OBS_VALUE: Rechtsanwälte may associate in a partnership with members of the Bar and members of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys, with tax consultants and agents, auditors and certified accountants in order to jointly practise their professions within the framework of their own professional rights.Rechtsanwälte may also associate with people who exercise a liberal profession in accordance with paragraph 1 (2) of the Partnership Act (Partnerschaftsgesellschaftsgesetzes), unless the association is incompatible with the lawyer's profession, in particular his position as an independent body of the administration of justice, or may jeopardize confidence in his independence.