Transportation Law

According to Legal500 we are a “leading law firm” in Germany in the field of transportation and forwarding law:

“Kuss Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbb is particularly well known for its expertise in transport insurance law in connection with the rail, road and maritime sectors as a result of its routine support in recourse and major international claims. The two practice group heads and transport insurance specialists Robert Kuss and Corinna Kuss are at the helm here.”

Our clients have made the following comments about us to Legal500:

‘Available at all times, solution-oriented, lean administration, good business relationship.’

‘Very competent.

‘Robert Kuss is a very good negotiator.

You can find the ranking at: https://www.legal500.de/c/deutschland/transport/beratung-des-transportsektors/

The basis and backbone of worldwide trade is logistics. Smooth delivery to the customer and the functioning of the supply of the own warehouses or own production with goods are essential for every company.

Globalization has made transport processes even more complex. More and more service providers of different nationalities from different cultures with different languages are involved in transport chains and more handling operations are required. The increased risks for the goods resulting therefrom cannot be ruled out despite technical progress.

The transportation law governing these processes is multi-layered, fragmented, confusing, international, and complex. Each mode of transport is internationally regulated in separate treaties under international law such as CMR, MC, WC, CIM or CMNI. In the absence of such rules and if the parties have not agreed on anything, the applicable law must be determined with the help of conflict-of-law provisions, which is sometimes difficult and leads to surprising results for the companies involved.

Transportation law therefore is a case for experts!

We draft contracts, advise in crises between shippers and logistics providers and assert or defend against claims for damages. We conduct proceedings before courts and arbitration tribunals.

Our activities focus particularly on the following areas of transportation law: