Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Areas of practice
Stefanie Kandzia advises clients on intellectual property rights, in particular on trademark and competition law. She also advises clients on how to develop and expand their trademark portfolios; this includes carrying out registration and appeal proceedings before the German and European trademark offices, the WIPO and the German Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht).
Vita
Stefanie Kandzia studied law at the University of Bielefeld (Germany). She obtained an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law from Duke Law School, North Carolina (USA) in 2004. She carried out her legal training at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg (Germany). Stefanie Kandzia was admitted to the German Bar in 1997 and admitted to the North Carolina (USA) State Bar in 2004. Stefanie Kandzia lived and worked in the USA between 1999 and 2000 as well as between 2003 and 2019. She has worked for Luther since 2019.
Senior Associate
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Vanessa Laura Skibinski
Associate
Berlin
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Shannon Charlotte Sopper, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Frankfurt a.M.
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Ricarda Maria Essel
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Maximilian Bahnsen
Associate
Hamburg
Sebo-Franz Krubally
Senior Associate
Berlin
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Thomas Willaschek
Partner
Berlin
Julian Adams
Associate
Hamburg
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Christina Rygula, LL.M. (Dublin)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Luisa Kramer
Associate
Hamburg
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
István Fancsik, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Robert Burkert
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Adrian Freidank
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Christian Rabe
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Daniel Bischof
Counsel
Hamburg
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Katharina Preuss
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf