Private Construction Law

Lawyers Hamburg - Legal Security for your Building Project

The Building sector is a vast one, from a (small or big) family home, the erection of blocks of flats or condominiums, right up to complex construction schemes and infrastructure projects. SK Attorneys shall accompany you all the way through your individual construction project, providing legal security all the time, so that you as a Contractor or Contracting Party can concentrate on your core tasks. In a large building project, there may be a multitude of companies, who may want to conclude a horizontal agreement for example as a consortium, or who may be active individually side-by-side in an immediate contractual relationship with the Contracting Party or else, vertically with a General Contractor. The General Contractor is responsible for the fulfilment of the project as a whole. Be that as it may, SK Attorneys will develop, together with you, the right legal structure that best fits the purpose. SK Attorneys are demanding in the drafting of contracts. They require the best possible co-ordination processes, attribution of responsibilities and creation of collateral. SK Attorneys advise you in the whole value creation chain of your building project and in all questions. They will, together with you, give matters the right direction in the course of your project and will have clear, concise and pragmatic recommendations for you how to act.

Out-of-Court Settlement in case of Conflict

It is not always possible to avoid differences of opinion and conflict, especially in large building projects with their inherent legal, economic and technical complexity. For SK Attorneys, our primary focus is to try and  achieve a sustainable, economically sensible and fast out-of-Court settlement. But if the matter does go to Court, SK Attorneys possess, alongside their mediation activity, a proven and comprehensive litigation ability. SK Attorneys always keep your interest in a successful completion of the project in view, be it in the scope of acceptance and defects contests, claims for intermediate and final payments, supplement claims and those related to building time, and also when it comes to providing security for your claim.

Services in Private Construction Law, at a glance

• Legal Project Management / Legal Project Steering
• Construction Contract Law according to German Civil Law and Building Ordinances
• Building Contractor Law / Sales Contract Law
• Liability Law
• Warranty Law
• Drafting of Building Contracts (Contracts for General Contractors, with Subcontractors and more)
• Building Insurance Law