Liability and Compliance

Liability

(Event-)Agencies, Organisers and Management have to face various financial risks. Having to cancel or break-off an event can be the financial ruin for the organisers. Besides the shortfall of incoming revenues the costs already incurres, such as location fees, equipment rental, salaries, fees and other expenditures must all be paid for.

In an increasingly more complex business world a refined risk management is indispensible for the success of an enterprise – in particular with regards to the many liability traps. One might take a look at e.g. liabilities of the organisers towards visitors of the event resulting from the contract law and/or delict laws because those can arise from the fault or negligence of an employee.

We advise in the field of Liability with focus on the following legal questions:

Contract Rescission
Contingent, Contractual and Tortious Liabilities
Event Cancellations, Disruptions and Break-offs
Lost Profits
Violation of Legal Duties to maintain Safety
Criminal Law Responsibilities
Damages to Persons and/or Property
Risk Management
Organiser’s Liability Insurance

Compliance

Give-aways – VIP-Tickets – Invitations to holiday or convention trips: In the past welcomed amenities, today they are a relevant compliance field. Too generous a gift, invitations and organised social activities might not only bring about tax auditors but also, depending on the guest list, the prosecutors. ‘Event Compliance’ as a prevention of corruption has its legal foundation in the criminal code (StGB), the law of civil servants as well as in diverse administrative regulations.

Compliance is contiuously growing in the public’s awareness and is pushed as a topic by th eprofessional magazines for a reason. compliance must ensure practices which conform to norms as well as detect risks and security problems early on.

Legally secure and compliant event formats therefore need a Compliance System in order to dispel any suspicion about corruption and bribery from the organiser’s side or of other parties such as event agencies or sponsors. Compliance is therefore the salt in the soup: You cannot cook without it but too much can ruin the taste and can even be unhealthy.

We advise on Compliance with focus on the following legal questions:

Guest List (e.g. public officers, sponsors, media partners, business partners, employees)
Invite Management
Business Dinners
Gifts
Prices, Lotteries and Contests
Loyalty and Bonus Programs
Socially Adequate Relations Management
Criminally Liable Favouritism (Corruption)