Professional services regulation: lawyers or other licensed conveyancers (only relevant if legally admitted to perform real estate transactions and/or to assist the conclusion of tenancy agreements)

• Author: Pinkel, Tobias
• Pages: 50-51

Consum er mar ket stud y on the fun ctio ning of the r eal estate servi ces for consum ers in the EU – Coun try Fiche Germ any

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8. Professional ser vices regulat ion: lawyers or other licensed conveyancers (only relevant if legally adm itted to perform r eal

est ate t ransact ions and/ or to assist the conclusion of tenan cy agreements)

8.1 Mar ket entry and st ruct ure regulation

Ta ble 18: Mar ke t e nt ry a nd str uct ure reg u la t ion

Regu lati on

Subj ect ive re qui rem en ts

Cond itions (diplomas, exam s, concou rs) requ ired to

becom e a lawy er in y our count ry.

Not relev ant in Germ any .

Ob ject ive re qui rem ent s

Do num eru s clause s and ot her ob ject ive r equir emen ts

exist ?

Cit ize nsh ip req uir em en ts

Are foreign candidat es ad mit ted de i ure and also d e facto

un der th e sam e con dition s as n ational s?

I nt er -p rof ession al

coo per at ion

Are for ms of c ollab orat ion bet ween law yer s an d ot her

pr ofessionals allow ed and usual?

Busin ess st ru ctu re

Are law yer associat ion s/co rporati ons all owed ?

Geog raph ical l imit atio ns

Are t here lim itat ions w ith r espect to t he area in which the

law yer can ex erci se his/ her act ivi ties ( e.g. at th e r egion al

or m unicipal level )?

Are t hese limit ation re stri cted to sp ecific t asks ?