Professional Indemnity Insurance

(Germany)

Zurich Versicherung AG

Riehler Straße 90

Riehler Straße 90

D-50657 Cologne

Area of applicability: geographical Europe including Turkey and the countries within the area of the former Soviet Union including Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

As a general rule, the insurance does not cover any liability claims from activities

  1. performed by law firms or offices established or maintained in other countries;
  2. 与建议和发票的呈现olvement in relation to non-European law;
  3. performed by a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) before non-European courts.

Pursuant to the Federal Lawyer's Act (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung- BRAO), German lawyers are obliged to set up a professional indemnity insurance with a minimum cover of € 250,000. Details can be found under section 51 of the Federal Lawyer's Act.

In addition to local compulsory insurance cover, Ashurst has global professional indemnity insurance cover led by QBE Casualty Syndicate 386 brokered by JLT Specialty Limited, 6 Crutched Friars, London EC3N2PH.Further details may be obtained fromAngela Pearson, partner and general counsel.

Frankfurt and Munich (Germany)