Andreas Witte

Dr. Mathias Kleespies has headed the trademark and design department of VOSSIUS since 2007, becoming a partner in 2008. He advises his clients in all areas of trademark, design patent, competition and food law and has extensive experience as an IP litigator in these fields of law. Mathias is responsible for the trademark portfolios of some of the world's leading industrial companies and manufacturers in the areas of fashion, telecommunication, high-technology, pharmacy, chemistry, paper, auto...

Silke Freund focuses on the contentious – sometimes cross-border – enforcement of trade marks or the defense against asserted infringement claims of third parties. She also supports clients in their worldwide trade mark portfolio management in the filing, assignment, and licencing of trade marks as well as opposition, appeal, and cancellation proceedings before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). Silke Freund ...

Steffen Woitz is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation. Steffen, who practices law in Munich, Germany, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Steffen is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Petra Ostermaier is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Data Security and Privacy Law. Petra, who practices law in Munich, Germany, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Petra is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Oded Schein is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Private Equity Law and Tax Law. Oded, who practices law in Munich, Germany, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Oded is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dr. Dirk Harmsen is a German Patent Attorney, authorized representative before the European Patent Office as well as before the EUIPO and has been a partner at VOSSIUS & PARTNER since 2008. In his work as a patent attorney he focuses on grant, opposition and nullity proceedings before the European Patent Office, the German Patent and Trademark Office and the German Federal Patent Court. Dr. Harmsen has extensive experience in compiling validity and freedom-to-operate expert opinions as we...

Winfried M. Carli is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Banking and Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law, Project Finance and Development Practice, Real Estate Law and Restructuring and Insolvency Law. Winfried M., who practices law in Munich, Germany, has been recognized since 2014. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Winfried M. is held by other top lawyers in the same g...

Philipp von Braunschweig is a partner at POELLATH in Munich. For over 25 years, he acts as a trusted advisor to well-known entrepreneurial families, management teams and, in particular, private equity funds on transactional M&A, venture capital with a focus on leveraged buy-outs and private equity, including management equity programs. He is consistently ranked among the leading lawyers for his private equity and M&A practice. Philipp is a member of the German-American Lawyers' Associ...

Dr. Stefan Rolf Huebner is a Munich-based German and European Patent and Trademark Attorney with more than 20 years of experience. One focus of his work is the multi-jurisdictional prosecution and litigation of intellectual property rights. The other is the legal protection of emerging technologies, where the patent offices' and courts' practice is still in the act of development and where there is a lack established case law. Dr. Huebner is one of the few acknowledged European experts in the...

Alexander P. F. Ehlers is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Biotechnology Law and Life Sciences Practice, Health Care Law, Litigation and Pharmaceuticals Law. Alexander P. F., who practices law in Munich, Germany, has been recognized since 2013. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alexander P. F. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.