bock legal Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten focuses on D&O and E&O liability law and disputes pertaining to professional liability. The firm primarily represents coverage matters for insurers as well as complex recourse cases, where Stefan Bank regularly takes the lead; he jointly heads the team with Dirk Schmitz, who represents auditors, tax consultants, lawyers, notaries and corporate bodies in liability cases; he is additionally well versed in corporate and tax law matters. This interface is handled by Daniel Al-Hami, who also focuses on notarial recourse. The team is also regularly appointed as coverage and monitoring counsel.
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- 'At Bock Legal one always gets a competent and detailed answer. The law firm represents us in liability and coverage issues and always provides a sufficient picture so that we can find the best possible path together with the policyholders. The individual lawyers work together reliably and profitably for us.'
- 'Daniel Al-Hami still has a solution for individual cases when the normal route seems hopeless. Very hard to coordinate with us; fast, reliable, good pleadings and fair.'
- 'Stefan Bank: Very reliable, competent, always available and with a comprehensible solution, even in very complex cases.'
- 'Dirk Schmitz: Friendly, competent, easy to reach and always with arguments even outside the standard solution. Very committed and fair in dealings.'
- 'Highly specialized law firm at the interface between insurance law and commercial law; Strong communication skills, to put complex issues into understandable words and to convey an understanding of the factual and legal situation to people with no legal training.'
- 'Extremely legally experienced in handling complex matters, mass proceedings and special matters (e.g. by Stefan Bank in tax and insolvency law).'
- 'Dirk Schmitz is professionally excellent, very easy to contact and personally pleasant.'
Key clients
- Allianz Versicherungs-AG
- VOV GmbH
- Dual Deutschland GmbH
- Gothaer Versicherung
- VSW Versicherergemeinschaft für Steuerberater und Wirtschaftsprüfer
- HDI
- Ergo
- Hiscox
- ACE European Group
- Newline
- Chubb
- Liberty Mutual
Work highlights
- Liability representation of the former CFO of Wirecard AG and Wirecard Bank AG against numerous investors, the insolvency administrator and the litigator Wirecard AG in the context of actions for a declaration of invalidity.
- Representation of the alleged initiators of the Cum-Ex models due to allegedly incorrect reports against Caceis Bank.
- Monitoring counsel for Allianz Versicherungs-AG in claims against numerous municipalities following the insolvency of a bank.
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Practice head
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Stefan Bank, Dirk Schmitz