants, the tax advisory professions and the tax advisor’s risk which arise in the course of business assistance in tax matters concerning the tax law of states not mentioned above are covered by the insurance if the contractual relationship between the policyholder and the client is subject only to German law. In these cases, the insurance benefits are limited to the minimum insurance required by law. The insurance cover for the activity of tax consultants, the tax advisory professions and for tax advisor’s risk does not apply to liability claims due to damage caused by misappropriations in cash management, violations in the payment act or by embezzlement by the policyholder's staff. The insurance cover for the activity of tax advisors, the tax advisory professions and the tax advisor’s risk does not apply to liability claims arising from the fact that (a) the policyholder commits a breach in the area of an entrepreneurial risk arising in the course of the performance of an insured activity, e.g., as an executor, to the extent that a commercial enterprise is part of the estate, as an emergency director, or as a trustee , (b) an insurance policy has not been taken out, or was not continued, unless the policyholder proves that the conclusion or continuation of the contract was not deliberately refrained from.

Out-of-court dispute resolution: 
For property disputes arising from the client relationship between consumers and Welzer Friz Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, the arbitration board of the legal profession, Rauchstr. 26, D-10787 Berlin, www.s-d-r.org, is responsible. Welzer Friz Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is generally willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before the arbitration board of the legal profession. In addition, the board of the competent bar association in Freiburg is available to all clients for out-of-court dispute resolution in accordance with § 73 Para. 2 No. 3 German Federal Lawyers’ Act. 

For disputes between consumers and tax advisors, the General Consumer Arbitration Board of the Zentrum für Schlichtung e.V., Strassburger Straße 8, D77694 Kehl am Rhein, www.verbraucher-schlichter.de, is responsible. In addition, the competent Chamber of Tax Consultants (Südbaden or Stuttgart) is available to all clients for out-of-court dispute resolution pursuant to Section 76 (2), no. 3 German Tax Consultants’ Act. 

In addition, consumers can use the EU Commission's platform for online dispute resolution, www.ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. 

The tax consultant, Gerrit Woerner, has been admitted as a tax advisor in the Federal Republic of Germany and is a member of the Chamber of Tax Consultants Südbaden, Wentzingerstraße 19, D-79106 Freiburg (also the competent supervisory authority).

The tax consultant, Marcus Schilling, has been admitted as a tax advisor bin the Federal Republic of Germany and is a member of the Stuttgart Chamber of Tax Consultants, Hegelstraße 33, D-70174 Stuttgart (also the competent supervisory authority).

The German lawyers, Dr. Timo Welzer and Dr. Fabian Friz, have been admitted as lawyers in the Federal Republic of Germany and are members of the Stuttgart Bar Association, Königstraße 14, D-70173 Stuttgart (also the competent supervisory authority).

The statutory professional titles, "Steuerberaterin", "Steuerberater", "Rechtsanwältin", and "Rechtsanwalt" of all persons working for us were awarded in the Federal Republic of Germany

For German lawyers:
Federal Lawyers' Act (BRAO)
Professional Code of Conduct for German Lawyers (BORA)
Regulation on Specialist Lawyers (FAO)
Lawyers' Remuneration Act (RVG)
Professional rules of lawyers of the European Community
Act on the Activities of European Lawyers in Germany

These regulations for lawyers are available on the website of the German Federal Bar Association: www.brak.de.

For tax advisors:
Tax Consultancy Act (StBerG)
Implementing regulation regarding the Tax Consultancy Act(DVStB)
Professional Code of Conduct for Tax Consultants (BOStB)
Regulation on the Remuneration of Tax Consultants (StBVV)

These regulations concerning tax advisors are available on the website of the Federal Chamber of Tax Consultants: www.bstbk.de.

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