H. Philipp Esser

Morton Douglas is a lawyer and partner at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. His main focus lies on trademark and design protection, including the development of strategies for applications for registration, portfolio advice, representing clients in infringement proceedings as well as drafting licence agreements. Furthermore, he advises on the law of company designations, titles and domains, on competition, advertising medications and pharmacy and drug law. Morton is also a regular ...

For more than 20 years, Dr. Hartmut Fischer has been advising companies on the planning and operation of commercial and industrial facilities. He acts on behalf of cities and municipalities as well as of investors, cooperating on projects involving urban land-use planning and planning permission procedures in order to realise commercial, residential and industrial districts. He designs development plans and drafts urban development contracts for building land development, municipal building l...

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.

Bettina Backes studied at the University of Bonn. This was followed by a long-term period of employment in the publishing industry and the intensification of her specialization in a law firm focused on media law and several years as a partner in a trans-regional and internationally-oriented commercial law firm in Stuttgart. Alongside her voluntary involvement in various cultural and educational institutions, she is a (deputy) judge at the Constitutional Court of Baden-Württemberg and mem...

Peter Mailänder studied law at the universities of Freiburg, Bonn, Hamburg, where he also obtained his doctorate (Dr. jur.), and at New York University. He has been admitted to the bar in New York (Attorney-at-Law) since 1994 and admitted to the bar as an attorney in Germany since 1997. He is currently a member of boards of foundations and supervisory boards and a lecturer on various corporate law topics.

Hans-Georg Kauffeld studied at the universities of Bayreuth and Freiburg, he took his doctorate at the University of Freiburg (Dr. jur.). He then worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Commercial and Business Law of the University of Freiburg.

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).

Gero Wilke, LL.M. Attorney Certified specialist in intellectual property Certified specialist in IT law External data protection officer Partner Specialists areas : IT law, i ntellectual property, d ata protection I have been advising national and international companies, primarily SMEs, on all legal issues relating to IT law and intellectual property for over 15 years. As a certified specialist in IT law, I specialise in advising on complex IT projects, drafting, reviewing and negotiating so...

Dr. Matthias Uhl primarily offers comprehensive advice in matters relating to commercial and corporate law to nationally and internationally active, medium-sized and larger companies as well as capital market oriented companies from the chemical, facility construction, automotive, power supply, telecommunications, IT and travel catering sectors. In this, his main focus lies on corporate acquisitions and sales, venture capital, corporate structuring and restructuring as well as economic law. M...

Gert Brandner studied international business law at the University of Freiburg and the University of Aberdeen. Whilst studying for his doctorate (Dr. jur.), Gert Brandner was an assistant at the Department of Business law of Professor Blaurock in Freiburg. Gert Brandner is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS). He is a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen and at the Stuttgart Bar Association.