AboutHenning Haarhaus Expertise Practice in inheritance law and tax law. Legal services also rendered in the fields of business & commercial law; e.g. business organisations, contracts; debt collections, employment law and international law. Representing clients all over Germany. At times, I also handle family law cases and other civil law matters related with the region in and around Berlin.
Experience I have been working as a German lawyer since 1999 in the forenamed fields.
Before founding my own law office in 2003 I worked as an associate in the legal dep. of the biggest tax consultancy firm of German origin for two years. Bar Certified Tax Specialist since 2007.
Organizations German-Korean Lawyers Association (secretary general)
Publications Book in German on offshore tax havens; published by Haufe in 2008
Education/Credentials
- passed bar exam on expertise in the field of inheritance law in 2005
- passed bar exam on expertise in the field of tax law in 2004
- passed Final State Exam and admitted to the bar in 1998
- postgraduate judicial service traineeship in Berlin
- passed First State Exam (JD-equivalent) in 1994
- legal studies at the University of Passau (Bavaria) and at the Humboldt University in Berlin
- graduated as certified banker in 1989
Question I am a US citizen residing in Dallas Texas but I am employed by a German company called Premium Rentals GmbH. Per my employment contract, I am to receive a base salary of $2500 per month, payable every 15th of the month. December was supposed to be my first actual payment, but now we are into the new year and I am still empty handed. I have tried to email,call, and fax them but the emails keep coming back to me as delivery failure. The phone number that I have for the US contact info is 1 (888) 542-8118. However this is the Germany "headquarters" info--Premium Rentals GmbH
Schwanthalerstraße 59 - 54, 80336 Munich, Germany
Fax number: +49 8994 3992 179.
Please contact me with info regarding this company and my rights.
Answer After trying the Munich fax number unsuccessfully I contacted the German directory enquiries. I am afriad, no such enterprise has been registered in the public phone book.
What would I suggest? - Should German law be applicable to your contract I would advise you to refuse to work due to the employer´s default to pay your wages.
If a law suit for payment is worth the effort depends on wether the company still exists and/ or if the company director can be held liable for the default. Tis would be the case if the company had been bancrupt or out of money already when your contract was concluded.
Maybe you should send an inquiry to the commercial registry in Munich (Handelsregister) at the Amtsgericht München in order to find out if the company has ever existed (Fax 0049/ 89/ 5597-3560) and to the insolvency court (Insolvenzgericht) at the Amtsgericht München in order to find out if the company has filed for bankruptcy recently (Fax 0049/ 89/ 5597-2777).
