Dr. Gerald Neben

Gerald Neben advises companies in all matters of communications law, in particular press and publicity law, competition and copyright law, and trade secret law. A particular focus of his work is strategic advice and representation in contentious disputes, both in and out of court.

With his team of highly specialized lawyers (m/f), he regularly acts for media companies and agencies as well as for start-ups, medium-sized and stock-listed companies, mainly from the areas of finance, real estate and healthcare. In addition to protecting and defending his clients' business ideas, he supports their corporate communications, including crisis communication and litigation PR.

Gerald Neben has outstanding expertise and experience as a litigator in complex and often cross-border legal proceedings, which he coordinates for his clients and conducts before many German courts. He is regularly involved in landmark cases before the German Federal Court of Justice and the German Federal Constitutional Court.

After studying and earning a doctorate in media law at the University of Hamburg, Gerald Neben completed a master's degree (LL.M.) at the University of California at Berkeley with a focus on intellectual property. He was admitted to the German bar in 2001 and initially worked in the IP, Media & Technology practice group of the international law firm Hogan Lovells. In 2008, he co-founded KNPZ Rechtsanwälte.

In the JUVE industry handbook, Gerald Neben has been recommended for years as an expert in copyright and competition law ("Very experienced ") and as a leading name in the media sector ("Absolutely outstanding"; "Pragmatism, commercial thinking and advice at the highest level"; "Enormous clout"; "Brilliant and precise“). FOCUS and Legal500 have also repeatedly awarded the team ("Top law firm"; "KNPZ distinguishes itself from competitors in the press and publishing segment particularly due to the international orientation of its practice").

Gerald Neben is a speaker at professional conferences, publishes in the areas of intellectual property / communications law and is a member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyright (GRUR) as well as the German Public Relations Association (DPRG) in the crisis communication working group.