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Information pursuant to § 5 of the German Digital Services Act (Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz, DDG) and § 2 of the Regulation on Information Obligations for Service Providers (Dienstleistungs-Informationspflichten-Verordnung, DL-InfoV).

This English translation is provided for convenience. Only the German version is legally binding.

Service provider

Brandes the lawyers UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Neuer Wall 10
20354 Hamburg

Contact

Telephone: +49 40 822 153 154
Fax: +49 40 8740 9880
Email: info@brandes-thelawyers.de

Managing director authorised to represent the company

Ronald Brandes, Rechtsanwalt (German lawyer)

Commercial register entry

Amtsgericht Hamburg (Hamburg Local Court), HRB 159651

VAT identification number

VAT identification number pursuant to § 27a Umsatzsteuergesetz (German Value Added Tax Act): DE326573006

Professional title

Rechtsanwalt (German lawyer), title conferred in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Competent supervisory authority and Bar

Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg (Hanseatic Bar of Hamburg)
Valentinskamp 88
20355 Hamburg
www.rak-hamburg.de

Professional regulations

The following professional regulations apply in particular:

  • Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO) — Federal Lawyers' Act
  • Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte (BORA) — Rules of Professional Practice for Lawyers
  • Fachanwaltsordnung (FAO) — Specialist Lawyers' Regulations
  • Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (RVG) — German Lawyers' Remuneration Act
  • Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland (EuRAG) — Act on the Activities of European Lawyers in Germany
  • Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Union (CCBE) — Code of Conduct for European Lawyers

The full texts of these regulations are available on the website of the Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (German Federal Bar) at brak.de.

Professional indemnity insurance

For the company:
Zurich Insurance Europe AG, Niederlassung für Deutschland (branch for Germany)
Platz der Einheit 2, 60327 Frankfurt am Main

For Ronald Brandes, lawyer:
Allianz Versicherungs-AG
Königinstraße 28, 80802 München

The territorial scope of the insurance cover meets at least the requirements prescribed by §§ 51 et seq. BRAO and extends to activities in the Member States of the European Union.

Consumer dispute resolution and conciliation

In disputes between lawyers and their clients, out-of-court conciliation is available on application at the competent regional Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer) or at the

Schlichtungsstelle der Rechtsanwaltschaft (Conciliation Board of the German Bar)
Neue Grünstraße 17, 10179 Berlin
schlichtungsstelle-der-rechtsanwaltschaft.de

We are neither obliged nor, as a rule, willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a general consumer conciliation body within the meaning of the Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz (German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act).

Responsible for editorial content

Ronald Brandes, lawyer, address as above.

Copyright

The content of this website — texts, design, graphics and photographs — is protected by copyright. All rights of use in the photographs used lie with Brandes the lawyers UG (haftungsbeschränkt); no third-party rights exist in them. Any use beyond the limits of copyright law requires our prior written consent.

Liability for content and links

The content of this website has been prepared with care. It constitutes general information and does not replace legal advice on an individual case; visiting this website does not establish a lawyer–client relationship.

The operators of external websites are solely responsible for the content of those links. No legal infringements were apparent at the time the links were set. Should we become aware of any infringements, we will remove the relevant links without delay.

As of: 29 July 2026