About LEXPORTATEU - Lexportateu

Our*
Values

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Remote legal advice worldwide unbound by location

LEXPORTATEU refrains froim maintaining offices in the world’s major cities – instead, we make sure that you never have to leave your own, no matter where you are! Large international law firms may also offer comparable legal solutions at the required high level, our approach is fundamentally different: by deliberately foregoing physical office spaces and delivering our services exclusively remotely, we* not only reduce unnecessary overhead costs that do not contribute to the quality of legal advice, but also make our expertise accessible globally – both within and beyond major urban hubs. Whether you are a large corporation, a mid-sized enterprise, or a start-up, our services are designed to meet your needs wherever you operate.

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Digitalisation in the legal sector? Yes, for sure!

As a virtually operated international business law firm, LEXPORTATEU is not only thoroughly familiar with delivering its advisory services entirely through digital means. More importantly, our* digital expertise enables us to facilitate the secure and cross-border use of modern legal tech tools – such as online notarization procedures and virtual court hearings – with full legal compliance. Clients who are not yet acquainted with these technologies receive comprehensive guidance and training in advance. Simple – yet secure.

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Specialisation through globalisation

With its innovative approach of Legal-Crowdworking and by operating only in selected areas of law, but with a global reach, LEXPORTATEU occupies a unique niche: a purely remote law firm without any physical offices. This enables us* not only to be accessible from every region of the world, but also to offer our services at more competitive rates. The focus on a global clientele allows for a high degree of specialisation in international business law. As a boutique firm active only in selected legal domains, we do not aim to cover everything – but what we* do, we execute with the highest standards of excellence.

In jurisdictions or areas of law where LEXPORTATEU does not operate directly, our digital collaboration platform ensures that extensive external law firms and legal professionals (Legal-Crowdworkers) can seamlessly complement our service portfolio – both in terms of subject matter and geographic coverage.

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Respect for resources – because time Is money.

Time is money! That’s why LEXPORTATEU respects your time and financial resources by using modern digital means of communication and work methods instead of in-person appointments that require long travel and hotel expenses. This allows everyone involved to focus on what truly matters: you on your business, and us on pursuing your legal goals.

By the way: with its climate-neutral website and the use of self-generated solar power, LEXPORTATEU promotes not only economic but also environmental sustainability!

Florian Deck

LEXPORTATEU´s founder

“If you want to provide authentic cross-border advice, you have to have experienced and mastered the challenges of cross-border business yourself on a daily basis.” This quote comes from me, Rechtsanwalt (RAK Frankfurt am Main) and Abogado (ICAM) Florian Deck. Friedrich Schiller expressed this insight much better and more succinctly back in 1797 in the “Tabulae Votivae” in the Musenalmanach with the statement: “Believe life, it teaches better than orators and books“. Far removed from such wisdom, I have had the opportunity to gain valuable and longstanding professional experience in an international law firm in Frankfurt am Main and in the holding company of a global automotive supplier. As a result, I have been advising on European, German, Spanish and Austrian law in parallel for almost two decades now. I am a member of the German-Spanish and the Austrian-Spanish Lawyers’ Association.

Due to my admission as a German lawyer to the Frankfurt am Main Bar Association and as a Spanish lawyer(Abogado) to the Madrid Bar Association, I am authorized to represent clients before all German and Spanish courts (with the exception of civil matters before the Federal Supreme Court) without restriction and am also registered as a European lawyer with the Salzburg Bar Association. In Austria, I have unrestricted power of representation in all court proceedings, with the exception of those court proceedings for which there is a so-called absolute duty of representation (absolute Anwaltspflicht). I am authorized without restriction to advise on German, Austrian and Spanish law as well as on the laws of the European Union.

I am fluent in written and spoken German, Spanish (publicly appointed and sworn translator of the Spanish Language), English and French. With regard to the German, Spanish and English languages, I am also able to prepare the respective legal documents, such as articles of association, resolutions, transformation or reorganization agreements and related reports, in all areas of law covered by LEXPORTATEU’s field of activity in several languages. This reduces the need to involve translators who are often not legally trained or to coordinate with external lawyers and avoids linguistic inconsistencies between the individual language versions.

