Directors’ Responsibilities, D&O

“Tougher laws, aggressive shareholders, and ambitious prosecutors  – never before has the risk been so great for executives to be held financially liable for corporate mismanagement”, as Manager Magazin headlined years ago.

Since the mid-1990s, we have made the area of “directors’ and officers’ liability, D&O” one of the focal points of our consulting activities. Today, the lawyers working in this area are among the leading experts in Germany. We advise on all liability issues, conduct litigation on behalf of managing directors, board members, and supervisory board members to defend against claims, advise and support insurers, and monitor complex claims on their behalf. The complicated structures of D&O insurance require detailed knowledge, trust, and the utmost legal diligence. That is what we stand for. That is why we are retained. More and more.

Our main areas of practice at a glance:

• Liability of managing directors, board members, and supervisory bodies
• Advice on corporate duties in ongoing business processes as well as in crisis and special situations
• Litigation to defend claims against corporate officers
• Support in D&O insurance cases
• Advice and representation of insurers as well as damage monitoring in complex cases
• Internal and external liability, recourse and indemnification issues