Lawyers in Germany

Hans Markus Wulf

Dr Hans Markus Wulf is a lawyer and partner at HEUKING. He has specialised in IT and data protection law for 20 years, was one of the first German specialist lawyers for IT law in September 2007 and has been a data protection auditor (TÜV) according to EU-DSGVO since 2017. Dr Wulf advises companies and corporations on the implementation of technology projects, in the area of data protection compliance, on the enforcement of IP and know-how protection, on legal issues of IT security and in the context of licensing law issues in the use of corporate software. Legal 500 publication: DATA PROTECTION & CYBER SECURITY LAW Germany The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides

Heuking

Hans Stamm

Partner

Dechert LLP

Hans-Christian Ackermann

Hans-Christian Ackermann focusses on advising companies on all aspects of individual and collective employment law, particularly within the context of acquisitions, restructurings and outsourcing transactions, as well as with regard to company pension schemes. This includes conducting negotiations with works councils and trade unions. He further advises board members, managing directors and executive employees. In addition, Hans-Christian Ackermann lectures regularly on employment law topics at diverse seminars, conferences and training events on national and international level.

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Hans-Georg Kamann

Vice Chair of WilmerHale's Antitrust and Competition Practice

WilmerHale

Hans-Georg Schulze

Partner

White & Case LLP

Hans-Peter Löw

DLA Piper

Hans-Rainer Jaenichen

PARTNER, German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative Dr. Jaenichen's activities are primarily in the biotech and pharmaceutical area. He represents his clients at the EPO, the GPTO and before German courts. He specializes in prosecution, oppositions, revocation proceedings, infringement proceedings and has done compulsory license proceedings. He is currently involved in an international litigation about conjugated pneumococcal vaccines that occurs in countries in Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Canada. He has published articles about human immunoglobulin genes as well as articles in various journals concerning the patenting of biopharmaceutical and plant inventions. He has also been an editor for the journal "The Biotechnology Law Report". The most recent sixth edition of his book "From Clones to Claims" was published in 2016 together with an international team of authors. Dr. Jaenichen frequently lectured about issues of patenting biotech and pharmaceutical inventions at international conferences, including the BIO International Convention and the European Patent Academy. He has also chaired and organized a number of conferences. He has been invited to the 2012 and 2016 Banbury Conferences on Patenting Genes at Cold Spring Harbor to compare and contrast how the EPO and the United States Patent Office deal with the patenting of genes and diagnostic inventions. Some of his cases have provided him an opportunity to work with and for Nobel Prize laureates (Kary Mullis (PCR)), Thomas R. Cech (ribozymes), Sir Gregory Winter (phage display) and Emmanuelle Charpentier (CRISPR). His cases covered the entire field of biotechnology and biology, including microbiology and molecular biology, genetics, diagnostics, clinical sciences, plant genetics and pharmaceuticals. Some of them related to cloned genes (α-IFN, ß-IFN, ɣ-IFN, erythropoietin, etc.). The α-IFN and erythropoietin cases, T 301/87 and T 412/93, were the most significant of their time. Other cases related to the production of recombinant proteins, including their tailored glycosylation, and also to improved media for cell cultures. There were generally applicable antibody technologies dealing with phage display, the production of xenogeneic, human antibodies in transgenic mice, particular monoclonal, single chain, recombinant and bi-specific antibody formats, including the development of the antibody humanization technology by either tailoring the CDRs or the frameworks of the antibodies, and camelid-based domain antibodies. Some of the specific antibodies concerned were Actemra, Herceptin, Rituximab, Golimumab, Belimumab, anti-PD1-antibodies, Tecentriq, anti-CD27-antibodies, anti-TNF-antibodies and Entyvio. A series of cases dealt with nucleic acid amplification processes, particularly with PCR, which has become indispensable for cloning and diagnostics, e.g., T 78/96 or T 216/96. There were also cases that dealt with the required DNA polymerases, particularly the Taq polymerase; e.g., T 1080/01. Another group of cases dealt with RNAi, aptamers, ribozymes and antisense RNA. Further ones dealt with transgenic plants (including G 1/98) and animals, with vaccines against viral and bacterial infections (particularly conjugated pneumococcal vaccines, such as Prevnar 13®), recombinant viruses, syntheses of non-ribosomal antibiotics, biological implants, gene therapy and enzyme replacement therapy with acid-α-glucosidase recombinantly produced in CHO cells. Other cases were about companion diagnostics and diagnostic targets including several appeal cases on patents for the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, i.e. the diagnostic targets for breast cancer predisposition that changed the US patent landscape, such as T 80/05, T 666/05 and T 1213/05. A recent large series of opposition cases relates to CRISPR technology; see also https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/epo-revokes-broad-institute-patent-but-its-just-the-beginning-for-crispr-cas. One of these cases, T 844/18, has confirmed fundamental principles of how to deal with legal aspects of claiming priorities, e.g., the "all applicants"/"same applicants" approach.

