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Attorney Sascha C. Fürstenow
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Location of the Law Office: Stadtmitte – City Center
From the center of Berlin – the FÜRSTENOW Law Office is located in the International Trade Center (Internationales Handelszentrum) at Friedrichstraße 95, close to Friedrichstraße Station (Regionalbahn, S Bahn), directly at the U Bahn exit (U6), right in the heart of Berlin – Attorney Sascha C. Fürstenow advises and represents clients in all matters of commercial law with a focus on banking law, capital market law, capital investment law, real estate law, commercial contract law (e.g. license agreements, distribution agreements, partnership agreements, contracts for work and services).
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Attorney Fürstenow advises and supports bank clients (private clients as well as business clients) in their dealings with banks in the context of their business relationships, for example as account holders (e.g. in the event of misuse of bank cards) or borrowers (e.g. in the question of whether a early repayment penalty is payable), i.e. to enforce the rights of bank clients against the seemingly overpowering contractual partner bank. Attorney Fürstenow also supports investors in so-called junk investments or other capital investments (e.g. profit participation rights, cooperatives) in enforcing claims for damages. Finally, the attorney Fürstenow advises, supports and represents clients in all aspects of real estate, for example when buying or selling real estate, but also in the context of a forced sale.
The firm’s commercial clients include companies from the e-commerce, clean energy and technology sectors, among others. Attorney Fürstenow advises and represents, among others, the company RHEFOR (Deutschland) GmbH, which specializes in the development of electromagnetic drives.
In particular, company founders as well as already founded start-ups and young companies are offered legally sound support in all relevant legal matters. Attorney Sascha C. Fürstenow also imparts this start-up-relevant knowledge as a guest lecturer in lectures and workshops. Furthermore, Mr. Fürstenow is a lecturer for banking law.
Cooperations
Attorney Fürstenow and TechCode Accelerator (Germany) TCAC GmbH have entered into a strategic cooperation to provide legal support to German companies looking to expand into China and Chinese companies looking to expand into Germany.
Attorney Fürstenow is the contact person for small and medium-sized companies in the Nuremberg metropolitan region via the Nuremberg Business Center.
Attorney Fürstenow in the media
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
In the March 26, 2025 issue of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung under the heading “Finance”, the article by Archibald Preuschat on the subject of why a recall of bank transfers does not seem possible, even if the recipient is suspected of fraud, reproduces Attorney Fürstenow’s argumentation as to when this is possible.
“Where the money stops with a bank transfer
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The Berlin based Attorney Sascha C. Fürstenow has already had several Postbank customers as clients in such matters. In principle, the German Civil Code does not provide for the recall of transfers once they have been made. However, there is a loophole in section 675p, paragraph 4 of the German Civil Code. “After the points in time specified in paragraphs 1 to 3, the payment order can only be revoked if the payment service user and the respective payment service provider have agreed to this. payment service provider have agreed this.” Such an agreement could have been made, for example, if after the transfer order and before the actual transfer, the bank customer revokes the order vis-à-vis the bank employee and at the same time the bank employee (representing the bank) “promises” to stop the transfer, the lawyer argues.
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Some of the Berlin lawyer’s clients ultimately failed with their complaints because they were unable to prove the call to the telephone hotline or the visit to the branch afterwards. Fürstenow can only remember one successful case, but this was seven years ago.”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
In the article “Postbank – Chaos löst sich nur langsam auf” by Archibald Preuschat in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of November 16, 2023, a case was presented by attorney Fürstenow:
“However, individual customers are still waiting months for a response from the institute.
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In particular, cases from the height of the chaos in Postbank’s customer service are still waiting to be processed.
This is how the lawyer of a Postbank customer describes it: His client, a Czech, had canceled his account in July and in August ordered his credit balance to be transferred to a bank in his home country. This has not happened to date – the amount in question is 250,000 euros. Instead, he received an email this week with instructions for telephone banking.
Among other things, it states: “Avoid background noise; do not use loudspeakers or hands-free equipment; avoid driving noise and draughts of air at the microphone; state your request in a short sentence if possible; formulate your request as specifically as possible; speak as you would in an ordinary conversation.”
