BRANDI lawyers.
Dr. Annette Mussinghoff-Siemens
About me
- Born in 1964
- Legal studies at the Universities of Bochum and Münster
- First Exam ("1. Staatsexamen") in 1992
- Legal clerkship ("Refrendariat") at the Münster District Court
- Employee at a Westphalian law firm and notary's office from 1995 to 1997
- Second (Bar) Exam ("2. Staatsexamen") in 1995
- Bar admission in 1997
- Doctor of Laws (Dr. jur.) 1999
- Certified Specialized Attorney in Construction and Architectural Law since 2007
- Appointment as notary in 2015
- Certified Specialized Attorney in Public Procurement Law since 2016
Competence
Compliance
- Procurement law compliance
Private construction law and regulations for architects
Private construction law
- Project-based legal consulting
- Contract design and review (standard price agreements, lump sum price agreements, GMP models, general contractor agreements, general take-over agreements, developer agreements)
- Review and handling of additions
- Preparation of letter templates in accordance with the VOB (German Construction Contract Procedures)
- Enforcement of wage claims
- Enforcement of/defense against warranty claims
- Risk estimates and assessments including recommended actions
- Support during extra-judicial disputes and negotiations
- Conduction of proceedings
Regulations for architects and engineers
- Contract design and review (architect contracts, engineer contracts, general planning contracts, project control agreements)
- Clarification of the scope of services owed by the architect or engineer
- Consulting during the preparation of the final invoice for fees
- Enforcement of fee claims
- Consulting and representation with regard to disputes under liability law
Plant construction
- Contract design and review of plant construction agree-ments
- Enforcement of remuneration claims
- Enforcement of and defense against warranty claims
Law governing construction contract award
- Drafting and preparation of the award and contract doc-uments for the award of construction and planning contracts
- Preparation of announcements
- Answering questions of bidders
- Creation of an assessment matrix
- Award procedure documentation
- Representation in contract award review proceedings
- Preparation of objections to proceedings, support of negotiations with bidders and clarification of offers
Real estate law
- Support and legal structuring in the context of project development
- Review and negotiation of real estate purchase agreements
- Project development contracts
- Administration and (facility) management contracts
- Enforcement of/defense against warranty claims
Public procurement law
- Consulting of public clients with regard to the selection and drafting, preparation, execution and documentation of award procedures
- Consulting of bidders with regard to their participation in award procedures
- Representation of bidders and public clients in reexamination proceedings before procurement chambers and senates
- Legal opinion on procurement law matters
- Procurement of IT services
Publications
Monographs
- Effektiver Lohnausgleich bei Arbeitszeitverkürzungen durch tarifliche Ausgleichszulagen, jur. Diss., Münster 1999
Essays
- Deutlich verbesserter Bieterschutz durch neues Vergaberecht, Immobilien Intern, Beilage Nr. 22/2000
Memberships
- Deutscher Anwaltsverein
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Baurecht im Deutschen Anwaltverein
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Baurecht e.V.
- Freundeskreis Rechtswissenschaft der Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Münster