START-UP
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We offer special start-up counselling in order to better respond to the specific needs of start-up companies.
Start-up counselling combines a variety of legal topics, from the formation of a company to the drafting and adaptation of contractual documents, such as general terms and conditions, tax advice and increasingly important; data protection counselling (e.g. drafting data protection statements, order processing agreements), in order to avoid lawsuits, e.g. due to data protection violations.

Ad Fontes offers
special start-up
counselling

The mandates have to be processed within a short time because the start-ups have clear time limits from their investors for their business development in Germany.

Ad Fontes, as your law firm, also adapts to these requirements. It is particularly important to establish a timeline right from the start, which outlines the exact procedures for legal advice and which is also tailored to the respective needs of each individual start-up. The multitude of questions that one is confronted with must be structured so that they can be brought to a solution in the right order.

One of the first steps is therefore to check whether the business model in question requires special approval so that there are no surprises later when it comes to implementing the business plan.

Ad Fontes offers
special start-up counselling

The mandates have to be processed within a short time because the start-ups have clear time limits from their investors for their business development in Germany.

Ad Fontes, as your law firm, also adapts to these requirements. It is particularly important to establish a timeline right from the start, which outlines the exact procedures for legal advice and which is also tailored to the respective needs of each individual start-up. The multitude of questions that one is confronted with must be structured so that they can be brought to a solution in the right order.

One of the first steps is therefore to check whether the business model in question requires special approval so that there are no surprises later when it comes to implementing the business plan.

AD FONTES EXPERTISE
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Consulting
for French
start-ups

who enter the German
market and establish their
subsidiaries here

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Our capacity
to explain
and to solve

complex situations
in their mother tongue,
French

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Legal
expertise

in English for international
and multi-market start-ups wishing
to expand into the German market

Ad Fontes actively
accompanies you in the process of notarization
for your new German subsidiary

Notarial certification is compulsory for corporations, such as a GmbH or AG (limited and unlimited liability companies). This is not necessary for partnerships. However, partnerships must be entered in the commercial register in publicly certified form.

Ad Fontes actively accompanies you in this process:
• Preparation and examination of the documents
• Arrangement of the notary appointment
• Accompaniment at the appointment

The time availability of the notaries must also be taken into consideration if the notarisation is to be carried out quickly before the summer holidays in June/July and at the end of the year. Ad Fontes discusses such particularities with our clients and adjusts the timeline of the start-up so that all the necessary legal and notarial requirements can be met at the appropriate time.

Ad Fontes actively accompanies you in the process of notarization for your new German subsidiary

Notarial certification is compulsory for corporations, such as a GmbH or AG (limited and unlimited liability companies). This is not necessary for partnerships. However,
partnerships must be entered in the commercial register in publicly certified form.

Ad Fontes actively accompanies you in this process:
• Preparation and examination of the documents
• Arrangement of the notary appointment
• Accompaniment at the appointment

The time availability of the notaries must also be taken into consideration if the notarisation is to be carried out quickly before the summer holidays in June/July and at the end of the year. Ad Fontes discusses such particularities with our clients and adjusts the timeline of the start-up so that all the necessary legal and notarial requirements can be met at the appropriate time.

Ad Fontes also provides you with tax law
advice and we develop for our clients
solutions tailored to their interests

Ad Fontes also provides you with tax law advice and we develop for our clients solutions tailored to their interests

Start-up advice is a broad field that requires
a wide range of legal skills.

Ad Fontes will be happy to assist your start-up throughout the entire incorporation process
and provide new clients with our expertise.
Ad Fontes looks forward to hearing from you.

Start-up advice is a broad field
that requires a wide range
of legal skills.

Ad Fontes will be happy to assist your start-up throughout the entire incorporation process
and provide new clients with our expertise.
Ad Fontes looks forward to hearing from you.

We are at your service

Our team is ready to accompany you

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