Esche Schümann Commichau

The firm: Esche Schümann Commichau’s origins as a law firm date back to 1822 and for more than 40 years it has provided legal and tax advice, as well as auditing services. The integrated teams comprise about 140 lawyers, tax advisors and certified accountants and a support staff of around 100.

The firm’s services cover all areas of the law pertinent to commercial endeavours, national and international tax law, as well as financial advice, business consulting and accountancy services. Esche Schümann Commichau’s clients are primarily mid-size to large companies and groups of companies, entrepeneurs, financial investors and publicly owned entities. The firm also offers legal and tax advice to private clients.

Esche Schümann Commichau advises both foreign investors in Germany and German clients with cross-border business interests. The firm is a member of Lawyers Associated Worldwide (LAW), an association comprising over 100 independent law firms in more than 200 economic centers around the world, and DFK International, an association of independent accounting firms and tax advisors with around 220 member firms in more than 90 countries.

Areas of practice: Esche Schümann Commichau offers comprehensive legal advice as well as legal representation. The firm’s main areas of practice are plant construction; labour and employment; bank, stock exchange and capital market; data privacy; renewable energies and energy efficiency; inheritance and family law, asset structuring; corporate law, transactions; intellectual property rights; commercial and sales law; real estate, construction and public tender law; real estate transactions; information technology and new media; insolvency and financial rescue; antitrust law; public commercial; patent law; press and publishing law; litigation and arbitration; tax law; foundations; environmental and energy law; advertising and unfair competition law.