31. January 2012
Press release
Stuttgart: HEUSSEN joins forces with Wahlert
On March 1st 2012 HEUSSEN joins forces with Wahlert, a Stuttgart law firm. With a total of 23 professionals HEUSSEN now ranks among the ten biggest law firms in Stuttgart.
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18. October 2011
Press release
HEUSSEN Frankfurt: two partners appointed as notary public
Norbert Pahl and Wolfgang Trautner, both partners at HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in the Frankfurt office were appointed as notary public by the higher regional court Frankfurt am Main.
18. October 2011
Press release
HEUSSEN wins Acquisition International Award „German Property Law Firm of the Year“
HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is pleased about the receipt of the „German Property Law Firm of the Year 2011 award“, which is awarded by the British business magazine Acquisition International in the context of their annual “Legal Awards“.
17. August 2011
Press release
Prof. Dr. Renate Dendorfer appointed as ABA Vice Chair
Prof. Dr. Renate Dendorfer was appointed Vice Chair of the Section of International Law of the American Bar Association (ABA) for at least one year with assignment to the Private International Law Committee.
18. July 2011
Press release
HEUSSEN expands Berlin office
On July 1st 2011 lawyer and notary Dr. Thomas Miller joined HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. Until recently he was partner at KROHN in Hamburg and Berlin. Dr. Miller will work at HEUSSEN’s Berlin office, which just moved to larger office premises in Joachimstaler Straße/ Ecke Kurfürstendamm.
13. April 2011
Press release
HEUSSEN among the TOP 100 European law firms according to the rank-ing of “The Lawyer“
For the first time, the leading British law-magazine „the Lawyer“ included HEUSSEN in its annual ranking „European 100 – The Continental Elite“, which identifies the top high profit law firms in continental Europe. HEUSSEN is listed in this ranking together with only 15 other law firms from Germany.
26 April 2011
Press release
HEUSSEN extends its copyright and media law practice group in Berlin
On 1 May 2011 Marcus M. Hotze joined the Berlin office of HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. Mr. Hotze (38) is qualified as lawyer in Germany and is a specialist for copyright and media law. He previously worked for Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft in Berlin where he was co-head of the nationwide practice group „Media & Advertising“.
4 November 2010
HEUSSEN Frankfurt office takes over SNP office
The HEUSSEN Frankfurt office will start invigorated into the new year 2011. The SNP Schlawien Naab Partnership, consisting of ten lawyers, will join the HEUSSEN office, situated at the Platz der Einheit, as a whole in the coming weeks.
3 November 2010
HEUSSEN strengthens its Stuttgart office
The Stuttgart office of HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschafts mbH was able to win over two partners of the law firm Kleiner Rechtsanwälte, also situated in Stuttgart. With these two experienced lawyers joining HEUSSEN, the law firm will gather strength in the Stuttgart region and its Corporate Law practice group will be able to focus on new sectors.
27. October 2010
Endowed chair for the law of renewable energies – HEUSSEN actively engaged in EBS Law School
The newly founded EBS Law School in Wiesbaden is pleased to announce its first endowed professorship: together with HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH the EBS Law School has taken the initiative to build up a chair with focus on the law of renewable energies. This chair will contribute to the academic foundation of this young field of law in Germany.
30 September 2010
Press release
HEUSSEN welcomes new partner to the practice group Public Law / Public Procurement Law
SIBETH co-founder Dr. Norbert Huber joined HEUSSEN’s Munich office and will from now on strengthen the practice group Public Law/ Public Procurement Law.
40 years old Dr. Huber was partner at SIBETH since 2005 in the field of “Public Sector“. He began his career at Nörr Stiefenhöfer Lutz and then moved on to ARCON Schmitdt-Sibeth Heisse Weisskopf Kursawe.
13 April 2010
Press release
HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft and HEUSSEN Italia sponsor charity concert in Rome for the victims of the earthquake in Onna
On 7 April 2010 a charity concert took place in Rome for the victims of the violent earthquake in Onna in the Abruzzi under the protectorate of Germany’s and Italy’s presidents Giorgio Napoletano and Horst Köhler.
12 April 2010
Press release
Dr. Reiner Ponschab was elected one of the best German lawyers for arbitration and mediation
Best Lawyers elects HEUSSEN lawyer Dr. Reiner Ponschab to the “Germany list of best lawyers” for the areas arbitration and mediation.
November 2009
Press release
„Stadtwerke München“ introduced the first solar power plant in collaboration with „Gehrlicher Solar AG“ In Lauingen an der Donau
5 October 2009
Press release
“WirtschaftsWoche“ chooses best labor lawyers Dr. Ralf Busch among the top 25 of lawyers for labor law
During times of economic crisis many companies are forced to lay off employees. According to „WirtschaftsWoche“ the labor courts report an increase of its caseload of up to 40 % since the beginning of the year. In a multistage process ....
