Dr. Christine Freifrau von Hauch is a partner in GrantThornton‘s Cologne office, where she is heading the commercial & distribution area.
Dr. von Hauch advises in commercial law, contract law and distribution law. Her areas of focus are especially franchise law, commercial agents´ law and the law on authorized dealers/distributors as well as the law on General Terms and Conditions.
In her areas of practice she also represents clients in court.
Fields of expertise
- Advising especially medium-sized companies from Germany as well as abroad
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating agreements, in particular supply and procurement agreements along the entire supply chain, as well as distribution agreements, (master) franchise agreements, commercial agency agreements, furthermore framework agreements/T&Cs, in German and English
- M&A transactions: due diligence in the sectors above
Publications/Memberships
- Associate Expert Deutscher Franchiseverband e.V. (German Franchise Association e.V.)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Vertriebsrecht e.V. (German Society for Distribution Law)
- Rechtsanwaltskammer Köln (Bar Association Cologne)
Qualifications
- Rechtsanwältin
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Contract law
Termination of contracts in the event of a crisis
If a contractual partner gets into difficulties, there is often a desire to dissolve the contract. Many long-term contracts such as supply or distribution agreements contain so-called insolvency-dependent termination clauses (insolvenzabhängige Lösungsklauseln) for such cases. However, whether a termination can in fact be successfully based on such a clause must be examined on a case-by-case basis. Here, we inform about the legal requirements regarding the effectiveness for such clauses.
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5 min read
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17 May 2024
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