Commercial Law
Advice and representation in contractual matters, commercial disputes and broader business-related issues under German law.
Attorney at Law – Germany
Stefan G. Schafhaus
German Attorney at Law
Support For Intelligent People
For more than three decades I have advised international companies and law firms in matters of German commercial law, intellectual property and unfair competition.
Attorney
Professional profile
A calm, experienced and selective practice with an international perspective and longstanding cooperation with clients and law firms across borders.
Stefan G. Schafhaus is a German attorney at law. He advises and supports his clients, mainly small and medium-sized enterprises, in all aspects of their national and international business and represents them in negotiations as well as in litigation.
Before studying law, he studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen. He studied law at the University of Bonn and completed his legal training, inter alia, at the Regional Court and the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf. He has been admitted to the bar since 1991.
His professional background includes cooperation with the intellectual property boutique Rospatt Osten Pross in Düsseldorf, work with KAU Rechtsanwälte / Graham & James LLP, and international legal practice from Amsterdam between 2013 and 2020. Since 2020 he has operated Law Office Schafhaus in Mönchengladbach, Germany.
Education
- Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen
- Law Studies, University of Bonn
- Legal Training including LG / OLG Düsseldorf
Admission
- Admitted to the German Bar since 1991
- German Attorney at Law
International background
- Amsterdam office 2013–2020
- Cooperation with foreign law firms
- Remote consultations available
Practice Areas
Core fields of work
A focused practice in German and European business law with particular experience in intellectual property, competition and cross-border matters.
Intellectual Property
Patents, trademarks, designs and copyright matters, including contentious and procedural work.
Internet Law
Selected legal issues relating to online business, digital communication and internet-based commercial activity.
Unfair Competition
Advice and representation in matters concerning advertising, market conduct and unfair competition law.
International Trade Law
Support for cross-border trade matters and cooperation with international clients and foreign counsel.
European Law
Selected matters involving European institutions, European procedures and the interface between national and EU law.
Representation
Courts, offices and tribunals
The practice is not limited to one city or one regional court district. Work regularly involves German courts and authorities as well as European and international institutions, depending on the matter.
Representation before
- German courts
- European Patent Office (EPO)
- European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
- Arbitration tribunals
- Selected European courts and institutions where applicable
Cooperation model
For more than three decades I have advised international companies and law firms in matters of German commercial law, intellectual property and unfair competition.
Consultations and coordination can be handled remotely where appropriate.
Contact
Law Office Schafhaus
Contact
Stefan G. Schafhaus
Rechtsanwalt
SCHAFHAUS
Anwaltskanzlei - Law Office
Wilhelm-Merbecks-Str. 40
41179 Mönchengladbach
Germany
Tel +49 211 5800 2425-0
Fax +49 211 5800 2425-9
Mobil +49 173 311 2340
Skype schafhaus
Dutch Service Numbers:
Tel +31 20 3690047
Fax +31 20 3690099
Mobile +31 6 12283527
Email
office@schafhaus.nl
office@schafhaus.de
VAT-Id Nr. DE330165775
Professional information
Stefan G. Schafhaus is a German attorney at law.
Competent bar association/supervisory authority:
Rechtsanwaltskammer Duesseldorf
Legal professional title and country that bestowed the title:
Rechtsanwalt, Federal Republic of Germany
Rules of professional conduct:
Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO), Berufsordnung der Rechtsanwälte (BORA), Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Union (CCBE), Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in der BRD (EuRAG), Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (RVG)
Professional indemnity insurance:
The office has a professional indemnity insurance via the Allianz Versicherungs AG.
Legal Notice
Professional and regulatory information
Stefan G. Schafhaus is a German attorney at law.
Competent bar association/supervisory authority:
Rechtsanwaltskammer Duesseldorf
Legal professional title and country that bestowed the title:
Rechtsanwalt, Federal Republic of Germany
Rules of professional conduct:
Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO), Berufsordnung der Rechtsanwälte (BORA), Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Union (CCBE), Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in der BRD (EuRAG), Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (RVG)
The office has a professional indemnity insurance via the Allianz Versicherungs AG.
Privacy
Privacy policy
Responsible party pursuant to data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is
Stefan G. Schafhaus
Your rights as the data subject
You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details of our data protection officer:
- Information on your data stored by us and the processing thereof (Art. 15 GDPR),
- Rectification of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
- Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
- Restriction of the data processing, provided that we may not delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
- Objection to the processing of your data with us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
- Data portability, provide that you have consented to the data processing or have entered into a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).
If you have given us consent, you may withdraw it at any time, which will remain in effect in the future.
You can contact a supervisory authority with a complaint at any time, e.g. the supervisory authority of the state of your residence or the authority that oversees us as the responsible party.
You’ll find a list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public area) with their respective addresses at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Collecting general information during a visit to our website
Type and purpose of the processing
When you access our website – i.e. if you do not register or submit information – information of a general nature will be collected automatically. This information (server log files) contains the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like.
It is processed in particular for the following purposes:
- Ensuring an unproblematic website connection
- Ensuring seamless use of our website
- Analysis of system security and stability as well as
- For additional administrative purposes.
We will not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. This type of information will be statistically analysed by us if necessary to optimise our website and its underlying technology.
Legal basis
The processing occurs according to Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Recipients
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers, who work on the operation and maintenance of our website as the processor.
Retention period
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the reason they were collected. This is generally the case, after the respective session has ended, for data that are used to make the website available.
Mandatory or required provision
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually mandatory. Without the IP address however, the service and functionality of our website are not guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services can be unavailable or limited. For this reason, an objection is excluded.
Revision of our privacy policy
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. Your next visit will be subject to the new privacy policy.
Questions for the data protection officer
If you have any questions pertaining to data protection, please send us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization:
Stefan G. Schafhaus
Wilhelm-Merbecks-Str. 40, D-41179 Mönchengladbach
The privacy policy was created via the activeMind AG privacy policy generator (Version: #2018-09-24).