References

A selection of the activities that have so far been performed for employers and entrepreneurs from Germany and abroad, business people, freelancers, private individuals, embassies and intergovernmental organizations:

  • Advice and representation of foreigners in the event of difficulties in extending the residence permit if the foreign passport is not extended at the foreigner's consulate
  • Advice on obtaining German citizenship
  • Specialist lecture to a business association on the subject of the new skilled immigration law that came into force in 2020
  • Advising an intergovernmental organization on the topics of dismissal of employees, extension of employment contracts, immunity of the organization in compliance with the Courts Constitution Act (GVG)
  • Advising an intergovernmental organization on inquiries and statements to the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of Health
  • Advising an intergovernmental organization on the subject of temporary employment, reviewing the existing contractual documents and preparing a legal opinion on which requirements the hirer must meet and create conditions for the temporary worker
  • Advising an intergovernmental organization on the subject of identification requirements and diplomatic privileges and immunity for employees and family members
  • Advising an intergovernmental organization by preparing a comparative legal opinion on social security law
  • Advising freelancers in carrying out their work in Germany and obtaining residence permits for themselves and family members
  • Advising foreigners on complications with visa applications and mediation between clients and the German embassy abroad
  • Conversion of residence permits into EU Blue Card taking into account special circumstances
  • Extension of the residence permit after termination by the employer and averting the obligation to leave the country
  • Co-head of a legal investigation with 100 international lawyers at two locations in Germany and abroad by the US judicial authority on suspicion of trademark infringement in international business
  • Advising a catering company on merging with a foreign franchise company for system catering, founding a German joint venture and obtaining the German residence permit for the foreign entrepreneur
  • Advising a German entrepreneur and initiating business in the search for suitable business partners and production facilities in Indonesia
  • Project management of a legal investigation of a German company on suspicion of illegal price fixing by the US antitrust authority DOJ, management of a team with 25 international lawyers in Frankfurt am Main
  • Several years of advice to international aviation companies, plant construction companies, banks, automotive companies, pharmaceutical companies, consulting companies, construction companies, clinics and hospitals, research institutions, media companies on business trips to Germany, selection of foreign employees, posting of foreign employees to Germany, employment of foreigners in Germany, personal advice of foreign employees and family members traveling to Germany
  • Advising foreign companies and investors on entering the German market with regard to special location advantages, location analysis, infrastructure advantages, public funding programs, legal framework conditions and requirements
  • Accompanying foreigners to appointments at the immigration authorities