Attorney-at-Law · Advice · Representation

Legal precision.
Commercial understanding.

Complex legal questions. Practical solutions. With experience, clarity and commercial understanding.

Expertise

Areas of Practice

The law office advises companies, organisations and individuals across selected areas of law. Its work covers commercial matters as well as personal and social concerns.

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Business Law

Commercial and corporate law, contract drafting, and advice to companies and managing directors on business-law matters.

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02

Care Home Law & WBVG

Advice to care facilities, social-service providers and their management on the WBVG, residential and care contracts, fees and costs, cost bearers, and termination of contractual relationships – while taking the particular interests of residents into account.

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03

Inheritance Law

Special focus: special-needs wills

Special-needs wills, estate administration, inheritance disputes, wills, compulsory-share claims, communities of heirs and estate planning.

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04

Employment Law

Dismissal and dismissal protection, termination and settlement agreements, warnings, employment contracts, contract drafting, remuneration and other claims.

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05

Insolvency & Restructuring

Insolvency applications, advice in corporate crises, insolvency avoidance and defence against claims by insolvency administrators.

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“Legal solutions must not only be legally sound, but also workable in practice.”
Björn Kaatz
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Portrait of Attorney-at-Law Björn Kaatz
Profil

Attorney-at-Law Björn Kaatz

Legal experience meets commercial understanding. Advice combines precise legal analysis with a clear view of the client’s practical and economic interests.

Insolvency law. Several years of professional experience at a law firm specialising in insolvency law, with practical experience in insolvency-related matters.

Consumer law. Several years as a lawyer and project manager at one of Germany’s largest consumer law firms, including work relating to the diesel emissions matter and the representation of policyholders.

Commercial understanding. Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in business administration. Professional experience in corporate environments and in recruitment consulting for small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups.

Legal training. Law studies at Humboldt University of Berlin with a focus including corporate law and banking and capital markets law. Legal traineeship in the district of the Berlin Court of Appeal, including placements at the Berlin Regional Court, the public prosecutor’s office, Tiergarten Local Court, Schöneberg Tax Office and an insolvency-focused law firm.

Languages
German · English · Norwegian
Insights & Analysis

Law in focus.

Recent decisions, legislative developments and practical analysis from the firm’s areas of practice.

Inheritance Law

Special-needs wills and estate administration

Planning options and typical objectives for estate arrangements tailored to the family situation.

Employment Law

Current developments in employment law

Analysis of recent decisions and legislative developments in employment law.

Insolvency & Restructuring

Insolvenzanfechtung und Krise

Practical guidance on claims by insolvency administrators and available options in a corporate crisis.

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Kontakt

Would you like to discuss your matter?

Contact the firm by telephone or email. An initial enquiry is non-binding.

Telephone030 79741600E-Mailinfo@kanzlei-kaatz.de
OfficeSchloßstraße 117 · 12163 Berlin