Targeted legal advice
in industryCompanies and groups of all sizes are active on international markets. As a result, they face extensive legal challenges that span the entire spectrum of applicable law. We have made it our mission to advise and represent the industry on legal challenges in key areas.
MKM LEGAL and its lawyers offer specialised advice and many years of experience in selected areas of law and industry. Our clients include medium-sized companies and corporate groups that operate nationally and internationally. Due to our established client structures and acquired expertise, we are particularly active for companies in the rail vehicle construction and mechanical engineering sectors. We draw up and evaluate complex supply and service contracts, manage the contract structure, advise on contract negotiations or conduct these for our clients. In the area of just-in-time production, we defend against or enforce claims for damages. We have particular experience in optimising interest rates and liquidity through cash pooling.
Law in the industry
Regulation and
compliance
The industrial sector is subject to a variety of regulations and laws set by government agencies to ensure environmental, safety and labour standards. Companies must ensure that they comply with all relevant regulations to avoid penalties and protect their reputation.
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Employment law
Labour regulations are particularly important in industry, as accidents at work and safety risks can occur more frequently. Companies must ensure that they comply with all labour regulations, including safety standards, working hours, wages and employee rights.
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Environmental law
Industrial companies often face strict environmental requirements and regulations, particularly in relation to waste disposal, emissions and the protection of natural resources. Compliance with these regulations is crucial to avoid legal problems and reputational risks.
Interdisciplinary Legal Advice
Many legal issues in the industry can hardly be separated – patents, trademarks, and copyrights are often closely linked to questions of data transfer and corporate IT. MKM LEGAL therefore handles these topics on an interdisciplinary basis within a single team.
Data protection in the industry
German industry is:
The growing pressure to make the machine data generated usable and to leverage it for optimizing internal processes always calls for an assessment under data protection law as well. The evaluation of data from your own employees or your customers' employees is regularly part of the analysis of operational data, e.g. from MES systems.
MKM Datenschutz GmbH offers you specialized advice based on many years of experience across all areas of data protection, both nationally and internationally. We understand your processes and challenges and see it as our task – whether as an external data protection officer or through project-based data protection consulting – to align data protection requirements with your business objectives. Where needed, we work together with the lawyers of MKM + PARTNER, for example in fines proceedings or disputes with supervisory authorities.