(1) The policyholder is entitled to freely choose a lawyer to represent his or her interests in court and administrative proceedings from among the circle of lawyers whose fees the insurer will cover in accordance with the contract of insurance. This provision also applies if the policyholder is entitled to claim legal expenses for the representation of other legal interests.
(2) A lawyer is also anyone authorised to exercise the profession in accordance with the designations set out in the Annex to section 1 of the Act Regulating the Activity of European Lawyers in Germany (Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland) of 9 March 2000 (Federal Law Gazette I, pp. 182 and 1349), as last amended by Article 1 of the Act of 26 October 2003 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 2074).