Constantly navigating between 3 legal worlds and jurisdictions presents various challenges. This begins with the task of diligently following case-law and scholars in all these legal systems and, where the opportunity arises, actively shaping them through specialist publications or by litigating landmark judgments before the courts. This is followed by the obligation to strictly adhere to the professional and deontological requirements of all these legal systems and to reconcile them in case of potential conflicts.

In the medium and long term, however, this effort bears fruit. Not only for myself, but especially for the unique consulting concept pursued by LEXPORTATEU and thus ultimately for our clients. Because only the constant comparative legal perspective from one legal system to another makes it possible to view economic facts and problems from a bird’s-eye perspective, to classify peculiarities of a single legal system in a global context, and to provide practical, globally applicable solutions. This opportunity naturally remains closed to consultants who advise only in a single legal system and have never left the ivory tower of their office building in their home country. In contrast, LEXPORTATEU’s ubiquitous virtual consulting concept makes it possible to be at home in all legal systems of this world simultaneously. Not only digitally, but also socio-culturally always connected with our clients worldwide.

LEXPORTATEU

Many Meanings

Have you ever wondered what the name “LEXPORTATEU” means?

If you answer “yes” to this question, we can reassure you: you are not the only one and we are delighted by your curiosity! There is also much more than just one correct answer to this question, as the deliberately chosen fantasy company name allows for many interpretations. In particular, not naming the law firm after the name of its founding partner initially appears to be a logical consequence of the legal crowdworking concept: LEXPORTATEU itself has hardly any permanent staff. Instead, project-related flash teams are assembled ad-hoc from various (independent) law firms and consultants worldwide, who go their separate ways again after the project is completed. It is rather a concept shaped by modern platform economics, representing a collective, flexible swarm intelligence that constantly and quickly adapts to the circumstances and needs of clients.

While this way of working is characterised by strong teamwork and inter-cultural competence, LEXPORTATEU is unfamiliar with the concept of a rigid, entrenched pack or esprit de corps shaped by strict hierarchies. Therefore, the firm also conveys one of our central values: the focus is not on the individual (and certainly not on the ego of any partner), but on the ad-hoc team as a collective and the needs of the client in their specific project.

In addition, the company components LEXPORTATEUs also emphasize several of our characteristic features: the word “LEX” undoubtedly alludes to the Latin word for “law” and thus to our product. The penultimate syllable “AT” is a reminiscence of our only physical location, Austria. The last syllable “EU” emphasizes that LEXPOETATEU’s consulting focus, despite its global orientation, lies primarily in the law of the EU and the individual member states’ legal systems. This is further emphasized by the word fragment “EXPORT” contained in the company name, which conveys that our legal advisory services are exported from a single physical location to the whole world, in particular the EU. Particularly creative contemporaries may also recognize the further company component “PORT”, which means “port” in many languages and thus gives clients the certainty that they are in good hands with us, as in asafe harbour.

On closer inspection, there are certainly other interpretations to be found. Have you discovered one? Then we would be delighted if you could tell us about it and we can discuss it together!

Become part of our digital network free of charge and without obligation!

LEXPORTATEU is always looking for collaborating law firms and lawyers who are interested in becoming part of our innovative, platform-based network. The legal crowdworking concept offers the opportunity to work flexibly and independently while benefiting from the advantages of our digital collaboration platform.

Requirements:

Exceptional legal qualifications and expertise.
Ability to use digital collaboration tools in the legal field: You should be familiar with modern digital tools that facilitate collaboration and communication in the legal field.
Flexibility and independence: We are looking for partner law firms and lawyers who can work independently on the one hand, and on the other hand are willing to adapt flexibly to different projects and clients.
High linguistic and intercultural competence: due to the international orientation of LEXPORTATEU’s platform, excellent linguistic skills and intercultural competence are essential.
Teamwork ability, coupled with individualism and independent work: Although we promote teamwork, it is equally important that the lawyers deployed in a specific project are able to work independently and without fixed hierarchical structures.