Vossius & Partner

Hans-Ulrich Wilsing

Linklaters

Harald Glander

Harald is involved in transactional, advisory and regulatory work for financial institutions, asset managers and other businesses operating in the financial services sector. He is a capital markets, financial services and investment funds specialist advising on the establishment and distribution of open-ended and closed-ended funds, Master-KVG structures, hedge fund regulation and ETFs. He also advises on all other aspects of capital markets, financial services regulation, for example on derivatives and structured financial instruments, cross-border licences, the registration of EU branches, compliance issues, brokerage and securities trading. Harald has extensive experience in advising on the regulatory aspects of international M&A and outsourcing transactions. Harald regularly publishes articles and holds presentations on financial services regulation in particular with a focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and sustainable finance. He is an author in two commentaries on the German investment law (KAGB).

Simmons & Simmons

Harald Weiß

Harald advises on all aspects of German and European competition law, including antitrust, private antitrust litigation, merger control, EU state aid law and Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). His practice also includes advice on EU law. Harald is frequently representing clients before the European Commission and the Court of Justice of the EU.

Gleiss Lutz

Heiko Haller

Heiko Haller has represented clients in more than 40 international arbitration cases involving disputes that arise during major infrastructure, construction and IT outsourcing projects. He is particularly experienced in disputes involving large energy projects, such as the construction of nuclear power plants and offshore wind farms. Heiko co-chairs Baker McKenzie's German Dispute Resolution Group. He also advises pharmaceutical companies in contractual disputes and serves as an arbitrator in M&A-related disputes under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce and German Institute of Arbitration. Heiko's experience working on a variety of cases and solid grasp of engineering concepts have given him a deep understanding of the entire energy chain, from production of raw materials and power generation to energy transmission and storage. This industry knowledge enables him to get up to speed on the technical and commercial aspects of cases quickly, develop winning legal strategies for clients and help them minimize losses or maximize profits. To help clients make more informed decisions about whether to invest in a dispute and to ensure they get the best return on their investment, Heiko and his team put each case through a risk analysis to calculate the probability that they will prevail on their claims. Heiko also uses this assessment to determine which aspects of the case to focus on and where to invest in expert opinions to achieve the greatest outcome.

Baker McKenzie

Heiko Heppner

Heiko Heppner is co-head of the German Dispute Resolution practice group and professor of law concentrating on international arbitration and litigation with a focus on Germany and common law jurisdictions. Heiko has particular experience with defending clients against mass and class securities litigation and special expertise in Banking and Capital Markets litigation, including the liability of credit rating agencies and for the mis-selling of derivatives. Moreover, Heiko represents clients before the European courts in matters of European Banking Regulation. Heiko has advised on litigation and arbitration matters in Germany, the United States, Hong Kong, England and various other jurisdictions. Apart from court proceedings, he has represented clients in International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), German Institution of Arbitration (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit - DIS), and ad hoc international arbitration proceedings, often regarding issues of Contract or Corporate law. Heiko also gives preemptive advise to help avoid future disputes and draft dispute resolution clauses and regimes. Heiko’s second focus is on cross-border litigation and arbitration in Germany and abroad, often involving issues of common law. His two full legal educations in Germany and the United States offer clients a particular added value in matters that cross the common law/civil law divide. As a New York attorney, Heiko advises on litigation in US courts, including US discovery in Germany and in Germany on commercial litigation involving issues of US law. As an English Barrister and Solicitor Advocate Heiko represents parties in international arbitration proceedings under English law and advises on litigation in England. He is also a lecturer of common law at the University of Bonn. Due to his extensive experience in China, Heiko increasingly acts as a counsel in international arbitration proceedings that involve Chinese parties. Heiko has been lecturing as a professor of international arbitration at Fuzhou University since 2015.

