Ongoing German legal counsel — on subscription.
Access, priority, and specialist expertise — for agencies who take German cases as regular pipeline, not one-off engagements.
- Named counsel your team can reach without re-explaining the doctrine every time
- Component template library: Decision Tree, Screening Protocol, Contract Rider, Playbook, German IP Intake Checklist
- Priority scheduling on any referred client consultation (24-hour booking window)
- Meaningful subscription discounts on FACT-Finder Consultations and full representation
For agencies with three to ten German cases per year, or a growing German-facing intake process.
Instant activation · Cancel anytime with 30 days notice
One framework. Two ways to activate it.
You choose based on the pipeline you are running.
FACT-Finder Consultation
Best for a specific prospective client you are screening right now. Pathway analysis, case review, Decision Tree walkthrough, written follow-up memo. Fee credits any later engagement.
The Subscription
Ongoing counsel access, three tiers. Best for agencies taking German cases regularly — a working relationship and named counsel instead of case-by-case improvisation. Founding-cohort pricing through the end of this month.
The gap most agencies live in.
You have a good relationship with your German intended parents. You handle the medical, the surrogate, the contract, the coordination — all of it, well. And every so often, a case surfaces something on the German-legal side: a recognition question, a Standesamt quirk, a client asking whether their configuration is defensible. You need a real answer, from someone who actually knows the doctrine and is currently practicing it.
The alternatives most agencies use are structurally wrong for the problem. Google is unreliable and dated. Sending a client to a random German family-law attorney costs the client three weeks and produces an analysis you cannot verify. Waiting until you have a full case to engage counsel means the German-side work is bolted on after the fact — which is when it fails.
What you actually need is a working relationship with German counsel — access on a rhythm, priority when things are time-sensitive, and specialist expertise in the doctrine that governs your cases. That is what this subscription is.
Clarity on what the subscription is for.
Access, education, and pipeline routing — separate from substantive case work.
What every subscription includes
- Direct access to Attorney Pecher for pathway analysis and process guidance
- Priority scheduling on any referred client consultation
- Ongoing access to updated component templates — Decision Tree, Screening Protocol, Contract Rider, Playbook, German IP Intake Checklist
- Quarterly BGH doctrine briefings — recorded, ~22 minutes, current as of each quarter
- Marketing designation as 'German counsel of record' for your agency
- Meaningful discounts on the FACT-Finder Consultation and full representation engagements
- A working relationship — someone your team knows by name when a German case surfaces
What subscriptions don't cover
- Substantive legal advice on any specific active client of your agency
- Written work product — legal opinions, memoranda, contract drafting or review, letters
- Court appearances, filings, or advocacy in any jurisdiction
- Representation of any client in any matter
- Response times faster than the tier-specific window disclosed above
Three kinds of agency subscribe to this.
Established cross-border agencies
Agencies with an active German pipeline who currently route German-legal questions through a mix of ad-hoc referrals and Google. Subscription gives your team a single named counsel, consistent doctrine, and a client-facing designation that shows prospective German intended parents you have the German-legal side handled.
IVF clinics with German patient volume
Fertility clinics whose patients travel abroad for surrogacy and return to Germany needing recognition. Subscription gives your intake team the framework and template access to counsel patients on the German-legal implications before they commit to a program — and the referral pathway when they need substantive representation.
Agencies entering the German market
Agencies planning to open German intake and wanting the legal-side infrastructure in place before the first German prospect walks in. Subscription gives you the templates, the doctrine access, and the named-counsel positioning to start with defensible German-legal infrastructure from day one instead of learning on live cases.
From subscription to first screening call in 48 hours.
Choose your tier and subscribe
Payment processes immediately. Your subscription is active as of the transaction. A welcome email lands in your inbox with your subscription confirmation and toolkit access.
Book your first screening call
Direct booking link with tier-specific slot availability. Book within the first two weeks; come with one specific German case (real or hypothetical) to walk through the Decision Tree in real time.
Access your toolkit
Portal access to the current quarterly BGH doctrine briefing, the full component template library, and the redirect scripts for handling client-side questions inside your intake process.
Working rhythm establishes
Screening calls on your tier's cadence, email exchanges within your response window, quarterly briefings as doctrine evolves. Substantive case work routes through the FACT-Finder Consultation at your subscription-discounted rate.
Choose your tier.
Priced against attorney-time value. Sized to your pipeline volume.
Named Counsel
For agencies with light German pipeline — one to two German cases per year, or agencies opening the German market.
- 1 × 30-minute case screening call per quarter with Attorney Pecher
- Email response within 5 business days on subscription-scope questions
- Quarterly BGH doctrine briefing (recorded, ~22 minutes)
- Component template library — Decision Tree, Screening Protocol, Contract Rider, Playbook, German IP Intake Checklist
- "German counsel of record" marketing designation
- FACT-Finder and full representation at standard published rates
Active Clients
For agencies with active German pipeline — three to ten German cases per year, or a growing German-facing intake process.
- 2 × 30-minute case screening calls per month (attorney-time cap: 2 hours/month)
- Email response within 48 business hours
- Monthly 30-minute office hour for agency staff Q&A
- Priority scheduling on referred client consultations (24-hour booking window)
- FACT-Finder Consultation at €197 (standard €297)
- Discounted full representation retainer on South Africa / U.S. / Canada cases
- Discounted full representation retainer on Colombia / Ukraine / Mexico cases
Counsel of Record
For high-volume agencies — ten or more German cases per year, agencies for whom Germany is a strategic pipeline segment.
- Weekly 30-minute case screening call (attorney-time cap: 5 hours/month)
- Email response within 24 business hours
- Monthly 60-minute office hour for agency staff
- Custom Contract Rider adaptation for your engagement model
- Co-branded client-facing materials
- Formal "German Counsel of Record" designation on agency website
- FACT-Finder Consultation at €147 (standard €297)
- Additional discount on full representation retainer across all covered jurisdictions
Founding Cohort Lock & Ethics Compliance
Founding cohort pricing is locked for the duration of your continuous subscription. Formulated to comply with Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC 1.5, 5.4, 7.2) and German BRAO / BORA / RVG frameworks (§ 49b Abs. 3 BRAO). No referral fees or fee-splitting involved.
Admitted Rechtsanwaltskammer Sachsen (Germany, 2001) & State Bar of Michigan (USA, 2006).
The framework is drawn from live practice — not academic reading.
Mandy Pecher, Esq., LL.M., MBA — German and U.S. attorney. Admitted in Germany in 2001 (Rechtsanwaltskammer Sachsen) and in Michigan in 2006. Over 20 years of cross-border legal practice. Founder of Rechtsanwaltskanzlei PECHER (Radebeul/Dresden).
Michigan Surrogacy Attorney (ARSPA) and German counsel for § 108 FamFG recognition proceedings and § 36 PStG civil-status entry. She runs active recognition proceedings before German family courts and civil-status entries at Standesamt I Berlin. Her practice covers cross-border surrogacy files between Germany and South Africa, Colombia, the U.S., and Mexico.
"Every template, briefing, and screening call reflects doctrine as she is currently applying it in active German court proceedings."
Questions we've been asked.
Is this a retainer? Am I your client?
What happens if my usage exceeds the tier's attorney-time cap?
Can I cancel any time?
Do you handle Colombia? South Africa? U.S. cases?
What if I want to refer a client during a subscription screening call?
Does the subscription include the €497 webinar?
Is this subject to ethics rules on legal-services subscriptions?
Can I try it before committing?
Ready to make German counsel a working part of your operation?
Subscription starts the day you say yes. First screening call within 48 hours of subscribing.