Rechtsanwalt Uwe Carsten Gerlt

Welcome to Rechtsanwalt (Attorney at Law) Uwe Carsten Gerlt

Thank you very much for your interest in my services. As an attorney for commercial law with more than twenty years of professional experience, I can offer you legal advice and support in all legal matters that might occur when setting up and running your business.

Here are the Points of Emphasis of my Consultancy:

Commercial Law

Drafting and examination of contracts of all kind, general terms and conditions, distribution agreements, agency contracts, claim management, issueing of legal opinions

Corporate and Partnership Law

Establishment of stock corporations, limited companies and private partnerships (AG, GmbH, KG, oHG, UG), corporate housekeeping, company and shareholders' agreements, reorganisation and restructuring (mergers, splitting, exclusion), joint ventures

Employment Law

Employment agreements for staff members and executives, regulations for the use of a company car, EDP-equipment, smartphones etc., termination of employment contracts

Competition Law and Protection of Intellectual and Industrial Property

Defence of unfair advertising practices, defence of warning letters, trademark law, IT-law, copyright law, non-disclosure agreements

Compliance Services

Tayloring of compliance programmes, risk identification, monitoring, reaction on compliance-infringements, contract management

Family Wealth and Law of Succession and Inheritance

Succession to (the shares of) a company, estate planning, protection of the company with regard to matrimonial law

Distribution Law and Anti-Trust Law

Distribution agreements, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, German and European anti-trust law


Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Representation in litigation and legal disputes in and out of court and in arbitration proceedings