A counsel (also counsel lawyer od. firm lawyer; griech. is an attorney, who is employed during another, regularly an enterprise, a federation or a donation. At the same time he is a freely practicing attorney. Counsel lawyers advise its service gentleman (the enterprise, the federation or the donation) usually in all economiceconomics questions, approximately over mark and copyright problems, over insurance contracts and -, contract management fell and - monitorings, up to adhesion and trust-legal questions with enterprise purchases and - sales. Large-scale enterprises employ counsel lawyers also in the personnel management, in the tax division, and in the patent, mark and license department.

The Middle Ages and early modern times

In the Middle Ages and the early modern times a counsel was responsible for the legal transactions of a city or a municipality. He advised mayors and advice in legal affairs and wrote legal appraisals in their order. Often it concerned lawyers, who at a University of the common right (ius commune) - occasionally also still canonical right - had studied. Beside the urban Syndici, there was still the landscape Syndici. These were employed of the conditions as legal advisers.

Today's lawyer right

Their employers may not represent German counsel lawyers in accordance with Federal Law lawyer order before court or before an arbitral tribunal as a lawyer.

As freelance attorneys also counsel lawyers can let themselves be released during the German old age pension insurance federation from the legal old age pension insurance obligation and then into an according to professional status supplying work deposit. "„Genuine counsel lawyers ", thus Justitiare and firm attorneys have 1 No. 1 SGB VI a requirement on the distribution of this release in accordance with "§ 6 exp. A condition is that it as a counsel right-arranging, right-obtaining, right and legal decision-end are active and the employer confirms this.

When "“false counsel lawyers"” apply regularly to the bar certified lawyers, who are busy with an enterprise or a federation, are there however not for the enterprise "“as an attorney"” active.

Example 1.) A coworker of a housing company is there responsible as specialists for leases. (Here it would be to be doubted seriously whether a lawyer activity takes place at the employer.)

Example 2.) A coworker of an enterprise is sideline active as an attorney. (Here possibly only the sideline activity is considered as "“liberating"” with the consequence that the full-time income is subject to the "“normal"” old age pension insurance obligation.)

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