About horak Rechtsanwälte
horak Rechtsanwälte stands for goal-oriented advice and excellent representation at the highest professional level. We are neither a law factory nor a general practice: we aim for long-term relationships with our clients, based on quality, trust and reliability.
We advise medium-sized companies, groups, business institutions and public bodies of all sizes as well as private individuals in nearly all areas of national and international commercial and private law. Our lawyers are highly specialised, work on a sound academic basis and are experts in their fields.
Rechtsanwälte, certified specialists and patent attorneys
Our team combines attorneys at law (Rechtsanwälte), certified specialists (Fachanwälte) and German and European patent attorneys. Several of our lawyers hold a double qualification with university degrees in electrical engineering, computer science, physics or biology – which allows us to assess complex technical matters soundly.
Courts, offices and authorities
Our attorneys are admitted to all German local, regional and higher regional courts as well as all federal courts with the exception of the Federal Court of Justice in civil matters. We represent our clients before national, European and international offices and courts, including:
- German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)
- European Patent Office (EPO)
- European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Unified Patent Court (UPC)
- General Court and Court of Justice of the European Union
- European Court of Human Rights
- Arbitral tribunals and other national and international authorities
International cooperation
Many of our clients operate internationally. We advise on cross-border transactions and disputes and work with cooperation offices in Vienna, Zurich, London, Taiwan and Paris. In addition, we maintain specialist networks in the field of intellectual property with law firms worldwide, in particular in the USA, Canada, South America, Asia (including China and Japan) and Australia.
Ten offices in Germany
Head office in Hanover; further offices in Berlin, Bielefeld, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart. See all locations and our lawyers.
This English version is provided for convenience. Our full website, including detailed information on all practice areas, lawyer profiles and legal texts, is available in German: www.horakrechtsanwaelte.com.