Paul Päfgen

Steffen Woitz is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Litigation. Steffen practices law in Munich, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Steffen Woitz since 2021. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Steffen Woitz is held by other lawyers.

Christian Masch is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Media Law. Christian practices law in Munich, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Christian Masch since 2026. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Christian Masch is held by other lawyers.

Henning Hartwig’s practice involves prosecution and litigation of IP rights in the fields of trademark, design, copyright and unfair competition law. His practice focuses primarily on national and international industrial design law, particularly multinational design infringement proceedings as well as invalidity proceedings before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante and the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. As the editor of the four-v...

Rechtsanwalt bei HFK Rechtsanwälte Heiermann Franke Knipp & Partner mbB, seit 1999 Syndikusanwalt bei der DYWIDAG Dyckerhoff & Widmann Aktiengesellschaft, von 1995 bis 1999

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Pascal Böhner is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Intellectual Property Law. Pascal Böhner’s practice focuses on trademark law, design law, unfair competition law, and copyright law. In trademark and design law, one of his focuses is on the judicial and extrajudicial enforcement and defense of IP rights in infringement, opposition, and nullity proceedings. In addition, Pascal Böhner has extensive experience in the strategic development and manag...

Dr Eva Nase is a partner and a member of the management board at POELLATH in Munich. Eva advises publicly listed and private companies on preparing and conducting their shareholder meetings and on reorganizing the corporate group structure by way of spin-offs and hive-downs of business units, national and international mergers and conversions of legal form (e.g., into a European stock corporation, SE), also from a co-determination perspective, as well as on all corporate advisory matters rela...

Michael Nienerza is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Restructuring and Insolvency Law. Michael practices law in Munich, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Michael Nienerza since 2021. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Michael Nienerza is held by other lawyers.

Qualified to practice law in New York and Germany, Gebhard serves as counsel and as arbitrator. Gebhard has advised a broad range of clients across many industries, including energy and natural resources, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and financial services. He has acted in many investment and commercial disputes, including high-value post-M&A arbitrations, price revisions under some of Europe’s largest gas import contracts, and disputes arising from other long-term...

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 ...