Christina Kufer, LL.M. (London School of Economics)

Senior Associate

Creativity, entrepreneurial thinking and legal finesse. The love of language. And a healthy dose of curiosity.

Christina Kufer advises national and international companies on all aspects of intellectual property rights as well as in the fields of information technology and digital business. Her main areas of expertise include legal support in the design of products and marketing campaigns, the drafting of license and distribution agreements, and advice on the introduction of innovative business models. In addition, she represents start-ups, medium-sized companies and international corporations in extrajudicial and judicial disputes concerning trademarks, designs and copyrights as well as in the field of competition law.

After studying in Munich and Istanbul, Christina Kufer completed an LL.M. degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science with a focus on Information Technology and Communications Law. She passed the second state examination at the Court of Appeal in Berlin as the best in her class. Christina Kufer has been working as a journalist for national media for many years and regularly gives lectures and workshops.

Career

Studied law at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and the Bilgi University Istanbul (Turkey)
Postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (Great Britain)
Legal clerkship at the Court of Appeal in Berlin with stations at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, in an international commercial law firm and at the Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute in Vienna, Austria
Admitted to the Berlin Bar Association

Awards & Recognitions

Managing IP STARS 2022-2023
Recommended lawyer in the category "Rising Stars" (2022-2023)

Memberships

Christina Kufer is a member of GRUR, AIJA, Women in IP e.V. and Deutscher Juristinnenbund

Miscellaneous activities

Presentation at the GSN Summit 2023 of the insurance industry: "Companies in the area of conflict between green marketing and greenwashing - what is legally permissible?
Presentation at the Deutschen Anwaltstag 2023 in Wiesbaden: „Sustainability - from soft law to hard law?“
Presentation at the AIJA Annual Congress 2022 Singapore on the topic "Unenforceable?! Is IP Enforcement in Asia really so different to that in Europe or North America?"
Presentation at the Move Conference on Sustainability Communication November 2022 on "Permissible Green Advertising or Already Misleading Greenwashing? A legal overview"

Publications