MKM LEGAL - Specialists in mail order & wholesale
The mail order business has experienced a rapid rise in the wake of globalisation and digitalisation. Internet presences and online shops, legally compliant contracts, in particular general terms and conditions, and international data transfer play an important role in this sector, as do efficient production and supply chains. The lawyers at MKM LEGAL have many years of experience and expertise in all areas of law relevant to the mail order business. Thanks to our lawyers‘ knowledge of the industry, we are able to quickly identify our clients’ problems and develop customised solutions.
Customers
from almost all parts of the world
order products
around the clock
Our services at a glance
Commercial and company law
Preparation and review of general terms and conditions I of distribution and purchase agreements I of service and work supply agreements I of software transfer agreements and of partnership agreements
Choice of legal form in consideration of legal and tax aspects
Drafting of articles of association
Drafting of managing director and board of directors contracts Supervision of general meetings and shareholders' meetings and of members of the management, board of directors and supervisory board
Expert opinions and representation in conflicts between companies and shareholders Expert opinions on all special corporate law issues Structuring of employee participation schemes, in particular stock option programmes
Support for capital measures (capital increase, capital reduction)
Industrial property rights
- Registration of national, Community, international and USA trade marks
- Professional trade mark searches in international databases for trade marks and designs
- Negotiation of competing trade mark registrations: Support with the registration of your own trade marks
- Monitoring and protection of your own trade marks against third-party registrations that affect the rights of your own trade mark
- Advice on consumer protection law and advice on telemedia law
Data protection law
- External data protection officer (provided by MKM DATENSCHUTZ GmbH)
- Consultancy for the company data protection officer
- Contract management under data protection law
- Implementation of compliance requirements in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Extrajudicial and judicial representation, representation before authorities
- Advice for apps, websites and online shops
- ULD certification
Copyright law
- Organisation of rights transfers, national and international
- Examination of the character of the work and of facts relating to the use of copyright-protected content in various forms and media
- Examination and drafting of licence agreements for the use of copyright-protected content and media
- Support and representation in criminal copyright law
- Warning letters
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Support for company mergers
- Strategic advice
- Due diligence
- Advice on the choice of legal form
- Tax law
- Advice and support for data transfer
- Review and drafting of contracts
- Support with capital increases
Internet law | IT law
Preparation and review of general terms and conditions
Defence against warnings and cease-and-desist declarations
Competition law review of advertising claims
Extrajudicial and judicial representation
Design and review of imprints
Drafting, negotiating or amending software contracts, in particular the sale/purchase of customised software (e.g. software development or project contracts for work and services)
Drafting and reviewing your distribution contracts and web T&Cs in the context of e-business for both the B2B and B2C sectors
Advising companies in connection with the requirements of data protection law, new media law and in connection with electronic commerce