Lawyers

• Jutta Beukenberg
• Dr. jur. Andreas Weber
• Uwe Lehr
• Michael Horak, Dipl.-Ing, LL.M.
• Malte Alexander Haase

Jutta Beukenberg
Lawyer,

Educational and professional background:

Studied law in Bochum and Frankfurt (Main); 1978 1st degree in law; 1980 associate at a New York law office; 1981 final degree in law.

1983 - 2002 Attorney at law

Since 2003 partner at the law office BEUKENBERG.

Admitted to the Local Court and Regional Court Hanover, also admitted to the Regional Appeal Court Celle, licensed to practise before all German local, regional and regional appeal courts.

Membership:

Task force on family law and law on succession within DAV (German Lawyer Association)

Dr. jur. Weber
Lawyer, admitted to the Regional Appeal Court

Educational and professional background:

Born in 1961; studied law in Göttingen; 1988 1st degree in law; 1991 final degree in law; doctor’s degree, University of Göttingen.

1992 - 2002 associate at Ritter, Gross & Partner, finally partnership.

Since 2003 partner at the law office BEUKENBERG.

Admitted to the Local Court and Regional Court Hanover, also admitted to the Regional Appeal Court Celle, licensed to practise before all German local, regional and regional appeal courts

Membership:

Task force on family law and law on succession within DAV (German Lawyer Association).

Uwe Lehr
Lawyer, admitted to the Regional Appeal Court

Educational and professional background:

Born in 1963; studied law in Marburg; 1992 1st degree in law; 1995 final degree in law; Speyer School of Administration; assistant to the Institute of Public Law at the University of Hanover.

Associate at Klein & Wagenführ up to 2002, finally partnership.

Since 2003 partner at the law office BEUKENBERG.

Admitted to the Local Court and Regional Court Hanover, also admitted to the Regional Appeal Court Celle, licensed to practise before all German local and regional courts

Membership:

Task force on construction law within DAV (German Lawyer Association)

Michael Horak, LL.M.
Lawyer, graduate engineer (electrical engineering)

Educational and professional background:

Born in 1967; studied law and electrical engineering in Stuttgart, Erlangen and Hanover; 1994 graduated in electrical engineering; 1995 - 1998 associate at the patent law office; 1996 1st degree in law; 1997/1998 associate at international law offices, among others at Clifford Chance (London); 1998 final degree in law; 1999 LL.M. (Master of Laws); specialization: „European Management and Employment Law“ at the University of Leicester (England); 1998/2003 publications: „Environmental protection and competition“, in EUDUR, Prof. Rengeling, ed.).

Since 2000 advising engineer of the Chamber of Engineers in Lower Saxony.

Sworn interpreter/translator for courts and notaries of the district Hanover (English).

1998 - 2002 associate at Ritter, Gross & Partner.

Since 2003 partner at the law office BEUKENBERG.

Admitted to Local Court and Regional Court Hanover, also admitted to the Regional Appeal Court Celle, licensed to practise before all German local and regional courts

Membership:

International Bar Association; British-German-Jurist-Association, German-American Lawyersﾒ Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); Task Force on Employment Law of German Lawyer Association; European Economic Interest Grouping of Independent Law Firms (EAK EWiV); Legal Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright (GRUR); German Law and Informatics Association (DGRI e.V.); Association of German Electrical Engineers (VDE); Association of Experts on Legal Protection of Industrial Property (VPP e.V); 1999-2002 president of the supervisory board of nebenbahn.de AG.

Practice areas and areas of interest:

Practice areas:

Advertising law (law on competition, couponing, sponsoring, franchising)

IP law (patents, trademarks, domains, copyright and licences)

Contract law (agency agreements, commercial agent agreements, author’s agreements, publishing agreements, general terms and conditions of trade)

Areas of interest:

International law

Economic offences law

Malte Alexander Haase
Lawyer

Educational and professional background:

Born in 1972 in Hamburg; 1994-2004 studied law at the Hanover University; 1997 part-time higher degree course in popular music at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater (Music and Theatre School) in Hamburg; 1999-2000 worked for an association representing the interests of tenants, Mieterschutz e.V., in Hanover; 2001 1st degree in law; 2001-2002 VHV Insurance Company; 2004 final degree in law, Lower Saxony; since 2004 in-house legal adviser in one of the largest German record companies; lawyer at Beukenberg Law Office. Admitted to the Local Court and Regional Court Hanove, licensed to practise before all German local and regional courts.

Membership:

GEMA (Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights)

• GVL (Collecting Society for Neighbouring Rights)

Areas of interest

Copyright and performing rights

• Music, media and multimedia law
• Contract law
• Internet and telecommunications law
• Licensing law

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