Heussen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

IT, IP & Media Law / Distribution, Antitrust and Competition law

Partner

Dr Hermann Waldhauser already specialised in IT, IP, competition law and media during his training. He specialises in the technology, fashion and entertainment industries. Dr Hermann Waldhauser advises the classic media of film and television, broadcasting, publishing and press, music, software, video games, telecommunications and advertising as well as new media and technologies in equal measure. The spectrum of advice ranges from the establishment, financing, acquisition and compliance of companies in the sector, to the production, distribution, licensing and marketing of intellectual and technical products and their legal enforcement, through to the development of exit strategies. In the area of internet and e- and m-commerce, Dr Hermann Waldhauser advises internet portals, online and mobile services and platforms in connection with the advertising and exploitation of content (including user-generated content), goods and services. Sports law, the marketing of sports events and sports betting are also part of his range of advisory services.

Main areas of practice: - Contract law, in particular production, licence and distribution agreements as well as general terms and conditions - company law - IT and internet law and e- & m-commerce - Information technology, copyright and industrial property rights (in particular trade mark law) - Publishing and press law - Competition and antitrust law - Sports law

Dr Waldhauser is listed as a lawyer and/or with the practice group in Legal500 (De, EMEA), Chambers and Juve. He has been listed for many years by Best Lawyer / Handelsblatt as one of "Germany's best lawyers" in the category of technology law and in the field of IT law. He is listed in the leading French Handbook Leader League and was included by Managing IP as an IP Star for Germany in the 2023 edition.

Professional background Since 1999: Lawyer with Heussen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers Veltins Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH), Munich 1998 - 1999: Lawyer at Heisse Kursawe Eversheds, Munich

German, English

1995: three-month internship with the law firm Lacher, Lovell-Taylor in New York

1993 - 1998: Scholarship holder at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax

Law Universities: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München