References - Lawsuits

  • Legal dispute regarding chairmanship in the owners-family foundation of a leading medium-sized group of companies.

  • Legal representation of the defendant Kolping-Vereine against cut-through claims of a real-estate firm (Kolping-Bildungswerk Sachsen e.V.).

  • Legal representation of a religious order of the Catholic Church in a building matter.

  • Enforcement of wide-ranging claims for damages from company sales agreements against the sellers.

  • Obtaining a temporary court injunction against the partner of a joint venture in the steel processing industry (sales revenue of several billion Euro).

  • Enforcement of claims for damages by a manufacturer of oilfield pipelines against a certification body.

  • Legal representation of an umbrella organisation in connection with title copyrights to a leading trade journal.

  • Legal representation of a guarantor in an action for issue or repayment of a guarantee on first demand for a 7-figure sum.

  • Legal representation of a family firm against an insolvency administrator for defence against wage claims and assertion of claims for defects.

  • Constant representation of architects and engineers in the context of claims for damages due to alleged errors relating to planning and/or property surveillance.

  • Regular representation of the interests of French companies in enforcing foreign titles/exequatur decisions.

  • Legal representation of a French medium-sized company in connection with independent evidentiary proceedings relating to issues of product liability, peculiarities of private international law and European procedural law.

  • Regular representation of commercial property owners in tax disputes before the administration courts.

  • Enforcement through legal action of insurance protection against pecuniary damage liability insurance for a major damage claim.

  • Assertion of claims for defects from guarantee of liability for a 6-figuire amount from an insolvent general contractor.

  • Defence against directors’ and officers’ liability claims against the chairman of the board of a non-listed stock corporation.

  • Legal representation of the chairman of the supervisory board of a company of the New Market in a coverage action against D&O insurance.

  • Enforcement of claims against tax consultants by parties establishing a company.

  • Claims by an international construction corporation against the supplier of a primary product.

  • Legal representation of the chairman of the board of ARAG Rechtsschutz Versicherung AG as defendant in a legal action and participation in the entire procedural strategy, accompaniment of five parallel lawsuits through several instances (cf. Grooterhorst, ZIP 1999 (1117).

  • Legal representation of parties in numerous arbitration proceedings involving company law of business partnerships, commercial tenancy law and other contractual relations.

  • Work of Dr. Grooterhorst as arbiter in various arbitration proceedings.

  • Preparation and management of a major lawsuit for an international manufacturer of building materials against a German sub-supplier; investigation of complex issues of private international law and international civil procedure law and issues relating to substantive law.

  • Enforcement of wide-ranging claims for wages for a leading German medium-sized mechanical engineering firm against a French customer; examination of complex legal issues of private international law and international civil procedure law and questions of substantive law.

  • Preparation and management of a major lawsuit for an international supplier of building materials against a German sub-supplier; investigation of complex issues of private international law and international civil procedure law and issues relating to substantive law.

  • Preparation of a joint-venture project between two major corporations in the military technologies sector.

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