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Horak Attorneys at Law is a partnership (Partnerschaft mbB) under the regulation of partnership´s law, registered in the Register of Partnership of the District Court of Hannover under the No. PR 200554.

Partner

Graduate Engineer Michael Horak, LL.M.

Attorney · Consulting Engineer
Certified specialist Attorney in the field of industrial property rights
Certified Specialist Attorney in the field of copyright and media law

Julia Ziegeler, Attorney

Trademark Lawyer
Certified specialist Attorney in the field of industrial property rights
Certified Specialist Attorney in the field of copyright and media law

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Horak Attorneys at Law Partnership (Partnerschaft mbB)

Professional title and competent chambers

The lawyers of the firm are authorized by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany and members of the bar associations of Celle (Bahnhofstrasse 5, 29221 Celle, info (at) rakcelle (dot) de, www.rakcelle.de). RA Dipl.-Ing. Horak is a member and president of the expert committee for the legal protection of the bar associations of Celle, Braunschweig and Oldenburg. The patent attorneys are registered by the German Chamber of Patent Attorneys in Munich (Tal 29, 80331 Munich, dpak (at) patent attorney (dot) de, www.patentanwalt.de).

VAT numbers (§27 a UStG)

USt-ID-Nr.DE284516037

Professional Liability Insurance

HDI Insurances AG
HDI-Platz 1
30659 Hanover

Territorial Validity: Countries of the European Union

Member states rules

The following professional regulations are valid for:

Federal Lawyers Act (BRAO),
Professional Code of Conduct (BORA),
Specialist Lawyers Regulations(FAO),
Lawyers’ Remuneration Act(RVG),
Professional Codes for Lawyers in the European Union (CCBE).

The professional regulations can be viewed in the sections “Berufsrecht” in German and English on the homepage of the German Federal Bar (www.brak.de).

The following professional rules are valid for German patent attorneys:

Patent Attorneys Act (PatAnwO, bundesrecht.juris.de/patanwo/index.html)
The professional code of the patent attorneys (BOPA, www.patentanwalt.de/downloads/pa/PAK_BO.pdf)

Extrajudicial settlements

In case of contention between lawyers and their clients, there is the possibility of an extrajudicial settlement before the regional bar association of Celle (pursuant to § 73 para. 2 No. 3 in conjunction with § 73 para 5 BRAO) or at the conciliation board of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers (§ 191 f BRAO). More information can be found on the website of the €Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer€ (www. Brak.de, e-mail: schlichtungsstelle (at) brak (dot) de).

The EU Online Dispute Resolution platform was discontinued on 20 July 2025. The former platform address below is retained solely as a historical reference and is no longer a channel for submitting complaints. The firm states that it is neither willing nor obliged to participate in proceedings before a consumer arbitration board; this statement does not remove any separately applicable statutory duties. http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/

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