WirtschaftsWoche
In the print edition no. 26 of WirtschaftsWoche from 23.06.2023 under the heading “Taxes and Law” by Niklas Hoyer, a specific case is also described by attorney Fürstenow on the subject of “Returning an unintentional transfer”.
“Shortly after a Postbank customer had transferred 5,000 euros to a foreign account, he was overcome by a strange gut feeling, according to his attorney Sascha Fürstenow from Berlin. After a brief internet search, the customer assumed that he had been taken in by a fraudster.
He wanted to stop the transfer and went to a nearby Postbank branch in Stuttgart. According to the bank customer, the employee there gave him hope that the transfer could still be stopped around two hours after the order was placed. But in fact it was carried out and the money is gone. “The matter has been going on for seven months,” says attorney Fürstenow. It is now threatening to “fizzle out” because Postbank is no longer responding.
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In any case, the recipient of the 5,000 euros does not want to hand it over. The chances of Fürstenow’s client ever seeing it again are therefore rather slim.”
WirtschaftsWoche quotes attorney Fürstenow as early as 2022.
Der Tagesspiegel
Attorney Fürstenow as an expert in the Tagesspiegel
In the article from 30.04.2020 by Jörn Hasselmann, attorney Fürstenow commented on the topic of VBB monthly passes in times of Corona:
” Attorney Sascha C. Fürstenow from the Berlin law firm Fürstenow pointed out that there is no need for goodwill at all – because subscribers can simply cancel. The terms and conditions state: “The subscription contract can also be terminated prematurely by the customer before the end of the 12-month term at the end of each month”, only the value sections would have to be returned. However, this is not actively communicated by the VBB.”
Banking law
Capital market law, investment law, revocation of loan contracts
Contract law (B2B)
Drafting contracts, consultation and procedural representation of companies and Start-Ups
Real estate law
Examination of land purchase contracts and purchase contracts
Vita
Attorney Sascha C. Fürstenow has been an assessor since 2007 and admitted to the Berlin Bar Association since the same year. He has been working as a lawyer since then.
- Studied law at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin (graduated with the first state law examination) and studied at the Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy (graduated in general civil law, individual contract law, human rights law and philosophy of law).
- Legal clerkship at the Kammergericht in Berlin (graduated with the second state law examination).
- Referendariat at the law firm Fiammenghi – Fiammenghi, in Rome, Italy.
- Worked in the Bundestag administration, department for petitions.
- Languages: German, English and Italian.
In addition to his work as a lawyer, Attorney Fürstenow is involved as a juror and consultant for start-ups and founders in Berlin Brandenburg Business Competition (BPW) and passes on his knowledge as a lecturer.
About the Law firm
In legal advice and support, the economic interest and the resulting (competitive) advantage of the client, be it a company or a consumer, is always in the foreground. The law firm FÜRSTENOW offers:
- Consulting from a single source through intensive personal support of the clients. This is important for a trustworthy work to achieve the best possible goals for the clients;
- individual solutions of legal advice and support for the respective client. These are indispensable for the economic (competitive) advantage and sustainable success;
- as much time as necessary to develop individual results.
- excellent service through flexible availability instead of rigid office hours;
- experience and industry knowledge through many years of experience as a lawyer. This applies in particular to legal advice, contractual drafting, contractual review (especially loan agreements) as well as negotiations and litigation before civil courts.
Lecturing
In addition to his work as a lawyer, Mr. Fürstenow is also a regular lecturer. The main focus of his lectures is on economically relevant legal topics, such as company formation, commercial law, corporate law and banking law. Especially start-ups, but also established entrepreneurs, Attorney Fürstenow wants to give legal thought-provoking impulses in order to create the greatest possible economic added value and above all to avoid disadvantages.
