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Legal Notices
No Legal Advice or Attorney-Client Relationship
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The information and materials on this Web site could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to the information contained herein.
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Admission to Practice
Lawyers practicing in the US are admitted to practice in the jurisdictions in which their offices are located. Unless otherwise indicated, the lawyers listed on this Web site are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Unless otherwise indicated, none of the attorneys listed in this Web site is certified as an "expert" or "specialist" pursuant to any authority governing the practice of law in any jurisdiction in the US.
Operations
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide, with offices in Albany, Almaty, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, East Palo Alto, Frankfurt, Hartford, Hong Kong, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Moscow, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC. Our offices in Brussels, Johannesburg, London, Milan, Riyadh, Rome, Paris and Warsaw are operated through related entities.
Specifically, our London and Paris offices are operated through Dewey & LeBoeuf, a multinational partnership organized under English law, which is an affiliate of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. Dewey & LeBoeuf is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and its operation in Paris is regulated by the Paris Bar.
Until the merger of the Beijing representative offices of Dewey Ballantine LLP and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae LLP has been approved by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC, the Beijing offices of the two firms will continue to operate separately.
Any claim with respect to the terms of use, legal notice or the materials contained on this web site shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws in effect in the State of New York without giving effect to conflict of laws provisions.
Attorney Advertising
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UK Legal Notices
General
Dewey & LeBoeuf is an international legal practice comprised of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and its affiliated entities. References in this site's Notices and Terms of Use and elsewhere on the site to "Dewey & LeBoeuf" mean Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and other partnerships, corporations and entities which are authorised to carry on business under, or otherwise carry, those names or to describe themselves as being in association with Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (or similar expressions) or any one or more of those entities as the context requires.
Contacts
Information required to contact Dewey & LeBoeuf in London is shown under Locations - London.
Service provider
This internet site is provided by Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.
Professional regulation of Dewey & LeBoeuf in England & Wales
Dewey & LeBoeuf in London is a multinational partnership regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The firm's SRA number is 184760.
A list of partners of the firm is available for inspection at the firm's offices at No. 1 Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7YL and at One London Wall, London EC2Y 5EZ.
Lawyers in our London office qualified to practice law in England and Wales are solicitors of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. Other lawyers in our London office are registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority as Registered Foreign Lawyers or Registered European Lawyers. A list of the partners and their qualifications is open for inspection at No. 1 Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7YL, England and at One London Wall, London EC2Y 5EZ, England. Further information on the partners and their professional qualifications appears on this site under Lawyers & Advisors.
The SRA's rules of professional conduct which govern the firm and its partners are available on-line at http://www.sra.org.uk.
Partners in Dewey & LeBoeuf in London who are admitted as members of a profession elsewhere may also be subject to regulation in their place of admission.
VAT (Value Added Tax) Identification Number
242824274
FSMA
We are not authorised under the UK's Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 but we are regulated by the SRA as an "exempt professional firm" and we can provide investment-related services (including insurance mediation activities) if (1) they are an incidental part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide, (2) they can reasonably be regarded as a necessary part of our professional services or (3) we are otherwise permitted to provide them under the Act.
We are included on the register maintained by the Financial Services Authority ("FSA") in the UK and are permitted by the FSA to carry on insurance mediation activities (broadly advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts). This part of our business is regulated by the SRA. This register can be accessed via the Financial Services Authority Web site at http://www.fsa.gov.uk/register.
Germany: Legal Notice under Section 5 German Telemedia Act
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is a New York limited liability partnership and operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide with affiliates in Almaty, Beijing, Johannesburg, London, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Riyadh, Rome, Warsaw, where the practice is conducted through an affiliated multinational partnership and other affiliates. The personal liability of our partners is limited to the extent provided in the laws of the respective jurisdictions in which they practice.
Contact
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Skyper Taunusanlage 1
Frankfurt, 60329
Germany
Telephone: +49 69 3639 30
Fax: +49 69 3639 3333
Representation in Germany
Managing partner of our Frankfurt office is Hanno Berger, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Skyper Taunusanlage 1, Frankfurt, 60329, Germany. Tel.: +49 69 3639 30. Email: Hberger@dl.com.
Bar Admissions
Unless otherwise stated, all German lawyers of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP are admitted within the Federal Republic of Germany to practice as lawyers (Rechtsanwalt) and belong to the local chamber of lawyers (Rechtsanwalt-skammer) for Frankfurt (Rechtsanwaltskammer am Main).
If and to the extent that German lawyers are acting as tax advisers (Steuerberater) they are also admitted within the Federal Republic of Germany to practice as tax advisers and are members of the local chamber of tax advisers (Steuerberaterkammer) for Frankfurt (Steuerberaterkammer Hessen).
Professional Codes of Practice
Lawyers (Rechtsanwälte)
Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO)
Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte (BORA)
Fachanwaltsordnung
Gesetz über die Vergütung von Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälte (Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz - RVG)
Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Gemeinschaft (CCBE)
Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland (EuRAG)
Tax Advisers (Steuerberater)
Steuerberatungsgesetz (StBerG)
Verordnung zur Durchführung der Vorschriften über Steuerberater, Steuerbevollmächtigte und Steuerberatungsgesellschaften (DVStB)
Gebührenverordnung für Steuerberater, Steuerbevollmächtigte und Steuerberatungsgesellschaften (Steuerberatergebührenverordnung - StBGebV)
Berufsordnung der Bundessteuerberaterkammer
Tax Identification Number
The identification number for the purposes of section 27a Value-added Tax Act is DE 814882176.
Legal Notice under Article 19 of French Law no 2004-575 of 21 June 2004
Name: Dewey & LeBoeuf
Address: 51 rue Pierre Charron, Paris, France
Telephone: +33 1 53 93 77 00
Fax: +33 1 42 56 08 06
Email: postmaster@dl.com
No SIRET: 784 351 850 000 36
VAT NUMBER: FR 74 784 351 850
Professional Title, Country where Title was Granted, and Professional Body of Registration:
Dewey & LeBoeuf in France is comprised of French attorneys ("avocats") admitted as members of the Paris Bar and of foreign bars, and is duly registered with the Paris Bar. Pursuant to Directive 98/5/EC, the partners in Dewey & LeBoeuf's Paris office are also subject to regulation by the Law Society of England and Wales as Registered Foreign Lawyers practicing as partners in a partnership with solicitors of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. Applicable Professional Rules: "The Internal Rules of the Paris Bar" (Règlement Intèrieur du Barreau de Paris) applicable to attorneys registered with the Paris Bar, available at:
http://www.avocatparis.org/public/profession/RIHP_vigueur_03_12_09.pdf
Poland
Act on Information Society Services of July 18, 2002
The partners of the Polish office of Dewey & LeBoeuf practice from the following address:
Name: Dewey & LeBoeuf Grzesiak sp.k.
Address: ul. Ksiazeca 4, Warsaw, 00-498, Poland
Telephone: +48 2 2690 6100
Fax: +48 2 2690 6222
Email: postmaster@dl.com
VAT Number: 525-21-97-625
KRS Number: 0000026546, the District Court for the capital city of Warsaw, XIX Commercial Division of the National Court Register (Sad Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy, Wydzial XIX Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sadowego)