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General Information
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, a Limited Liability Partnership under the laws of the U.S. State of California, registered with the Secretary of State, State of California, Sacramento California, (Registration No 201996243002). Orrick Hölters & Elsing is the designation of the German offices of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main and Munich.
Address: The Orrick Building, 405 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-2669, USA, Telephone: +1 415-773-5700, email:
sanfrancisco@orrick.com
Authorized representative in Germany and responsible for the editorial content according to § 55(3) Interstate Broadcasting and Telemedia Agreement (Staatsvertrag für Rundfunk und Telemedien): Dr. Arno Frings (Managing Partner Germany),Heinrich-Heine-Allee 12, 40213 Dusseldorf, Gemany, Telephone: +49 (0)211 36787-0, email:duesseldorf@orrick.com
VAT ID number: DE 263842489.
Professionals working for Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (Orrick Hölters & Elsing) in Germany - Titles and competent chambers
(Note: All professional titles given in male form here are also meant for female professionals)
All German Lawyers are admitted to practice as such in the Federal Republic of Germany, unless stated otherwise. They are members of the local bar associations competent for their respective office:
All Tax advisers are admitted to practice as such in the Federal Republic of Germany, unless stated otherwise. They are members of the local bar associations competent for their respective office.
All Public certified accountants are admitted to practice as such in the Federal Republic of Germany unless stated otherwise. They are members of the uniform competent Chamber of Public Certified Accountants (Wirtschaftsprüferkammer).
All Notaries are admitted to practice as such in the Federal Republic of Germany, unless stated otherwise. They are members of the chamber of notaries.
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.
All Attorneys at law (California) are admitted to practice as such in the state of California. They are members of the California Bar:
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/
All
Attorneys at Law (District of Columbia) are admitted to practice as such in the District of Colombia. They are members of the District of Columbia Bar :
http://www.dcbar.org
All professionals that are lawyers under Russian law are qualified to practice and provide advice under the laws of the Russian Federation. They are entitled to carry the title as lawyer based on the rules of the Russian Ministry for Education and Science:
http://eng.mon.gov.ru/.
Applicable professional regulatory provisions
LawyersProfessional regulatory provisions for Lawyers in Germany are the Federal Lawyers’ Regulation (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung - BRAO), the Specialist Lawyers’ Regulation (Fachanwaltsordnung - FAO), the Lawyers’ Fees Act (Gesetz über die Vergütung von Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälten - RVG), the Rules of professional practice (Berufsordnung der Rechtsanwälte - BORA), the Charter of core principles of the European legal profession and Code of Conduct for European lawyers (CCBE) and the Law pertaining to the professional law regulating the legal profession (Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland - EuRAG), respectively the regulation regarding the implementation of § 206 of the Federal Lawyers’ Act for lawyers from non-european countries. The texts of the applicable acts, regulations and codes are available online (partially in English) at the Federal Chamber of Laywers’ website under section “Berufsrecht”):
http://www.brak.de/
Tax advisersProfessional regulatory provisions for tax advisors in Germany are the Tax Advisory Act (Steuerberatungsgesetz - StBerG) and its implementing regulation (Durchführungsverordnung zum Steuerberatungsgesetz - DVStB), the Professional Code Of The Federal Tax Advisory Chamber (Berufsordnung der Bundessteuerberaterkammer - BOStB) and the Tax Advisers’ Fee Regulation (Steuerberatergebührenverordnung - StBGebV). The texts of the applicable acts, regulations and codes are available online (German only) at the Federal Chamber of Tax Advisors’ website under section “Der Steuerberater/Berufsrecht”):
http://www.bstbk.de/de/steuerberater/berufsrecht/
Accountants
Professional regulatory provisions for Public certified accountants in Germany are the Public Account Act (Wirtschaftsprüferordnung - WPO), the Professional Charter for Accountants/Chartered Accountants (Berufssatzung für Wirtschaftsprüfer und vereidigte Buchprüfer - BS WP/vBP), the Rules on Quality Control (Satzung für Qualitätskontrolle), the Sealing Regulation (Siegelverordnung -Siegel-VO) and the Regulation for the Insurance of Professional Liability of Accountants (Wirtschaftsprüfer-Berufshaftpflichtverordnung - WPBHV).
Notaries Professional regulatory provisions for Notaries in Germany are the Federal Notaries Act (Bundesnotarordnung - BNotO), the Notarization Act (Beurkundungsgesetz - BeurkG), the Guidelines of the Chambers of Notaries (Richtlinien der Notarkammern), the Office Regulation for Notaries (Dienstordnung für Notarinnen und Notare - DONot), the Cost Regulation Act (Kostenordnung - KostO) and the European Notaries Code (Europäischer Kodex des notariellen Standesrechts).
The texts of the applicable regulations, rules and codes are available online (German only) at the Federal Chamber of Notaries’ website under section “Der Notar/Berufsrecht”):
http://www.bnotk.de/Notar/Berufsrecht/index.php
Solicitors Professional regulatory provisions for Solicitors (UK) are the Solicitors’ Code of Conduct, the Solicitors’ Accounts Rules, the Solicitors’ Financial Services Rules and the Solicitors’ Indemnity Insurance Rules. The texts of the applicable codes and rules are available online at the website of the Solicitor Regulation Authority under section “For solitcitors”:
www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct.page
February 2012