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Rupert Vogel is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Art Law, Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property Law. Rupert, who practices law in Karlsruhe, Germany, has been recognized since 2009. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Rupert is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Tödtmann Partner Professor Tödtmann’s areas of legal practice are labour law, corporate law, energy law and compliance consultancy. He has more than 25 years of experience in advising and assisting medium-sized companies from different industrial sectors, but particularly the energy, automotive, electricity and metal as well as traffic sectors. Drawing upon his extensive experience both as a lawyer and as long-standing head of a corporate legal department and ...

Ulrich Schnelle studied law at the universities of Passau, Geneva, Freiburg and Illinois. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Freiburg (Dr. jur.) and is an honorary professor of Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Sciences for economics and the environment. In addition, he is a member and chairman of various supervisory boards.

Wolfgang Schmid is a lawyer and of counsel at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. His main focus lies on competition and cartel law, copyright, publishing and press law, trademarks and designs, as well as pharmaceuticals and food law. Wolfgang is a member of the German Association for Intellectual Property Rights (Gesellschaft für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht), the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) and the Ligue International du Droit de la Concurr...

Marc Seiffert is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law. Marc, who practices law in Stuttgart, Germany, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Marc is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jürgen Held advises on all issues of trademark, design and competition law as well as media law. His work focuses on the development and supervision of IP portfolios (trademarks, designs, patents, know-how etc.) in order to enhance their value, on the registration and monitoring of trademark and design rights as well as the prosecution of the IP infringements. He advises on the legal aspects of advertising and communications campaigns, on media projects and in the areas of merchandising ...

Dr. Patrick Certa chiefly advises clients on matters of corporate law as well as Mergers & Acquisitions transactions and corporate financing. In this context, he represents regionally, nationally as well as internationally active firms in Germany and abroad during the restructuring of companies and corporate groups as well as in the formulation and negotiation of contracts. Patrick Certa also acts as a litigator in court proceedings in the aforementioned areas of expertise.

Frank Büchler is a lawyer and partner at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner in Freiburg. He specialises in restructuring and insolvency law. He is a member of the Expert Committee on Banking and Capital Markets Law of the Freiburg Bar Association, the Working Group on Banking and Capital Markets Law in the DAV and the Bankrechtlichen Vereinigung - Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Bankrecht e. V. He speaks German, English and French.

Antje Münch is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law. Antje, who practices law in Stuttgart, Germany, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Antje is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Before he joined our law firm, Dr. Norbert Hebeis headed the EU trademark department of a large US company (pharmaceuticals, consumer products) for ten years. He has been a partner of FGvW for 16 years and specializes in trademark and design litigation and prosecution, unfair competition litigation and counselling. His international key clients are Novartis (pharma), Wilkinson Sword (razors), erima (sportswear), Gloster (furniture) and Haufe-Lexware (publishing house).