Oliver Bakes
The Firm Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Bakes
Partner


Tel. +49 (0) 69 / 97 58 22-0
Direct dial +49 (0) 69 / 97 58 22-122
Fax +49 (0) 69 / 97 58 22-225


Career

Studies at Wilhelms University in Muenster Westphalia. Clerk in Dortmund, Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg after working as a consultant for the office of parks and the environment for the city of Muenster. Employed as an attorney at HFK Attorneys at Law in Frankfurt am Main since 2002.

Areas of Practice

  • Private construction law
  • Procedural law
  • Architectural and engineering law

Expertise

  • Advising and representation of an internationally active construction group that acted as prime contractor in the construction and expansion of one of the German federal ministries in Berlin – collecting compensation and damage claims from the principal, as well as contesting defects claims in the framework of various independent evidential procedures.
  • Representation of engineers and architects contesting damage claims and enforcing compensation claims for large projects in Pforzheim and Berlin.
  • Advising and representation of a trans-regional property company filing damage claims related to the renovation of industrial property in Bielefeld.
  • Advice on contesting claims for architects' fees during the construction of significant infrastructure projects.

 

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