Portrait

I protect what makes you unique.

Expert advice.
Tailor-made solutions.
International experience.

I advise companies, founders, creative professionals and other individuals on the legal structuring and protection of their intangible assets and digital business models. Of course, I also support clients in defending against asserted claims. My practice focuses on all areas of intellectual property as well as related areas of IT and media law – from preventive advice and structuring to contentious enforcement.

As a sole practitioner, I combine specialized expertise with personal service for each client. You work directly with me – strategically, efficiently and at eye level.

Particularly, I can assist you in the following areas:

Establishing, protecting and defending trademarks and other protected signs
Design and copyright law
Advertising and competition law (UWG)
Internet law, domains, websites, e-commerce and digital business models
Drafting and negotiating contracts (for example licence agreements and trademark co-existence agreements)
Information and media law as well as data protection law
Administrative proceedings before national and international authorities
Judicial and extrajudicial enforcement of your rights

My advice combines legal precision with business acumen and international experience. You will receive tailor-made solutions that are legally sound and economically well thought-out. The decisive factor is always your specific goal – and the most efficient (and cost-effective) way to achieve it.

In foreign jurisdictions, I work with a large network of experienced law firms specialized in intellectual property.

Fees

I attach great importance to ensuring that you have clarity about the costs and fees incurred for my advice. As a rule, I advise on a time basis at agreed hourly rates. In order to give you planning security, I am happy to provide a binding cost estimate, if possible, for the case in question. Upon agreement, I also offer flat-rate fees. Please feel free to contact me in this regard.

Career

Since 2016

Solicitor specialising in IP, IT and media law in my own law firm
2017 – 2025

In-house lawyer at international mobility app (FREE NOW, formerly mytaxi), Hamburg
2016 – 2017

In-house lawyer (IP contracts) at Bayer AG, Berlin
2010 – 2016

Associate (IP) at major law firm Latham & Watkins LLP, Hamburg
2009 – 2010

Legal counsel (IP) at eBay GmbH, Dreilinden near Berlin
2008 – 2009

LL.M. – Studies "International Studies in Intellectual Property Law" at Technische Universität (TU) Dresden with a semester abroad at Queen Mary, University of London and a six-week internship at Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe in Washington D.C. (USA)
2006 – 2008

Legal clerkship at the Berlin Court of Appeal, with placements (among others) at eBay, the Federal Foreign Office and Gleiss Lutz (IP); Graduation: Second State Exam in Law
2003 – 2007

Doctoral thesis at Humboldt-Universität (HU) Berlin under Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Schwintowski on a topic related to European law as a scholarship holder of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Research Training Group "European Private and Commercial Law"
1997 – 2003

Law studies at the University of Münster: Graduation: First State Exam in Law
- 1999 – 2000: Year abroad (Erasmus) at the University of Barcelona (UB), Spain
- 1997 - 1999: Certificate in subject-specific foreign language training (FFA) in English law
1997

Three-month volunteer services in New Zealand
1996

Abitur (German University entrance qualification) in Hamburg

Memberships

Hanseatic Bar Association Hamburg (Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer)
Hamburg Lawyers‘ Association (Hamburgischer Anwaltverein e.V., HAV)
German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V., DAV)
Working Group on Intellectual Property & Media in the DAV (AGEM)
German Association for Industrial Property and Copyright (GRUR)
Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS) e.V.

Publications and interviews

For the respective original title of the below publications, please refer to the German language version of this website section.

1. Possibilities and limitations of a European mortgage loan: Problem analysis and solutions for the creation of a single market for real estate liens, taking into account German, English, Swedish and Spanish law
Doctoral thesis (2007), published in 2008 by Peter Lang Publishing, series: International Law Publications (ed. Magnus/Mankowski)

2. Family law
Lecture notes on the fundamentals of family law, first published in 2005 by niederle media; now in its 13th edition

3. Property Law 1 – Movable Property Law
Lecture notes on the fundamentals of property law 1, first published in 2003 by niederle media; now in its 7th edition

4. How to succeed in my BGB term paper?
Guide to writing BGB term papers; first published in 2004 by niederle media; now available free of charge at www.niederle-media.de/BGB-HA.pdf

5. "The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review - Germany" (together with other authors)
German chapter on developments in the ICT sector in Germany in Law Business Research Ltd., 3rd - 6th edition (2012 – 2015)

6. Interview with Bloomberg BNA on the current decision of the ECJ on data bank rights on 1 December 2015
Title of the publication: "CJEU Strengthens Legal Protection for Database Rights Holders"

7. Interview for magazine “Impulse” on the dilution of brands
Article title: "Spam against Spam", published on 15 March 2014

8. German Federal Court of Justice Decides on Patentability of Stem Cells – Decision of 27 November 2012 – X ZR 58/07 / Patentability of methods for using embryonic stem cells confirmed by Federal Court of Justice (together with another author)
Latham & Watkins Client Alert dated 12/13 March 2013

9. L’Oreal v. eBay: The Court of Justice of the European Union Tightens Liability of Online Marketplace Operators (together with other authors)
Latham & Watkins Client Alert dated 11 August 2011

10. Gabriele Wunsch, Admissibility of Online Abstracts – Copyright in the Age of the Internet or: Who deserves the credit?
Article in Legal Tribune Online dated 15 July 2010

Lecturing activities

Since 2007

Tutor and lecturer at the European Distance Learning University Hamburg (EURO-FH) in the field of business law
2013/2014

Lecturer at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg (business law)

Trainings and qualifications

Ongoing

Regular participation in training courses and conferences in IP, IT law and Media law
2016 – 2017

Specialist lawyer course in IT law (theoretical part)
2016

Certification as data protection officer (TÜV), TÜV Nord
2010

Specialist lawyer course in IP law (theoretical part)