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Our team consists of attorneys (Rechtsanwälte) and patent attorneys (Patentanwälte). Several team members have a background in engineering or the natural sciences. The following overview is based on the German profiles; each name links to the full German profile.
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M.
Attorney (Rechtsanwalt) with a focus on environmental, climate and energy law; founding partner
- Certified specialist in intellectual property law (Fachanwalt für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz) and in copyright and media law (Fachanwalt für Urheber- und Medienrecht)
- Graduate engineer in electrical engineering (Dipl.-Ing.); registered consulting engineer (Beratender Ingenieur) with the Chamber of Engineers of Lower Saxony since 2000; LL.M. (University of Leicester)
- Publicly sworn interpreter and translator (English) for the courts and notaries of the Hannover Regional Court district
- Focus areas include energy law (energy industry law and energy competition law), law of technical standards, public procurement and EU law
- Languages: German, English, French, Japanese
Julia Ziegeler
Attorney (Rechtsanwältin); partner since 2012
- Certified specialist in intellectual property law and in copyright and media law
- Focus areas include intellectual property, competition and antitrust law, public procurement and technology law (including energy)
- Languages: German, English, French
Anna Umberg, LL.M., M.A.
Attorney (Rechtsanwältin)
- Certified specialist in intellectual property law
- Focus areas include AI law, intellectual property, public procurement and energy law (energy industry law and energy competition law)
- Languages: German, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Korean
Dipl.-Phys. Andree Eckhard
Patent attorney (Patentanwalt); European trademark and design attorney
- Physicist (Dipl.-Phys.) specialising in solid-state physics and optoelectronics
- Filing, prosecution and defence of patents, utility models, designs and trademarks; technical fields include electrical engineering, power plant technology, energy technology and renewable energy
- Languages: German, English, Russian
Katharina Gitmann-Kopilevich
Attorney (Rechtsanwältin)
- Certified specialist in intellectual property law
- Focus areas include AI law, intellectual property, competition and antitrust law, public procurement and technology law
- Languages: German, English, Russian
Karoline Behrend
Attorney (Rechtsanwältin)
- Certified specialist in public procurement law (Fachanwältin für Vergaberecht)
- Focus areas include public procurement, intellectual property, IT law, energy law and administrative law
- Languages: German, English
Andreas Friedlein
Attorney (Rechtsanwalt)
- Focus areas include civil law, general administrative law, construction law, international law and technology and IT law
- Previously advisor on technical legal matters at the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Services (BAIUDBw)
- Languages: German, English, Latin
Stefan Karfusehr
Attorney (Rechtsanwalt)
- Focus areas include intellectual property, public procurement (including EU procurement law), energy law (energy industry law and energy competition law), construction and engineering law and international business law
- Languages: German, English
Robin Jannis Mai, LL.B.
Attorney (Rechtsanwalt)
- Bachelor of Laws in IT law and intellectual property law
- Focus areas include intellectual property, public procurement, energy law (energy industry law and energy competition law), construction and engineering law and international business law
- Languages: German, English, Latin
Dr. Marie Wagner
Patent attorney (Patentanwältin)
- Doctorate in chemistry (University of Tübingen)
- Filing, prosecution and defence of patents, utility models, designs and trademarks; technical fields include chemistry, polymers, catalysts, energy technology and power plant technology
- Languages: German, English
The German title “Fachanwalt” (certified specialist) is awarded by the bar association after proof of special theoretical knowledge and practical experience in a specific area of law.
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