[Last updated: 1 January 2024, unless otherwise noted]

Foreign companies listed in the General or Prime Standard are required to appoint a payment agent and an agent for service to receive legal notices or processes on the issuer's behalf.

Under the Scale rules, the issuer must appoint the Capital Markets Partner as its agent for receiving legal declarations from DBAG (including unilateral ones, such as a notice of termination of listing).

Otherwise, there is no necessity to maintain offices in Germany or to have directors resident in Germany.

There is no requirement to keep corporate records within Germany.