With a focused Asia Desk, SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz offers clients comprehensive support in all commercial law matters arising from the strong economic interdependence between Asian and European countries.

SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz provides advice to clients from Asia in Germany and Europe and, conversely, to clients from Germany and other European countries in Asia. Advice in Asia is provided in cooperation with selected partner law firms with whom we regularly have long-standing successful working relationships.

A particular focus of SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz's Asia Desk is on the economically important markets of China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, India, Indonesia and the Philippines.

We are familiar with current developments in legal relations with Asia and actively participate in them, for example in foreign trade law (investment control) and supply chain protection.

Many members of SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz's Asia Desk have relevant language skills, some of them as native speakers, or longer personal work experience on the ground. Therefore, as well as due to our track record, we are very familiar with the different requirements in the individual jurisdictions - for example, due to their respective legal traditions, economic structure and decision-making processes.

Range of services

Advising Asian companies on investments and business activities in Europe in all areas of commercial law, such as

Setting up a company, including setting up a joint venture
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate restructuring
Funding
IPO

Real estate transactions
Tax structuring, tax optimisation and advice
Customs duties, levies and anti-dumping proceedings
Protection of intellectual property, including registration, defence, judicial and extrajudicial enforcement of trademarks, patents and know-how
Labour law and personnel, restructuring under labour law
Development and support of sales organisations and franchise systems
Litigation, arbitration and mediation under all relevant arbitration rules