Legal Disclosure

Legal Disclosure

Legal Disclosure

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

Oppenhoff & Partner Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater mbB is based in Cologne and is registered in the Partnership Register of the Essen Local Court (Amtsgericht) under registration number PR 1850. It is represented by each of its shareholders.

OPP PartG mbB is based in Cologne and is registered in the Partnership Register of the Essen Local Court (Amtsgericht) under registration number PR 5847. It is represented by each of its shareholders.

A list of all shareholders of Oppenhoff & Partner Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater mbB and OPP PartG mbB is available on request or can be viewed in the partnership register based on the aforementioned details.

The term “partner” encompasses both shareholders and employees of the respective firm who are not shareholders but who, due to their comparable position and qualifications, are also referred to as “partners”. Of Counsel and Counsel are not shareholders of the respective firm.

Contact Details

You can reach Oppenhoff & Partner Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater mbB as follows

Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 23
50668 Cologne
PO box: 102 702, 50467 Cologne
Phone: +49 (0) 221 2091 0
Fax: +49 (0) 221 2091 333
Email: [email protected]

You can reach OPP PartG mbB as follows:

Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 23
50668 Cologne
PO box: 102 702, 50467 Cologne
Phone: +49 (0) 221 2091 0
Fax: +49 (0) 221 2091 333
Email: [email protected]

Admission and Supervisory Authority

Oppenhoff & Partner Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater mbB has been authorised as a professional law firm by the Cologne Bar Association and the Cologne Chamber of Tax Consultants.

Unless otherwise indicated, all of our lawyers are admitted within the Federal Republic of Germany to practice as lawyers. They are subject to the supervision of the Cologne Bar Association, Riehler Str. 30, 50668 Cologne, Frankfurt am Main Bar Association, Bockenheimer Anlage 36, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, Munich Bar Association, Tal 33, 80331 Munich,  and, to the extent that they are also licensed as tax advisers, the supervision of the Cologne Chamber of Tax Consultants, Gereonstraße 34-36, 50670 Cologne.

The professional title of ‘notary’ has been conferred upon the notaries working at our Frankfurt office in the Federal Republic of Germany. The notaries are members of the Frankfurt am Main Chamber of Notaries, Bockenheimer Anlage 36, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, Phone: 069 170098 02, Telefax: 069 170098 25, E-mail: [email protected]. The supervisory authority for the notaries working in our Frankfurt office is the President of the: Frankfurt am Main Regional Court: Landgericht Frankfurt am Main, Präsident des Landgerichts, Gerichtsstraße 2, 60313 Frankfurt am Main.

Regulations governing professional conduct

Lawyers:

BRAO - Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (Federal Lawyers Code)
BORA - Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte (Professional Code of Conduct for Lawyers)
Fachanwaltsordnung (Regulation Governing Specialist Lawyers)
Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (RVG) (Lawyers’ Fees Act)
Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Gemeinschaft (CCBE) (Code of Conduct for Lawyers in the European Community)
Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland (EuRAG)(Act on the Activities of European Lawyers in Germany) of 9 March 2000 (Federal Gazette I P. 182)

Tax Advisers:

StBerG - Steuerberatungsgesetz (Tax Consultancy Act)
DVStB - Durchführungsverordnung zum Steuerberatungsgesetz (Implementing Ordinance to the Tax Consultancy Act)
BOStB - Berufsordnung der Bundessteuerberatungskammer (Professional Code of Conduct of the Federal Chamber of Tax Consultants)
StBGebV - Steuerberatergebührenverordnung (Tax Consultants’ Fee Code)

Notaries: 

BNotO - Bundesnotarordnung (Federal Notaries Code)
BeurkG – Beurkundungsgesetz (Notarisation Act)
GNotKG - Gerichts- und Notarkostengesetz (Court and Notaries’ Costs Act)
DONot - Dienstordnung für Notarinnen und Notare (Official Regulations for Notaries)
Richtlinien der Notarkammer Frankfurt am Main (Guidelines of the Frankfurt am Main Chamber of Notaries)
Europäische Standesrichtlinien (European Code of Professional Conduct)

VAT identification number

For Oppenhoff & Partner Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater mbB

DE 814915153

Responsible person pursuant to Section 18 of the Media Services Act (MStV)

Jörn Kuhn, Rechtsanwalt
Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 23
50668 Cologne

Note according to ODR regulation

The EU Commission's Online Dispute Resolution platform was discontinued as of July 20, 2025. For more information on alternative dispute resolution, please visit: https://consumer-redress.ec.europa.eu/index_en 

Notice pursuant to Sec. 36 German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz, VSBG)

Oppenhoff & Partner Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater mbB and OPP PartG mbB will not participate in dispute resolution before a consumer conciliation board and is also under no obligation to do so.

Professional Indemnity Insurance 

Allianz Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft 
Königinstraße 28
80802 Munich 

Geographical scope of applicability: worldwide