< Back to latest news & events

Awards

HGF is ranked in The Legal 500 Germany 2023 rankings

February 2023

The Legal 500 provides the most comprehensive worldwide coverage on recommended Law firms, Lawyers, Attorneys, Advocates, Solicitors and Barristers. The rankings are based on a series of criteria including providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel.

HGF are proud to be ranked in The Legal 500 Germany 2023 guide. This year sees the firms first rankings for both Patent Litigation and Patent Prosecution:

  • Tier 3 Firm for Patent Law: Patent Attorneys: Dispute Resolution
  • Tier 4 Firm for Patent Law: Patent Attorneys: Applications And Official Procedures

For full rankings click the button below

FIND OUT MORE

Legal 500 comment  “HGF Europe LLP has established itself as a household name since launching in Germany in 2019, in part because of the integration of its German offices in Munich and Heidelberg into the IP firm’s vast European network. One focuses on electrical engineering, software inventions, materials science, and life sciences, and its clientele includes numerous multinationals as well as large German corporations and mid-sized companies, among others.  Markus Zoller, Jan Robert Naefe and Bernhard Ganahl are the main contact persons. Firm Partners: Markus Zoller; Jan Robert Naefe; Bernhard Ganahl.”

About Legal 500

Legal 500 is the leading guide to law firms in Germany. It offers all of those buying legal services in Germany reliable and up-to-date information on the very best firms and individuals operating in a dynamic legal market.

FIND OUT MORE

Latest updates

Intellectual Property (IP) and its role in innovation during the energy transition

The shift from fossil fuels to greener energy will profoundly impact the profitability of many businesses in the energy sector. However, innovation has become an essential facilitator of the energy …

Read article

More than just ‘Patent Protected’: How Intellectual Property (IP) can fuel collaboration and growth

Traditionally, intellectual property (IP) protection is viewed as a mechanism to create a monopoly and exclude competitors. For example, patents give the owner the right to stop others from using …

Read article

HGF continues to grow with 7 new promotions

It gives us great pleasure to announce that seven members of our team have been promoted from Director to Partner. These promotions will be effective from the 1st of May …

Read article

Happy World IP Day!

This year’s theme is ‘IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity’. At HGF we are committed to supporting our clients in sustainable technologies and routinely …

Read article

IP Ingredients, Part 12: Exploring colours in the food & drink sector – overcoming hurdles and leveraging colour trade marks

We will all recognise as consumers an instance of when we used the colour of a product or its packaging to identify a specific brand that we wanted to buy …

Read article

Medical 3D Technologies: From Scanning to Printing

When we think of 3D technologies, we often think of 3D printing, which, as discussed later, has seen rapid advances in recent years. However, a sometimes overlooked area of medical …

Read article
See all updates