25 May 2009
Press release
Babcock & Brown in-house team in Munich goes into business for itself as fks Feuerstein Kirfel Spieth.
Close cooperation with "best friend"- law firm HEUSSEN
Munich, 25 June 2009 – Former Babcock & Brown in-house lawyers Andreas Feuer-stein, Oliver Kirfel and Dr. Bernd Spieth open their own transactions law firm in Mu-nich on 1 July 2009 under the name of fks Feurstein Kirfel Spieth.
April 2009
Topic of the week in „Der Betrieb“
Short time work: Boom due to the support of the „Konjunkturpaket II“
Short time work, a possibility to reduce labor costs, which has not been used fre-quently in the past, experiences a boom at present. Particularly, since this measure, which intends temporary relief of companies in times of economic crisis, is strongly supported by the federal government’s „Konjunkturpaket II“, more and more companies try to avoid precipitant layoffs by means of short time work.
In „Der Betrieb“, issue 17 p. 902 et seqq. Prof. Dr. Renate Dendorfer and Thomas Krebs give an overview over the tax-based, labor law and social law related require-ments for short time work and short time compensation. The federal government’s latest measures as well as the particularities of the temporary employment sector are taken into consideration.
April 2009
Implementation of the „Konjunkturpaket II“ (economic stimulus package) for Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects for school renovations
HEUSSEN, in cooperation with the UTAG Ingenieurgesellschaft, developed a prod-uct for the swift and efficient implementation of PPP projects for school renovations/ infrastructure measures, which takes advantage of the “Konjungturpaket II”. This product enables the swift implementation of award procedures while taking into con-sideration a middle class friendly model.
Amsterdam, 23 March 2009
HEUSSEN B.V. Amsterdam elected the most successful new Dutch law firm
An independent jury has elected HEUSSEN B.V. Amsterdam as most successful new Dutch law firm. On 20 March 2009 HEUSSEN B.V. received the so-called “Golden Hourglass” award from Cisca Dresselhuys. The jury granted HEUSSEN B.V. this prestigious, biannual award due to its successful start, strong international focus and client base.
HEUSSEN B.V. is very proud to have won the Golden Hourglass and considers this prize to be an honourable recognition of its work.
The independent jury consisted of Mr. Floris Croon, founder of Boer & Croon, Mr. Willem Stevens, former senior partner of Baker & McKenzie the Netherlands, Ms. Christ'l Dullaert, CEO of Le Tableau and Mr. Pablo van Klinken, CEO of KSU Uitgeverij.
November 2008
Press release
HEUSSEN opens office in Brussels
On 13 November 2008 HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH opened its first office in Brussels. The new office constitutes the fifth business location besides Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt and Stuttgart.
The Brussels office is run by Reinhold Kopp, specialist solicitor for labor law, who is also active in our Berlin office.
HEUSSEN is establishing a new practice group for Public Affairs and Regulations in Belgium’s capital.
1. Nov. 2008
Press release
Foundation of the first business company
On the same day of the introduction of the new company form JKV Media became the first business company in Germany. From a legal point of view the formation was overseen by HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.
October 2008
Modernization of the limited liability company law
On 23 October Germany’s Federal President signed the Act to Modernize the Limited Liability Company Law and to Combat Abuse (MoMiG).
In accordance with Art 25 MoMiG the law will come into force on 1 November 2008.
August 2008
Press release
Sibeth founding partner joins Heussen
Corporate Lawyer Dr. Georg Anders recently joined our Munich office. Mr. Anders was among the founding partners of the law firm Sibeth after the breakup of the law office Arcon and now joined HEUSSEN, also as partner.
Mr. Anders started to work for Schidt-Sibeth Heisse Weisskopf Kursaw in 1995, which later became Arcon, and made partner five years later. At Sibeth Mr. Anders together with Dr. Andreas Kloyer and Cornelia Weber, made up the corporate team of the law firm. Among his clients was Aufwind Schmack when receiving financial support.
Along with Mr. Anders HEUSSEN welcomes two further additions to its Corporate team, thereby increasing its size to 22 lawyers.
1. July 2008
Press Release
Interview about the new German "Unternehmergesellschaft"
By the latest amendments to the German limited liability company law (GmbH-Gesetz) the legislater introduced the "Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt)" as a modification of the limited liability company (GmbH). In an interview for the website förderland Dr. Thomas Griebel answers several questions regarding this new legal form