Some of the “of counsels” of the Legal Alliance Team are qualified lawyers in Germany, lawyers who have an in depth specific knowledge and experience, who will be consulted from case to case, if and when additional advice is needed:

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Dr. Ekkehard Heinze, LL.M., München
Ekkehard has studied physics and obtained his PhD in physics in Leipzig and has later studied patent and trademark law in Berlin and at the Open University Hagen. He was an in-house counsel in a scientific organisation and has now been a German Patent Attorney and European Patent and Trademark Attorney for more than 25 years. He is specialised in the national and international legal protection of innovative products and in the enforcement of the corresponding protective rights (patents, trademarks, and designs), as well as in the licensing thereof.
He has extensive experience in advising and representing start-ups and medium-sized companies, as well as global players, in patent office and court proceedings. His work and experience is focused on, inter alia, drafting and implementing patent and trademark strategies and on the solution of patent and trademark conflicts. As a managing partner of the IP law firm Meissner Bolte he can rely on a highly qualified infrastructure and has excellent worldwide contacts, among others to the U.S. and to all Asian industrial and emerging economies.
Languages
English, German
Attorney at law Elissa Jelowicki, München

Main professional positions at home and abroad
Elissa has worked as a solicitor for various law firms in London and since 2015 in Munich, as “Of-Counsel” for Legal Alliance since 2016.
She is admitted as solicitor in England and Wales since 2010. Since being admitted to the Rolls, Elissa has worked on a number of high profile cases in the High Court in London. In addition, she has also negotiated and acted in various Mergers & Acquisitions involving cross border issues.
Focus of legal activity
- Commercial & business law
- Media & technology law
- Litigation and Arbitration
- Insolvency
Track Record
- Elissa’s litigation experience is vast. She has worked on various British litgation and US/German litigation disputes and has acted in all aspects of arbitration (including drafting of correspondence, legal memorandums of enforcement in multiple jurisdictions, legal submissions)
- Elissa has also advised a high net worth Defendant in relation to fraud claim worth US $ 500m in the Commercial Court in London brought by a major Islamic Bank, which resulted in a three-week trial
Languages
English, French, German
Rechtsanwalt Fabian Karg, München

Zulassung als Rechtsanwalt seit 2012
Zulassung als Syndikusrechtsanwalt seit 2016
Main professional positions at home and abroad
Senior Consultant International Tax bei einer Big 4 Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Syndikusrechtsanwalt für den Bereich Internationales Steuerrecht bei einem bayrischen Maschinenbauunternehmen
Focus of legal activity
- Unternehmenssteuerrecht
- Internationales Steuerrecht
- Umsatzsteuerrecht
- Allgemeines Steuerrecht
Languages
German, English, Französich
Rechtsanwältin Linda Kim, München

Commenced her legal studies at the University of Hamburg
Admitted to the Bar at the chamber of lawyers in Hamburg since 2005
Awarded the “specialist solicitor in transport & shipping law” in 2009
Main professional positions at home and abroad
Worked as an associate in law firms in Hamburg and Munich
Collaborated with the office of the district attorney in Santa Barbara, California (USA)
Focus of legal activity
- Transport and shipping law
- Insolvency law
- General civil law
Track Record
- Counseling and representation in legal issues of transport, including commercial law, maritime law, liability law
- Dispute resolution in matters of bill of landing
- Regress claims regarding alternating, multimodal carrier through B/J
- Due Diligence reports on issues of transport law
- Counseling in matters of insolvency
Languages
German, English, Koreanisch
Rechtsanwalt Dr. Alexander Kuhn, Bad Nauheim
Alexander commenced his legal studies at the University of St. Petersburg (Russia) and the University of Gießen (Germany). He was admitted to the Bar at the chamber of lawyers in Germany 1997, and completed his doctorate in 1984 (St. Petersburg).
Alexander is also a scientific assistant at the Institute of Finance an Economy (St. Petersburg), and lecturered at the same Institute (1986 – 1990), in addition, during this time he was also an associate in a top five law firm (Germany), Independent, self-employed lawyer since 1999.)
Focus of legal activity
- International business and commercial law
- Private international law
- Company & contract law
- Law of the former CIS states, in particular law of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan
Languages
Russisch, German, English
Rechtsanwalt Matthias Nienhaus, Hamburg

Main professional positions at home and abroad
Matthias acted as a Lawyer in Hagen until 1991, then as corporate in-house Counsel and CEO of the publishing company Gruner – Jahr (1991 – 1996)
Matthias was also an Associate of Scheele & Partner law firm in Hamburg (1996 – 2003)
Independent, self-employed lawyer in Hamburg since 2003
Focus of legal activity
- Business and company law
- Tax law
- Law regarding financial offenses
Languages
German, English