About us –

Notaries stand for independence, neutrality, and the highest quality standards in the structuring of your legal needs.

As an independent holder of public office, notaries are vested with sovereign powers for preventive administration of justice in Germany. Notaries exercise preventive legal control and draw up deeds that are binding as evidence in court and directly enforceable.

Impartial.

Notaries are available to you and your contractual partners as impartial advisors in complex and consequential legal matters.

Modern.

Notaries play a pioneering role in electronic legal transactions. Qualified electronic signatures with notarial attributes now enjoy the same level of trust as notarial seals with the official's handwritten signature.

Discreet.

Notaries must maintain confidentiality towards everyone regarding all matters that come to their knowledge in the course of their professional activities and must also impose this confidentiality on their employees.

Secure.

The notarial deed – with letter and seal – is the epitome of legal certainty. The trust placed in it in legal transactions has one source: the diligence of notaries.

The notaries – all based in Dortmund – Jürgen Schemann, Dr. Thorsten Siepe, Dr. Matthias Wiese, Dr. Alexander Bardenz, and Catherine Westerwelle have many years of experience in drafting notarial contracts, providing support, and precisely handling all areas of preventive legal services.

This includes, in particular, the drafting of contracts in all areas of corporate and real estate law, company succession, company sales, company restructuring, will drafting and anticipated succession (gifts, lifetime asset transfers to the next generation), the drafting of matrimonial agreements (marriage contracts and divorce settlement agreements) and emergency provisions (powers of attorney and living wills).