Matthias Kleffner, LL.M.

lawyer

E:
kleffner@fum-legal.de
T:
+49 (0)40 180243010
Q: +49 (0)40 180243019
Wandsbeker Allee 77 22143 Hamburg
T:
+49 (0)251 1498280
Q: +49 (0)251 14982899
Bernhard-Ernst-Str. 12 48155 Münster

Matthias Kleffner provides comprehensive legal advice to domestic and international companies in the areas of corporate and tax law. He regularly assists Asian companies in particular with their market entry into Germany and also advises on all aspects of (re)structuring and capital measures, always considering the tax implications. Another focus of Matthias Kleffner's work is advising entrepreneurs and business owners in the field of employment law.

Areas of expertise

E:
kleffner@fum-legal.de
T:
+49 (0)40 180243010
Q: +49 (0)40 180243019
Wandsbeker Allee 77 22143 Hamburg
T:
+49 (0)251 1498280
Q: +49 (0)251 14982899
Bernhard-Ernst-Str. 12 48155 Münster

Vita

Studies: 

Universities of Freiburg, Geneva and Münster

Languages: German, English, French
Memberships:
  • Head of the specialist institutes for industrial property law, information technology and copyright and media law at the DAI – German Lawyers' Institute eV.
  • Deputy Chairman of the Specialist Committee for Industrial Property Rights of the Hamm Bar Association (until 2023)
  • Chairman of the Working Group on Competition and Trademark Law Westphalia Lippe e. V. (until 2018)
  • GRUR – German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright.
  • DAV – German Bar Association.
  • BVMW – German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
  • Marketing Club Münster/Osnabrück eV.
  • Lions Club Münster Landois
Publications and lectures:
  • Apel/Grapperhaus, The Offline-Online Chaos – or how the European Commission threatens to harmonize the advertising market, WRP 1999, 1247
  • Legal aspects of publishing websites, presentation at erfa iuK IT (June 25, 2009)
  • Mobile Media and Law – On the EU Content Directive: Presentation at the Mobile Media Congress in Munich – (December 2008 and 2007)
  • Defective Software and Law – A Case Study, Presentation at the Fraunhofer Institute ISS – Institute for Software and Systems Engineering in Dortmund (May 29, 2009)
  • From Misleading to Information Burden – A Paradigm Shift? – Presentation at the 9th meeting of the "Competition Law" expert committee of the BDEW German Association of Energy and Water Industries in Duisburg (November 9, 2012)
  • „"Legal situation & liability – The boss bears the risk! / What is the company allowed to do?" Presentation at the "WELT IT Security Conference" of the WELT Group in Berlin (September 6, 2012)
  • Most-favored-nation clauses and competition DB 1976, 46
  • Competition and Trademark Law DAI Script (May 2009)
  • Apel/Große/Ruse – Trademark Law versus Domain Law – Festschrift for Otto Teplitzky – WRP 2000, 816
  • Apel/Steden – „Copyright infringements by ad blockers on the Internet“, WRP 2001, 11
  • Apel, The widespread trend towards ad blockers, Festschrift for Hertin (2000)
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