Bird & Bird LLP

Heiko Kermer

Dr. Heiko Kermer advises clients on domestic and cross-border tax issues in particular in connection with real estate and corporate mergers and acquisitions. He has experience with internal investigations, compliance and in the private equity sector and is a certified German tax advisor. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/heiko-kermer/

McDermott Will & Schulte

Heiner Hugger

Heiner Hugger advises on investigations, legal proceedings, compliance and fraud-prevention measures and all other issues in connection with criminal, regulatory or other penalties. Heiner has particular experience in defending against investigations against companies and their staff members, advising on internal investigations and on the prosecution of offences committed to the detriment of companies, as well as in advising companies on compliance and fraud-prevention measures.

Clifford Chance

Heinz Goddar

Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney European Trade Mark and Design Attorney Diplom-Physiker

Boehmert & Boehmert

Helge Kortz

Helge specialises in banking, finance and capital markets. He has particular expertise in advising on syndicated lending, refinancing and restructuring. Helge’s clients include national and international banks, corporates and group companies.

Gleiss Lutz

Hendrik Braun

Dr. Hendrik Braun is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He focuses on private equity transactions and M&A and advises on all aspects of business and corporate law. Hendrik has many years of experience advising private equity investors on domestic as well as cross-border M&A, public takeovers and corporate reorganizations.

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Hendrik Hauke

Hendrik Hauke is a partner in Willkie’s Restructuring Group. Hendrik advises German and international clients in a variety of cross-border distressed situations, including complex restructurings and acquisitions of distressed companies, as well as acquisition financing transactions. He advises clients involved on all sides of restructurings and acquisition financings, including creditors, investors, companies, company management, shareholders, and insolvency administrators. Hendrik regularly helps clients navigate their largest and most significant restructuring matters, both in and out of court, with particular experience advising on large-scale restructurings in the automotive, retail, and manufacturing industries.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Hendrik Pielka

Dr. Hendrik Pielka specialises in issues around the stock exchange and the financial centre. He supports banks, brokers, asset managers and investors in matters of banking and securities law as well as disputes with market operators and the financial supervisor. Besides compliance and market integrity his special expertise covers matters of securities trading, clearing and settlement. Dr. Pielka additionally focuses on issues of corporate law and takeover law. Companies, shareholders and institutions trust him in capital measures and company takeovers as well as in shareholder disputes and liability issues.

Waldeck Rechtsanwälte PartmbB

Hendrik Röger

Partner

White & Case LLP

Hendrik Schöttle

Please see full biography at: http://www.osborneclarke.com/lawyers/schottle-hendrik/

Osborne Clarke GmbH & Co. KG

Henning Abraham

Partner | Lawyer | Certified Specialist in Employment Law Competences: Disputes under works constitution law and conciliation boards; Restructuring (including reconciliation of interests and social plan negotiations); Transaction support under employment law; Structuring of reorganisations, outsourcing, transfers of undertakings and staff reductions; (International) group employment law; Deployment of external staff; Flexible working time and remuneration models; Internal Investigations

LUTZ | ABEL RECHTSANWALTS PARTG MBB

Henning Berger

Partner

White & Case LLP

Henning Brockhaus

Henning Brockhaus has many years of experience advising German and international asset management clients on investment law and regulatory issues. He advises providers on how to structure, set up and distribute regulated domestic and foreign funds and other investment products, as well as advising institutional investors (including investors regulated under insurance supervisory or banking supervisory law) on the acquisition of such investment products. His services further include providing his clients with ongoing assistance with their day-to-day business by supporting their legal departments on an “extended workbench” basis.

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH