please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message consulegis website http www.consulegis.com consulegis is an international network of independent law firms in house lawyers and related professional advisors . 1 operations edit the principal objective of consulegis is to provide its members with legal resources for their clients throughout the world with a particular emphasis on professionalism mutual trust and reliability i.e. to arm its members whose clients have commercial and litigation requirements extending beyond their own borders with the ability to refer clients to known and trusted colleagues in all corners of the commercial world . a basic principle of consulegis emphasizing independence and integrity is that it is not exclusive as its members are at liberty to refer their clients to any law firm that might best serve the needs of its clients whether within or outside the network . 2 consulegis seeks to attract and include members in most cities across the world that it considers to be of strategic commercial and economic importance in an effort to allow each firm to enhance its legal footprint based on personal international resources . english is the official language . member firms which are initially admitted on the basis of quality reputation size and volume of international work as a basic tenet have no formal association with each of the other member firms i.e. each is independent thus giving each firm access to firms all over the world to assist with its clients legal matters with little likelihood that there will be a conflict of interest . 3 consulegis maintains its headquarters in munich germany with a managing director and staff responsible for coordination among firms semi annual conferences member development and processing of applicants marketing and all administrative activities . 4 history edit the network started with approximately a dozen local members and now includes members in more than 45 countries and 150 cities globally . consulegis was established in 1990 in hamburg germany as a european economic interest group eeig to enable lawyers in germany to have access through network colleagues to the courts in other cities at a time when lawyers could not themselves practice outside their own jurisdictions . consulegis has since expanded into all of western central and eastern europe scandinavia the united kingdom north and south america australia asia japan the pacific rim the middle east and africa . references edit 1 ladepeche website october 2009 2 empresas news october 2010 3 sion barry 12 november 2008 4 martin venzal october 2009 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title consulegis & oldid 713868370 categories legal organizationsinternational organisations based in germanyhidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2014all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 april 2016 at 08 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view