German inheritance and estate law, as well as will probates for the USA and US clients, unfair competition, German commercial litigation, international tax law, double taxation treaties

Urban Thier & Federer Rechtsanwälte is a German law firm specializing in civil law, particularly commercial and corporate law, international tax law, and German and international inheritance law. The firm has been in practice since 2005 and represents German and international clients in matters involving complex contracts, frequently, but not exclusively, between German and U.S. companies or German and U.K. companies.

The law firm cooperates closely with the American law firm UTF Urban Thier & Federer, P.A. in Orlando and is therefore particularly focused on German, European, and, through our US colleagues, American law. Through the offices of its cooperation partners in New York, Atlanta, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Houston, and Orlando and Palm Beach in the USA, as well as in London, UTF Attorneys at Law offers competent and efficient advice and representation in cross-border matters. The Aachen branch of the firm also offers advice and representation in German-Dutch and German-Belgian legal issues. We work closely with law firms in the Netherlands and Belgium. Furthermore, the law firm's Aachen office offers clients from the western part of the Federal Republic the opportunity to receive advice on-site and in German regarding proceedings in the USA or Great Britain in German-British and German-American matters.

In cross-border legal matters, it is often crucial for the advising lawyer to have knowledge of both German and foreign law. The language barrier in communicating with foreign lawyers also often leads to German clients achieving less favorable outcomes in negotiations or legal disputes abroad. UTF Urban Thier & Federer will facilitate communication with the local foreign lawyer handling the case and improve the German client's understanding of the requirements of foreign law and procedures. In close cooperation with colleagues on-site, results can be achieved more quickly, ultimately saving costs.

As a border city with international ties in the EUREGIO region and excellent transport links to Cologne and Düsseldorf, as well as the Ruhr area and Frankfurt, Aachen offers an ideal location for an internationally active law firm.