Preu Bohlig & Partner‘s advisory focus is based on the four core sectors of healthcare, automotive, telecommunications and heavy and precision mechanics; the team has recently been increasingly mandated in healthcare and automotive in particular, in the latter case often in connection with telecommunications and in the context of connected cars. Berlin-based Christian Donle (SEP-related infringement and validity proceedings as well as combating product piracy), Daniel Hoppe (pharmaceuticals) in Hamburg, Christian Kau (automotive, precision mechanics and medical technology) in Düsseldorf and Ludwig von Zumbusch (employee invention law and licence agreement law) in Munich are regarded as the main contacts and respective office heads; at the southern German office, Axel Oldekop is also an experienced contact for companies in the automotive, communications and laser electronics sectors. The Paris office is headed by Konstantin Schallmoser, who is increasingly active in Franco-German mandates.
Practice heads:
Christian Donle; Daniel Hoppe; Christian Kau
Other core lawyers:
Andreas Haberl; Axel Oldekop; Alexander Harguth; Matthias Hülsewig
References:
‘The law firm is characterised by high professional competence combined with uncomplicated cooperation. Even with complex problems, the lawyers endeavour to find solutions or suggest interesting approaches.’
‘Christian Kau is characterised by a high level of expertise and, in particular, by the fact that, as an attorney-at-law, he is very good at understanding complex technical issues. This makes working with patent attorneys and clients much easier, especially in the patent area.’
‘Strategic conduct of proceedings. Excellent legal expertise.’
‘Christian Donle: Outstanding knowledge and experience in IP. Penetrates the most complex legal problems. Excellent strategic litigation. Better to have him on your side.’
‘Highest competence and maximum efficiency in the prosecution of IP rights use and infringements; also in legal support for licence negotiations, evaluation of existing and drafting of new licence agreements. I regard Preu Bohlig und Partner and Christian Kau in particular as the absolute “Premiere League in IP”.’
‘Fast and thorough processing; good cooperation, especially high availability of the attorneys; good technical understanding, especially in the cooperation with patent attorneys and the technical departments’
‘Very good cooperation and ability to familiarise oneself in detail with complicated issues in technical patent law. Good skills and overview of the overall situation.’
‘Axel Oldekop: confident demeanour, unerring consideration of opportunities and risks, easy to reach, reliable preparatory work, intuitive recognition of the issues with excellent legal classification of the facts, partnership-based cooperation, excellent guide through the various steps in the process, high level of commitment, honesty’.
Contact persons
Dr. Ludwig von Zumbusch, M.C.J.
Rechtsanwalt, Of Counsel | Munich
Prof. Dr. Christian Donle
Rechtsanwalt, Partner | Berlin
Dr. Axel Oldekop
Rechtsanwalt, Partner | Munich
Daniel Hoppe
Rechtsanwalt, Partner | Hamburg
Dr. Christian Kau
Rechtsanwalt, Partner | Düsseldorf
Konstantin Schallmoser, LL.M. (Paris II)
Rechtsanwalt, Partner | Munich, Paris
Andreas Haberl
Rechtsanwalt, Partner | Munich
Dr. Alexander Harguth
Rechtsanwalt, Partner | Munich, Paris
Dr. Matthias Hülsewig
Rechtsanwalt, Partner | Düsseldorf