SCHLUN & ELSEVEN Lawyers
in Aachen

In Aachen City Hall, every year the City awards the Charlemagne Prize to public figures who have rendered outstanding services to Europe and European unification. Well-known personalities such as Konrad Adenauer, Winston Churchill, John Paul II and Angela Merkel have won the prize. In 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron received the appointment in person at city hall.

In addition to the major event of the Charlemagne Prize, the city of Aachen is also the centre of the equestrian sport every year. For more than 70 years, the world-famous World Equestrian Festival CHIO has brought together thousands of enthusiastic athletes from all nations every year.

In academic terms, the city of Aachen is well-known for the RWTH Aachen University, which is ranked among the top three universities in various fields, in particular mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, industrial engineering and natural sciences. Unfortunately, it is not possible to study law at the RWTH, but there is a chair for civil law, business law and labour law.

Aachen is the most western city in Germany and lies at the border triangle of the Netherlands and Belgium. Even the French border is not far away, allowing you to travel to Paris by car in about 4 hours, by Thalys in about 3 hours. Aachen’s geographical location and its understanding as a major European city result in considerable cross-border commercial trade. European and global companies such as the chocolate manufacturer Lindt-Sprüngli, the electronics producer Philips, the pharmaceutical group Grünenthal or the Railway Car Factory Talbot have locations in Aachen. Moreover, the internationally renowned news agency Reuters with its later headquarters in London was founded in 1850 by Paul Julius Reuter in Aachen.

Due to the perfect infrastructure not all, but at least many ways lead to Aachen and from Aachen to the nearby metropolises, whether within or outside of Germany. Business locations such as Cologne (45min.), Düsseldorf (1 ½ hour), Brussels (1 ½ hour), Frankfurt (2 hours), Amsterdam (2 ½ hours) or the Ruhr area (2 ½ hours) can be reached quickly both by car and by train.