Mütze Korsch Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

MKRG is a full-service law firm. From our offices in Dusseldorf and Cologne, 26 lawyers - of whom 14 are partners - provide competent legal and economic advice to domestic as well as international clients and attend to mandates throughout the Federal Republic of Germany.

The main areas of our legal practice are in particular:

- Real Estate including Construction Law, Public Private Partnerships, Public Procurement Law;

- Corporate Law, M&A including Financial and Capital Markets Law as well as Insolvency Advice and Restructuring;

- Labor Law (individual as well as collective) including Immigration Law;

- IP / IT, Commercial and Competition Law.

Although MKRG is completely independent we are able to work i.a. on a best-friends basis with PricewaterhouseCoopers regarding industrial auditing, tax law and business management issues.

Our aim is to find the best legal as well as commercial solution for our clients in an efficient and cost effective way. Each of our lawyers is an expert in his field and is working at the highest legal quality standards. However, the economical aspects are fully understood in order to meet the clients' needs at best which is always the guidance of our work.

Business Visa in Germany
May 20, 2008
Employees of internationally operating companies are often using a visitor's visa for business trips in Germany without being aware of which activities are actually permitted under this visa and which are not. Even if such violation of the legal provisions on residence and work permits is often...

The German real estate market under a legal perspective
Thomas Senff, February 14, 2008
The German real estate market is still one of the most attractive markets worldwide. In 2007 the real estate investments have once again exceeded the investment volume of the previous year. It is roughly estimated that about a third of the investment volume was contributed by foreign investors,...

Foreign Stock Option Plans: German Insider Trading Law is Oftentimes Unexpectedly Applicable
Maximilian Koch, February 5, 2008
Frequently, foreign listed companies, in particular companies from the USA, want to grant their staff abroad access to the company's stock option plan. However, in many cases the companies that arranged for a listing on their domestic stock exchange only are not aware of the fact that their shares...