{"id":28774,"date":"2023-06-23T13:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T11:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/?p=28774"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:14:58","slug":"best-lawyers-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/best-lawyers-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Lawyers 2024: BOEHMERT &#038; BOEHMERT named &#8220;Law Firm of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The law firm receives the title &#8220;Law Firm of the Year 2024&#8221; for the category &#8220;Intellectual Property&#8221; in Germany. Dr. Martin Schaefer is honored by the jury as &#8220;Lawyer of the Year 2024&#8221;.<\/h2>\n<p>In its current ranking, the U.S. trade publication &#8220;Best Lawyers&#8221; recognizes BOEHMERT &amp; BOEHMERT with the title &#8220;Law Firm of the Year 2024&#8221; in the category &#8220;Intellectual Property&#8221;. Since the jury awards this title only once for each legal field and country, BOEHMERT &amp; BOEHMERT can thus consider itself at the top of the intellectual property law firms in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>With the title &#8220;Lawyer of the Year 2024&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/martin-schaefer\/\">Dr. Martin Schaefer<\/a> also receives outstanding recognition. At the Berlin office, the BOEHMERT &amp; BOEHMERT partner and attorney at law deals with the field of copyright as well as copyright contract law in the music, literature, fine arts, design, architecture, science, software and games industries. His particular focus is on legal issues relating to the music industry as well as collective and individual rights administration.<\/p>\n<p>As in previous years, the jury of the professional publishing house honors numerous BOEHMERT &amp; BOEHMERT patent attorneys and attorneys at law with the title &#8220;Best Lawyer&#8221; for 2024:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/christian-w-appelt\/\">Christian W. Appelt<\/a>, Munich, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/thomas-l-bittner\/\">Dr. Thomas Bittner<\/a>, Berlin, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/rudolf-boeckenholt\/\">Dr. Rudolf B\u00f6ckenholt<\/a>, Bremen, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/andreas-dustmann\/\">Dr. Andreas Dustmann<\/a>, Berlin, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/markus-engelhard\/\">Dr. Markus Engelhard<\/a>, Munich, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/sebastian-engels\/\">Dr. Sebastian Engels<\/a>, Berlin, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/silke-freund\/\">Silke Freund<\/a>, Munich, Media Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/heinz-goddar\/\">Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar<\/a>, Munich, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/peter-gross\/\">Peter Gross<\/a>, Munich, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/carl-richard-haarmann\/\">Dr. Carl-Richard Haarmann<\/a>, Munich, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/ute-kilger\/\">Dr. Ute Kilger<\/a>, Berlin, Biotechnology Law and Life Sciences Practice<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/ludwig-kouker\/\">Dr. Ludwig Kouker<\/a>, Bremen, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dennis Kretschmann, Munich, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/uwe-manasse\/\">Dr.-Ing. Uwe Manasse<\/a>, Bremen, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/malte-nentwig\/\">Malte Nentwig<\/a>, Bremen, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/eckhard-ratjen\/\">Dr. Eckhard Ratjen<\/a>, Bremen, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/michael-rueberg\/\">Dr. Michael R\u00fcberg<\/a>, Dusseldorf, Munich, Paris, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/martin-schaefer\/\">Dr. Martin Schaefer<\/a>, Berlin, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law (Lawyer of the Year 2024)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/sebastian-schlegel\/\">Dr. Sebastian Schlegel<\/a>, Berlin, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Stefan Schohe, Munich, Patent Attorney, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/florian-schwab\/\">Dr. Florian Schwab<\/a>, Munich, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/martin-wirtz\/\">Dr. Martin Wirtz<\/a>, Berlin, Intellectual Property Law<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to its own information, Best Lawyers is the oldest and most renowned ranking service for lawyers worldwide. The peer review process is used to select the award-winning lawyers. The ratings are based on survey results from leading lawyers in a geographic area and a defined legal practice area. The ranking of the U.S. trade publisher is also published annually in Handelsblatt, but under the current year&#8217;s number.<\/p>\n<p>The list of &#8220;Best Lawyers 2024&#8221; by BOEHMERT &amp; BOEHMERT is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestlawyers.com\/Admin\/Firm\/Reports\/ListedLawyers?firm_id=43084&amp;country=DE&amp;utm_source=acoustic&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=2024+Public+Announcement+-+MDs+-+BL+LOTY+-+DE+(1)\">available online here on the website of the US-American trade magazine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.handelsblatt.com\/unternehmen\/dienstleister\/handelsblatt-best-lawyers-das-sind-die-besten-anwaelte-und-kanzleien-deutschlands-2023\/29184970.html\">here in the Handelsblatt<\/a>. The profiles of the awarded BOEHMERT &amp; BOEHMERT lawyers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestlawyers.com\/search?q=Boehmert+%26+Boehmert&amp;sort=relevancy\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The law firm receives the title &#8220;Law Firm of the Year 2024&#8221; for the category &#8220;Intellectual Property&#8221; in Germany. Dr. Martin Schaefer is honored by the jury as &#8220;Lawyer of the Year 2024&#8221;. 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