// set up drop downs anywhere in the body of the page. I think the bottom of the page is better..
                              // but you can experiment with effect on loadtime.
                                                  if (TransMenu.isSupported()) {
                                                                                
//==================================================================================================
                                                    // create a set of dropdowns
//==================================================================================================
                         // the first param should always be down, as it is here
                                                                              //
// The second and third param are the top and left offset positions of the menus from their actuators
// respectively. To make a menu appear a little to the left and bottom of an actuator, you could use
                                                         // something like -5, 5
                                                                              //
// The last parameter can be .topLeft, .bottomLeft, .topRight, or .bottomRight to inidicate the corner
// of the actuator from which to measure the offset positions above. Here we are saying we want the
         // menu to appear directly below the bottom left corner of the actuator
//==================================================================================================
var ms = new TransMenuSet(TransMenu.direction.down, 0, 0, TransMenu.reference.bottomLeft);
                                                                                
              var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("rechtsberatung"));
  menu1.addItem("Plant Construction", "index.php?navid=anlagenbau&language=en");
    menu1.addItem("Employment Law", "index.php?navid=arbeitsrecht&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Bank, Stock Exchange and Capital Market Law", "index.php?navid=baboekarecht&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Inheritance and Family Law, Asset Structuring", "index.php?navid=erbfamilienrecht&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Corporate Law, Transactions", "index.php?navid=gesellschaftsrecht&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Intellectual Property Rights", "index.php?navid=gewerberecht&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Commercial and Sales Law", "index.php?navid=handelsrecht&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Real Estate, Construction and Public Tender Law", "index.php?navid=immorecht&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Real Estate Transactions", "index.php?navid=immotrans&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Insolvency Law and financial rescue", "index.php?navid=insolvenz&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Antitrust Law and Law on Competition", "index.php?navid=kartell&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Public Commercial Law", "index.php?navid=oeffwirtschaft&language=en");
         menu1.addItem("Patent Law", "index.php?navid=patentrecht&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Litigation and Arbitration", "index.php?navid=prozess&language=en");
  menu1.addItem("Foundation Law", "index.php?navid=stiftungsrecht&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Transport and Insurance Law", "index.php?navid=transport&language=en");
menu1.addItem("Environmental and Energy Law", "index.php?navid=umweltenergierecht&language=en");
                                                                                
              var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("steuerberatung"));
menu2.addItem("Supporting operational business", "index.php?navid=operativ&language=en");
menu2.addItem("Attending to large family assets", "index.php?navid=famgeld&language=en");
   menu2.addItem("External tax audits", "index.php?navid=pruefung&language=en");
menu2.addItem("Establishing family companies", "index.php?navid=famgesellschaft&language=en");
menu2.addItem("Cross-border investments", "index.php?navid=intinvestitionen&language=en");
menu2.addItem("Preparation of annual financial statements", "index.php?navid=abschluss&language=en");
menu2.addItem("Legal remedies and tax court proceedings", "index.php?navid=rechtsbehelf&language=en");
menu2.addItem("Company Reorganization", "index.php?navid=reorganisation&language=en");
      menu2.addItem("Foundation Law", "index.php?navid=stiftungen&language=en");
 menu2.addItem("Corporate succession", "index.php?navid=nachfolge&language=en");
menu2.addItem("Corporate transactions", "index.php?navid=transaktionen&language=en");
                                                                                
         var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("wirtschaftspruefung"));
          menu3.addItem("Auditing", "index.php?navid=wirtpruefung&language=en");
menu3.addItem("Audit-related Services", "index.php?navid=pruefungsnaheleistungen&language=en");
menu3.addItem("Managing Financial Rescues", "index.php?navid=sanierungsmanagement&language=en");
menu3.addItem("Strategy & Structuring", "index.php?navid=strategiestrukturierung&language=en");
menu3.addItem("Transaction consultancy", "index.php?navid=transaktionsberatung&language=en");
menu3.addItem("Corporate valuation", "index.php?navid=unternehmensbewertung&language=en");
                   
    var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("ansprechpartner"));
    menu4.addItem("Partners", "index.php?navid=partner&language=en");
    menu4.addItem("Professionals Law", "index.php?navid=profrecht&language=en");
    menu4.addItem("Professionals Tax and Auditing", "index.php?navid=profsteuer&language=en");

    var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("publikationen"));
    menu5.addItem("ESC compact", "index.php?navid=compact&language=en");
    menu5.addItem("Publications (print)", "index.php?navid=publikationen&language=en");
    menu5.addItem("Seminars", "index.php?navid=vortraege&language=en");
                                                             
                                                          TransMenu.renderAll();
                                                                               }