avocado rechtsanwälte > Cologne, Germany > Firm Profile

‘The entire team has a strong sense of economic efficiency, market penetration and dealing with medium-sized companies as well as corporations and municipalities, so advice and representation from all perspectives is possible.’

‘Avocado Rechtsanwälte has been working for our company for years. The advice and legal support has always been impeccable. The personal touch has always been there, and the chemistry between those involved is extremely important to us, especially as a family-run company.’

‘Markus Figgen offers the highest level of analytical expertise and handling of complex legal areas and is always focused on supporting the company’s development.’

‘Rebecca Schäfer: Competent advice on all public tendering matters for providers and users, contract management, contract law in HOAI, VOB, VOL – best practice for training and further education in contract and environmental law.’

‘Thomas Gerhold is a very experienced and knowledgeable colleague with excellent knowledge of emission control, soil protection, noise and waste law, who knows how to get to the heart of the matter and formulate it in such a way that even non-lawyers can understand it.’

‘Ralf Kaminski: High level of experience across all aspects of environmental law, mediation between different contractual partners and in-depth knowledge of waste law.’

‘avocado is unusually quick to provide assistance. The contact is always friendly and competent. Above all, communication takes place on an equal level, i.e. understandable and in a language that always ensures that us clients understand the context.’

‘The avocado team offers short and short-term pragmatic solutions to enquiries, the demonstration of various solutions and their consequences as well as absolutely sound, practically applicable specialist knowledge.’

‘We are exclusively involved in innovation procurement. The team develops solutions with us that are not standard. From the service object to the choice of procedure. This requires courage and flexibility in the structuring of content, as legal security decreases outside of standard processes and many new paths are taken. This means that we are able to implement new things with the team! ‘

‘Rebecca Schäffer works with us on inquiries relating to innovative public procurement and conducts training courses for innovative public purchasers. On average, 200 participants take part. This is a credit to Ms. Schäffer, who is able to not only apply the innovation instruments of procurement law very well, but also explain them. She embodies expertise and the design of new paths in one person.’

‘Markus Figgen has outstanding expertise in many areas that affect waste management. His greatest characteristics are his understandable explanations and his practice-oriented perspective, including his consistently good recommendations on how to proceed.’

‘We have a permanent team of contacts at avocado in Cologne, who coordinate with each other and provide updates on issues, so that excellent accessibility and continuous processing of tasks is guaranteed for us as clients.’

‘Andreas Pannier: Approachable, cheerful, always very well prepared, punctual and, if necessary, works unusual hours, clear in his statements.’

‘We value the avocado law firm as a very reliable, serious and committed partner. The law firm is very versatile with its specialist areas and can therefore support us quickly and flexibly with our issues. The goal-oriented working method and advice in particular speak in favour of the law firm. We already have many years of experience with the law firm.’

‘The team around Markus Figgen is characterised by outstanding competence in procurement law. The colleagues were able to answer most of my questions immediately without extensive research. Even when research was necessary, the answers were provided quickly and to the point. The billing was fair and transparent. The team is also unpretentious. In short, a very pleasant and symbiotic collaboration.’

‘Markus Figgen is an outstanding strategist – reliable, competent, communicative and at the same time assertive. You wouldn’t want to have him as an opponent. Rebecca Schäffer also deserves special mention. She is collegial and available at all times. The future lawyer for procurement law.’

‘Very good know-how.’

‘Thomas Richter is technically excellent, competent and experienced.’

‘Always a competent contact person who immediately takes care of a solution to requested issues.’

‘Thomas Richter is not only extremely competent in construction law issues, but also always offers good decision-making options for the client with pragmatic and fair solutions.’

‘The consulting style is consistent and, in our view, finds a good balance between legal depth and support in economic decisions.’

‘Thomas Richter is our long-standing ‘trusted advisor’. Top across all legal matters, but also a very good sparring partner for all project questions. Outstanding market knowledge and network, also a trusted advisor on strategic questions.’

‘In our opinion, Avocado offers a manageable, “powerful” team with highly specialised professionals. ‘

‘Christian Berger: Very quick response to inquiries, pragmatic approach, very good communicator, excellent work in terms of content, I would definitely recommend him for M&A or corporate work.’

‘The team is extremely friendly, responsive and, above all, exceptionally competent.’

‘Christian Berger and Matthias Achenbach: High responsiveness, high competence, ability to structure complex issues, quick training, high social competence in consulting, ability to take a “clear stance” and also to moderate mediation. Highly recommended all round!!’

‘Very good team and good cooperation with our teams. Very quick, objective work possible. Very polite in dealing with people. Deadlines are met. Good specialist knowledge. Easy to reach. Modern forms of communication are used.’

‘Matthias Achenbach, Sebastian Talarowski and Christian Berger: Very good cooperation. Very good technical knowledge. In addition, they have a good understanding of people and can adapt to client’s needs.’

‘Christian Berger: The quality of work is outstanding, always available promptly, very good understandable advice, very result-oriented.’

‘Udo Zietsch: Able to manage the transaction in its entirety as a team leader thanks to his technical and communication skills, so that clients are well advised. He is also valued for the knowledge and experience he accumulates through his overall activities, which are very valuable in the strategic consideration and decision-making of a transaction, as he is able to anticipate potential risks and thus reduces them.’

‘We find the avocado team to be a great and reliable support for our legal questions.’