Deep Sea Mining is only one subject concerning negotiations in the area of the Law of the Sea: Companies interested in deep sea mining are supposed to conclude contracts with other companies, as well as with states, in order to obtain exploration-, and in the future also exploitation-, licenses from the International Seabed Authority (ISA). This requires contractual regulations both inter partes as well as between those entities and the ISA. The owner of the law firm closely watches current practice of the ISA with respect to the awarding of licenses. He is familiar with the Mining Code and current drafts concerning mining regulations. Both his growing network in the deep sea mining community as well as his abilities to negotiate in English, French, and German are commending him for consultation in this field.
Kanzlei Kaede offers - in the same foreign language spectrum - its broad expertise in all kinds of contract negotiations in the field of Intellectual Property. Be it in dispute resolution (such as licensing / settlements after proven or provable patent infringements by the client) or in the constructive creation of a contractual relationship (such as joint venture formations) - the following elements are key:
- The client will determine the intensity of internal coordination
- Early and clearly distinguished distribution of roles of client representatives on the one hand and the attorney on the other (such as differentiating between a rather forthcoming or reserved style of negotiating)
- Maintaining options to communicate with the opposing party regardless of the negotiation atmosphere
- Quick, well-founded and targeted counseling regarding courses of action as soon as a negotiation situation changes
- Availabilty at any time, local flexibility
- Consultation regarding intercultural differences, as long as they are relevant with regards to the negotiation situation
- Textual economy in briefs and contracts