Michael Pfeifer
Dr. jur., Attorney-at-Law
Profile
Languages: English, German, Japanese
Specialisation
Consultation and legal representation in all fields of intellectual property law, in particular patent litigation. Advice of Japanese companies on German and European Law (in Japanese), expertise in Japanese law.
Publications
Conference reports on various fields of German-Japanese legal exchange, for example on self-regulation in private law (JZ 2017, 785-787), transport and maritime law reform (TransportR 2016, 37-41) and corporate law (ZJapanR / J.Japan.L. 38 (2014) 287–291)
Professional Memberships
GRUR, German-Japanese Association of Jurists
Career
2004-2009 Study of law at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, specialising in international commercial law; 2008 exchange semester at Waseda Law School, Tokyo; 2011-2013 legal training at the higher regional court of Hamburg, including stages at international law firms in Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Tokyo; 2014-2017 research assistant at Goethe University Frankfurt and dissertation on Japanese corporate law; 2015-2016 scholarship holder at German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo; with HOFFMANN EITLE since May 2017.