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My strength: leading negotiations - strategically and efficiently.

My focus is on conducting court proceedings throughout Germany. As a specialist lawyer for banking and capital market law as well as for commercial and corporate law, I have expertise in the central areas of business law. My passion is the law of art and classic cars.

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I advise you in these areas

In commercial law, I draft and negotiate commercial agency agreements, authorized dealer agreements and franchise agreements and examine the effectiveness of a termination and claims for a book statement or commercial agency compensation in the event of termination.

In the field of corporate law, I provide support in the formation and transformation of companies, in capital increases as well as in corporate transactions and mergers. I assist clients at critical shareholder meetings and in shareholder disputes.

In banking law, I advise on loan transactions and debt transactions, from structuring to origination and in cases of restructuring, debt restructuring and repayment. This includes loan security law. In leasing law, I draft and review contracts and enforce claims arising from leasing agreements.

In capital markets law, my long-standing focus is on litigation in complex liability cases, advisor liability, intermediary liability and prospectus liability, but also in special constellations, such as cases of fraud or breach of trust.

I also have many years of expertise in auction law. I draft and review consignment contracts and auction conditions and represent clients in disputes between auction house, consignor and buyer or co-bidder.

In the field of art law, I specialize in assisting with transactions and in warranty and liability law, especially in cases of art forgery. Another focus is on restitution law. I examine restitution claims and represent clients in negotiations or before the advisory commission. Furthermore, I advise on the Cultural Property Protection Act, on questions concerning the import and export of art and cultural property, on seizures or in investigative proceedings.

In classic car law, warranty plays a special role. Counterfeit classic cars are sold as originals, chassis numbers are altered, checkbooks are manipulated or odometers turned back. I accompany classic car transactions and represent and advise out of court and in court in the event of a dispute. This also applies to damage claims or disputes under insurance law.

My specialisation area

Family Office

Securing and developing wealth over generations - all this is our goal. We advise and accompany family offices and private clients comprehensively with suitable solutions.
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Trade in art and cultural goods

We advise collectors, the art trade and museums on all issues of art law, classic car law and the trade in valuable musical instruments, such as ownership issues and forgeries, auction law, restitution law and cultural property law.
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Awards & Rankings

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Best Lawyers 2024 „Art Law“
Dr. Louis Roensberg was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 15th Edition 2024 of "The Best Lawyers in Germany" for his work in Art Law (since the 9th Eition 2018)
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The Legal 500 Germany 2023 – Recommended Lawyers
Listed by The Legal 500 Germany as Recommended Lawyers: Dr. Oliver Baumann, Dr. Christian Strassberger, Sandra Bendler-Pepy, Dr. Louis Rönsberg and Emil Brodski
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Handelsblatt 2023 Art Law
Dr. Louis Roensberg is listed in "Deutschlands beste Anwälte" 2023 in the German business magazin Handelsblatt for art law (since 2017).
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References

Restitution case Bernheimer
2019 Bernheimer ./. Free State of Bavaria. Restitution case (SZ, 15.10.2019).
Stradivarius „Cobbet“
2018 Transaction of the Stradivarius "Cobbet" (1721)
Gurlitt Collection (Schwabing art trove) - Restitution case

2014 Representation of Cornelius Gurlitt in the " Schwabing art trove" case.

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Memberships

Institut für Kunst und Recht IFKUR e.V. PIN. (Institute for Art and Law)

PIN. Freunde der Pinakothek der Moderne e.V.; Münchner Kunstverein e.V. (Friends of the Pinakothek der Moderne; Munich Art Association)

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht im Deutschen Anwaltsverein (Working Group on Banking and Capital Market Law in the German Bar Association)

Deutscher Anwaltsverein (DAV) (German Bar Association)

Münchner Anwaltsverein (MAV) (Munich Bar Association)

Münchner Juristische Gesellschaft e.V. (Munich Law Society)

News

"The Best Lawyers in Germany 2023" - Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers list SLB lawyers
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Art auction: What rights does the buyer have when purchasing a forgery at an auction in Germany?
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Classic car law: What should be legally observed at a classic car auction in Germany
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