Our Areas of Law
Volker Kühn, Verstrickt (get lost)
We help that you will not get lost in the jungle of law.
1. Foreign Trade Law,
including EC, US
and WTO Law
- EC & US Export Law (compliance, risk minimisation, precautionary risk management, inter alia: advice, expert legal opinions, organisational instructions or manuals for export compliance; contracts for risk transfer; filing of license applications, also in Washington DC; voluntary self-disclosures; representation in criminal export cases; Iran embargo and applicability of US embargoes/US sanction lists for companies in the EC; compliance with sanction lists, safe international supply chain; audits and/or applications for Authorized Economic Operator –in all EC Member States–), EC & US import and antidumping law
- EC & US Customs Law (tariff classifications, applications for binding classification decisions, custom procedures, ATLAS, AEO application, preferences, rules of origin, market orders etc.)
- International Marketing of Products (access & labelling of products world-wide, supply & transportation, all issues on commercial agents globally, international financing & international taxation)
- US Law, Chinese, Indian or Japanese Law (by us or by our co-operation partners)
- International Law (international private law & international public law), EC and WTO Law
2. “Law of Substances” (Foodstuff, Chemicals
and Environmental Law)
- Foodstuff, cosmetics & medical devices law; health claims and law for pharmaceutical competition
- Chemicals & biocidal products law (especially regulation of biocides under the BPD and trade with chemicals under the REACH Regulation)
- Law concerning hazardous substances, wastes (incl. old waste sites) and water management; liability; international environmental law
3. Other Business Law
- Competition, Antitrust & Trade Mark Law (German & international regulations)
- Contract, commercial and company law (incl. compliance management, e. g. manuals on organisation & supervision duties in the company), and outsourcing contracts
- Risk assessment/Due Diligence; licensing of industrial plants & other installations; construction, subsidies, procurement and environmental law
- Business regulatory law (like industrial code, IT and energy law), incl. data protection/privacy & call centre law
- Representation in criminal cases of business law
- Constitutional Law (several complaints in Karlsruhe and in Strasbourg)
- and in-house seminars on these 3 areas of law (world-wide)
For a detailed description of our legal services offered: cf. our side “Current Legal Documents, Notes and our Legal Services Offered” in relation to the following legal areas:
- EC Export Law/EC Foreign Trade Law
- US Export Law
- Customs Law
- International Contract Law
- WTO Law
- Law of Chemicals & Biocidal Products
- Foodstuff, Cosmetics & Medical Devices Law
- Law for the Global Marketing of Products
(incl. international taxation)
- Environmental Law (German & international regulations)
- International Arbitration & International Litigation
- Company, Competition, Antitrust and Trademark Law
(German & international regulations)
- Constitutional Law, business regulatory law &
international law
and in relation to the following special topics:
- Iran Embargo
- Authorized Economic Operator (AEO)
- US Law & Trade with the USA
- Chinese Law & Trade with China
- Indian Law & Trade with India
- Japanese Law & Trade with Japan
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