Brexit May Make German Lawyers Say Auf Wiedersehen to LLP

By Karin Matussek, Bloomberg News

When the U.K. says goodbye to the European Union, German lawyers may have to say auf Wiedersehen to a familiar bit of Britain.

Noerr LLP is one of many law firms that registered in the U.K. for the Limited Liability Partnership designation as an alternative to the German Partnerschaftsgesellschaft, which is a bit of a Teutonic tongue twister for non-native speakers. In addition to liability and tax issues, the change at Noerr was prompted by the fact that clients in Asia and elsewhere were often puzzled by their then required appendix: PartG.

“Clients were asking: ...