Our collaboration platform is open to qualified and interested law firms and lawyers of any seniority from any jurisdiction and legal field. If interested, we look forward to your contact. Become part of LEXPORTATEU’s network and help shape the future of legal consulting!

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“To provide authentic cross-border advice, one must personally experience and overcome the challenges of cross-border business every day“

Sharing these own experiences with clients gives them the confidence that LEXPORTATEU’s solutions based on a careful selection of the legal framework best suited for each client are also legally reliable and practical in real-world application

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„To be legally considered as a cross-border corporate group, one need not bear the name Apple, Amazon, IKEA, or SAP – why this structuring option is particularly worthwhile for SMEs“

Traditional cross-border corporate groups are typically characterised by the establishment of a subsidiary under the respective local law in each jurisdiction in which the group operates. Such structures are not only fraught with legal risks due to the diversity of applicable legal systems across the group entities, but they also hinder the implementation of a uniform management and organizational framework for the cross-border group, resulting in substantial costs.
However, within the EU and EEA, extensive options exist for the choice of applicable law to each comany of the group. LEXPORTATEU has therefore developed models specifically tailored to cross-border corporate groups, enabling the harmonisation of the legal form of individual group entities. This approach significantly mitigates the incompatibilities and divergences between various legal systems and reduces the complexity of the cross-border group to the level of a “simple” purely domestic corporate structure. As a result, both liability risks and the costs of ongoing external legal counsel abroad are substantially reduced.
We thus pave the way for you, even as a medium-sized enterprise, to expand into other EU and EEA markets without being deterred by prohibitive cost burdens or liability risks. The earlier, the better – for even the aforementioned giants once started small and conquered new markets by being the first to enter and now dominate them…

Traditional cross-border corporate group structures are characterized by the fact that the group establishes a subsidiary in each country of operation according to the local law of that country. Such structures carry risks due to the differences in the legal systems applicable to each group company. Moreover, they make unified management and organization of the cross-border group difficult and lead to high costs. However, within the EU and EEA, there are now extensive options to choose the preferred legal system. Therefore, LEXPORTATEU has developed models specifically for cross-border corporate groups to standardize the legal form of the individual group companies so that the existing differences and incompatibilities between various legal systems can largely be avoided. This reduces the complexity of the cross-border group from a corporate law perspective to the uniformity of a “simple” purely national corporation. This approach lowers both liability risks and the costs of ongoing external legal advice abroad.
We therefore clear the way for you, as a mid-sized company, to expand into other markets within the EU and EEA without being held back by prohibitive costs or liability risks. The earlier you start, the better! After all, even those mentioned at the beginning once started small and entered new markets by being the first to establish themselves and today they dominate…

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“How much I would give now if our company had already had its own contract templates or general terms and conditions back then.“

Unfortunately, we often hear this statement from clients who turn to LEXPORTATEU after being sued in another country or having to file such a lawsuit or arbitration there to enforce their own claims. Depending on the jurisdiction, this can lead to economically unreasonable duration of proceedings, often lasting several years per instance, and can become unnecessarily costly with unpredictable outcomes—especially when the jurisdiction and the applicable law do not align.

Such problems can usually be easily prevented or reduced by including a jurisdiction and choice of law clause. And even if, in individual cases, you are unable to enforce your own contract templates and general terms and conditions, having your own templates at least ensures that those of the opposing party are not effectively agreed upon either. This often represents the only realistic way especially when dealing with powerful contractual partners to sign an otherwise legally unfavorable contract while still legally preventing the crippling of your own company.

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* Pursuant to LEXPORTATEU’s Legal Crowdworking approach, LEXPORTATEU provides its services, to the extent they are not rendered in-house, through project-based teams composed by external lawyers or other staff. The pronouns “we” or “our” used on this website are therefore not to be understood as a statement about the company’s size or the number of its own legal professionals, but primarily refer to this Legal Crowdworking approach. None of these external team members are partners or shareholders of LEXPORTATEU.

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