Your law firm in contract law and consumer protection
In cases of unfair contracts, difficulties in asserting warranty rights, or other consumer rights, I will help you with full commitment to successfully assert your rights.
As your personal lawyer in Hamburg and throughout Germany, I will thoroughly review your contracts and fight for your rights.
Understandable and transparent legal advice in German, English, and Spanish.
Asserting rights from a contract?
Review and understand contracts
Before you sign, you should know the fine print. I review all types of contracts (e.g., purchase, service, work, or rental agreements) for hidden risks, so that you as a consumer or entrepreneur are legally protected from the outset.
Create legally sound contracts
A good contract prevents future disputes. I draft individual, legally sound contracts that are precisely tailored to your personal needs or your business – formulated clearly and precisely.
Defects and warranty
The delivered goods are defective, the car has defects, or the craftsman has done a poor job? I will enforce your warranty rights such as rectification, price reduction, withdrawal from the contract, or damages.
Breach of contract and enforcement
The contractual partner does not adhere to the agreement, delivers defective goods, or does not pay?
I will consistently and purposefully enforce your claims for performance, rectification, or damages.
Termination and revocation
Do you want to get out of an unfavorable contract?
I will examine ordinary and extraordinary termination options, statutory withdrawal rights for online transactions, and help you to safely exit.
Review, creation of GTC, and other contract law issues
For self-employed individuals, founders, and small businesses: Incorrect General Terms and Conditions (GTC) quickly lead to expensive warnings. I create and revise your GTC to be legally sound and warning-free.
I will personally advise you on all your contract law matters in Hamburg, with transparency and full commitment.
Frequently asked questions in contract law and consumer protection
Yes, as a general rule, Germany has freedom of form. Contracts can therefore be validly concluded by handshake, orally, or even by conclusive action (e.g., placing goods at the checkout). The major exception applies to contracts for which the law prescribes written form or notarial certification (e.g., real estate purchases). However, the main problem with oral contracts is proof in case of dispute.
No, there is no general, blanket right of withdrawal of 14 days in German law.
What is bought is bought (pacta sunt servanda). A statutory 14-day right of withdrawal is available to you almost
exclusively for so-called distance selling contracts (e.g., online shopping) or for doorstep sales
as a consumer. In all other cases, you can only exit the contract through termination, rescission, or in case of defects.
Within the scope of consumer protection, you generally have a 14-day right of withdrawal for distance selling contracts (i.e., purchases on the internet, by phone, or at the door). However, the period does not begin until you have been duly informed of your right of withdrawal. If the seller has failed to do so, your right of withdrawal is extended by up to one year and 14 days!
If the other party does not deliver or does not pay, you generally have to first warn them in writing and set a reasonable deadline for performance (demand for performance). If this deadline expires without result, depending on the contract, you have the right to withdraw from the contract, reduce the price, or claim damages. I will gladly handle this dunning process for you in a legally sound manner.
This is often confused: Warranty is legally required and lasts two years for new goods. It states that the goods must be free of defects at the time of purchase. A guarantee, on the other hand, is a completely voluntary service by the manufacturer or retailer, whose conditions they can freely determine. As your lawyer, I will help you, above all, to enforce your statutory warranty rights.
Private sellers may completely exclude the statutory warranty in the purchase contract (phrases like ‘excluding any warranty’). However, this exclusion is invalid if the seller has fraudulently concealed a defect known to them or has lied.
Commercial dealers, on the other hand, may reduce the warranty to one year for used goods, but never completely exclude it from consumers.
Process & Costs
Contact: Please feel free to contact me to arrange an initial consultation. In this meeting, we will discuss the sensible course of action in your case. Ideally, you will describe your situation to me in advance and send me relevant documents by email.
Transparent lawyer fees: Since lawyer fees, even in contract law, often depend on the economic value of the contract (the amount in dispute) by law, a flat fee for a procedure cannot be named in advance. Based on your details, however, I will immediately determine the estimated costs for you. Based on this transparent assessment, you can decide absolutely freely whether you wish to mandate me.
Don’t worry: Lawyer fees will be explained to you in full transparency from the outset. Financial concerns should not be an obstacle to contesting an unfair contract or getting your rights. If necessary, we can arrange a fair payment plan.