Attorney Fürstenow is a lecturer and tutor of the subject banking law and related legal topics for the course of studies banking specialist of the BankCollege
Furthermore, Attorney-at-Law Fürstenow works as a lecturer for the following institutions or has become active:
- appointed lecturer at Steinbeis Universität
- at TechCode Germany
employee training in general contract law, right of representation, liability law - at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) Berlin
Workshop liability of GmbH‐founders - at the Steinbeis SMI Hochschule in Stuttgart
Seminar corporate law und commercial law
- at the SAE Institute Berlin
with workshops on the subject of basic knowledge for founders and contract drafting - at the Steinbeis SMI Hochschule in Munich
the Bachelor Seminar „Law“ - at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) Berlin,
workshop on general and specific questions concerning foundation and contract drafting - for the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Potsdam, Regional Center Oranienburg
on the subject “Fundamentals of Patent and Licensing Law” - at the “Chunhui Cup” Entrepreneurship Summer Camp 2016 of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
on the topic “Gründungen in Deutschland” - at the ebam Business Akademie for Media, Event and Culture in Berlin
on the subject of general civil law - at the European University Viadrina* in Frankfurt (Oder) for the Brandenburgisches Institut für Existenzgründung und Mittelstandsförderung e. V. (Brandenburg Institute for Business Start-ups and SME Promotion) (BIEM) and for theCentre for Entrepreneurship and Research
on the subject of business start-ups “Everything that is legal when setting up a company” - at the Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences for Sustainable Development (HNEE)*
on the topics of business start-ups as well as licensing and patent law - Participation in the German – Chinese annual meeting in Dayun, China, Zhejiang Province, for Chinese and German small and medium-sized companies in 2018 and 2019 as a representative of various companies
* as part of the business plan competition (BPW)
Lawyer Fürstenow is listed as a consultant in the KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) advisory exchange.
Areas of law and services
The law firm FÜRSTENOW offers the following services:
- legal advice on individual legal issues and facts for companies as well as for consumers;
- comprehensive legal support for companies (external legal department, legal manager);
- start-up advice and support, especially for company founders and start-ups;
- drafting of contracts, in particular in the aforementioned areas of law;
- debt collection for companies against defaulting customers and business partners;
- legal representation (including assistance in arbitration and mediation proceedings).
With his law firm, Attorney Fürstenow has deliberately specialized in a few overlapping fields of law and set corresponding priorities. For those seeking advice in other areas of law, Mr. Fürstenow can sometimes help by establishing contact with other law firms that work with FÜRSTENOW Anwaltskanzlei.
In the field of copyright and media law, Attorney Fürstenow has been working for many years with Philipp Beck, attorney and specialist lawyer for copyright and media law.
https://www.beck-law.eu/
In matters relating to administrative law, in particular trade law, residence law, aliens law and naturalization law for business start-ups, lawyer Fürstenow works together with Achim Bedenk, lawyer and specialist lawyer for administrative law from the Bedenk & Dr. Heun office.
https://www.bedenk-heun.de/
For questions concerning (commercial) landlord and tenant law and condominium law there is a cooperation with attorney Alexander Einfinger.
https://www.einfinger-recht.de/
If a company is planning to establish a foothold in the People’s Republic of China, Attorney Fürstenow can establish contact with FangBen Law Office, an internationally oriented intellectual property law firm based in Shanghai.
