5. The lawyers are under no obligation to institute legal proceedings or seek legal remedies for a client until instructed by the client in writing.

6. The lawyers provide binding legal advice only for German law. Unless otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract, any statements made by the lawyers on foreign law are not binding.

7. The lawyers do not practice tax law. Tax and tax law aspects are excluded from the brief. Clients are strongly recommended to seek professional advice from a person qualified in tax law. The lawyers' brief does not extend to questions relating to the profitability of the relevant transactions and excludes, in particular, any assessment to the adequacy of the consideration.

8. All correspondence shall be done in German.

9. The client hereby assigns to the lawyers all financial claims against his opponent, the court, the depository and any other third parties against whom he holds compensation claims, including any claims for refund of costs as from the time when these arose, as security up to the amount of the lawyers' outstanding fees and expenses. The lawyers are authorized to receive such monies on their behalf and to deduct the amount of their outstanding claims from monies thus received.