Harte-Bavendamm, Henning

Attorney (Rechtsanwalt), admitted 1976; Senior Partner, HARTE-BAVENDAMM Rechtsanwälte (Hamburg); Lecturer and Honorary Professor, University of Osnabrück.

• First State Exam (University of Hamburg), 1973
• Traineeship at Wall Street law firm, 1975
• Second State Exam (University of Hamburg), 1976
• Doctorate (University of Hamburg) 1977
• Associate, Droste (Hamburg), 1977 - 1980
• Visiting Attorney, Freshfields (London), 1979
• Partner, Droste, 1981 - 1999
• Partner, Lovells, 2000-2002
• Partner, Allen & Overy, 2003 - 2008
• Co-Founder of HARTE-BAVENDAMM Rechtsanwälte, 2008.
• Lecturer, Honorary Professor (intellectual property, competition law), University of Osnabrück, 2010 - 2020
• Chair of Committee on Unfair Competition and Trademark Law, GRUR, 1997 - 2018
• Lecturer (intellectual property law), Europa-Kolleg (Hamburg), 1995 - 2002

Thirty cases as arbitrator (ad hoc arbitration under German law; DIS; ICC) including nine cases (ad hoc; DIS; ICC) as chairman of the arbitral tribunal; approximately fifteen cases as counsel/legal representative of a party. Subject matters include technology agreements, long-term supply contracts (especially in the energy sector), general commercial agreements, competition law; IP-related disputes, licensing, software agreements; M&A-related covenants and other post-closing disputes.

• Books and articles on unfair competition (including Harte-Bavendamm/Henning-Bodewig, Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb / Unfair Comepetition Act, 5th ed. 2021), copyright law, trademark law, competition law, software protection and contracts, trade secrets (including Harte-Bavendamm/Ohly/Kalbfus, Geschäftsgeheimnisgesetz / Trade Secrets Act, 2020). A complete list of publications is available at www.harte-bavendamm.de.

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• German
• English

• GRUR (German IP Association)