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List of opponents (selection)
The following lists of opponents of Fritz Law Office contain an excerpt of opponents in legal disputes concerning the reimbursement of inadmissible processing fees in loan agreements with consumers as well as faulty investment advice and other disputes concerning joining a fund company, which concern banking and capital market law, as well as concerning the defense against a warning notice concerning file sharing of films, series, music, which concern copyright law:
Bank legal disputes
Retrieve faulty bank transfer
- Postbank – eine Niederlassung der DB Privat- und Firmenkunden AG, Bundeskanzlerplatz 6, 53113 Bonn
- Volksbank Haren/Ems, Niederlassung der Ostfriesischen Volksbank eG, Kirchstraße 20-22, 49733 Haren
- Santander Consumer Bank AG, Santanderplatz 1, 41061 Mönchengladbach
- Postbank Hamburg, eine Niederlassung der Deutschen Bank AG, Postfach 22283, Hamburg
Abuse system loan service provider
- Revolut Bank UAB, Konstitucijos ave. 21B, Vilnius, 08130, Republik Litauen
- Postbank Hamburg, eine Niederlassung der Deutschen Bank AG, Postfach 22283, Hamburg
Credit card/bank card misuse
- UniCredit Bank AG, Legal, Corporate Affairs & Documentation / LCD1, Büro: Sederanger 6, 80311 München
- Advanzia Bank S.A., Postfach 4108, D-54231 Trier
- DKB Deutsche Kreditbank AG, 10919 Berlin
- Postbank – eine Niederlassung der DB Privat- und Firmenkunden AG, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 114 – 126, 53113 Bonn
- Consors Finanz, Postfach 20 20 54, 80020 München
- Berliner Sparkasse, Niederlassung der Landesbank Berlin AG, Alexanderplatz 2, 10178 Berlin
Revocation loan agreement
- Ikano Bank AB (publ), Zweigniederlassung Deutschland, Otto-von-Guericke Ring 15, 65205 Wiesbaden
- ADAXIO AMC GmbH, Hohenstaufenstraße 7, 65189 Wiesbaden
- Deutsche Bank AG, Taunusanlage 12, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
- Sparda Bank Berlin eG
- Santander Consumer Bank AG
- SEB AG
- Münchener Hypothekenbank e.G.
- ING-DiBa AG
- Oyak Anker Bank
- Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB)
- Sparda-Bank Berlin eG, Storkower Str. 101 A, 10407 Berlin
- Santander Consumer Bank AG Santander-Platz 1, D-41061 Mönchengladbach
- Münchener Hypothekenbank eG. Karl-Scharnagl-Ring 10, 80539 München
- ING-DiBa AG, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 2, 60486 Frankfurt am Main
- Deutsche Kreditbank Aktiengesellschaft. Taubenstraße 7-9, 10117 Berlin
- OYAK ANKER Bank GmbH, Lyoner Straße 9, 60528 Frankfurt
Account suspension / Blocking of account
- N26 Bank GmbH, Klosterstr. 62, 10179 Berlin
- Commerzbank AG, Kaiserplatz, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Claim from land charge already cancelled
- DB Privat- und Firmenkunden AG, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 114 – 126, 53113 Bonn
Foreclosure proceedings
- ADAXIO AMC GmbH, Hohenstaufenstraße 7, 65189 Wiesbaden
- Commerzbank AG, Kaiserplatz, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Refund of unauthorized processing fees in loan agreements with consumers:
- Banque PSA Finance S.A., NL Dt., Geschäftsbereich PEUGEOT BANK
- BMW Bank GmbH
- Commerzbank AG
- Degussa Bank AG
- Deutsche Bank Bauspar AG
- Deutsche Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden AG
- Deutsche Postbank AG
- DKB Deutsche Kreditbank Aktiengesellschaft
- DSL Bank – Ein Geschäftsbereich d. Dt. Postbank AG
- Fiat Bank, ZNL der FGA Bank Germany GmbH
- Ford Bank NL d. FCE Bank plc (Bank)
- Hanseatic Bank GmbH & Co KG
- Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB)
- Santander Consumer Bank AG
- Süd-West-Kreditbank Finanzierung GmbH
- TARGOBANK AG & Co. KGaA
Faulty investment advice (junk investments, junk real estate and other investment investments and funds):
- Commerzbank AG
wegen: IVG EuroSelect Zwölf GmbH & Co. KG - LBBW
wegen: Immobilienfonds Neue Bundesländer No. 1 GdbR - SHB Innovative Fondskonzepte GmbH & Co. Altersvorsorgefonds KG
- MCM Vermögenswerte AG & Co. KG (Genussrechtsbeteiligung)
- Grüezi Real Estate AG
- Schroeder & Co. Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH und Isetreuhand GmbH
wegen: Erste Oderfelder Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (LombardClassic2) und Lombardium Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG - ADAXIO AMC GmbH (zum Rechtsrat)