JG - Washington.   After a 1994 amendment of rules governing contingency fees and outlawing such fees, certain fee arrangements of this sort may remain legal in some cases. Cornelia Emmert analyzes the pros and cons of contingency fees in international cases for international clients. She provides examples where German law may be abrogated in favor of a more lenient foreign law and determines that valid choices of law are possible in some cases. Occasionally, the choice would conflict with neither German choice of law rules nor § 49b BRAO.
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