GAPLA MANAGEMENT
| CEO DR VOLKER LINDEN Rechtsanwalt AREAS OF PRACTICE:... Intellectual property including industrial property rights, patents, trademarks, designs, licensing, employee invention and assignment law, R & D Agreements, rights management and mediation EDUCATION:...
Law, University of Bonn and University of Cologne
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:... Member of the trademark and licensing department of Merck KGaA, Germany for 7 years. Currently Head of the Industrial Property of VOITH GmbH & Co. KG aA, Germany. 2009 – 2017 Co-founder of PatEffect Schutzrechtsmanagement GbR Admitted as a Rechtsanwalt in Germany in 1991. LANGUAGES:...
German (native speaker) English (fluent) French (basic knowledge) |
CONTACT:...Voith GmbH & Co.KG aA Phone: +49 (7321) 377362 |
| officer MICHAEL KOBRAS Lawyer – Solicitor & Public Notary Accredited Specialist – Business Law Registered Migration Agent AREAS OF PRACTICE:... Formation of companies, especially for German, Swiss and Austrian companies, representation, agency and distribution agreements, terms and conditions of trade, employment law including employment agreements and representing employers and employees in disputes, intellectual property including trade mark registrations, passing off, statutory and other intellectual property infringements, leasing of commercial property, international succession law including drafting wills under German and Australian substantive and procedural laws PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:...
Michael joined the law firm Schweizer Kobras in 1994 and became a partner in 1998. He was the first “Recognised Foreign Lawyer” in New South Wales being admitted in both Germany and Australia.
Until 1992, Michael practised for a number of years in Munich in general civil and commercial law. In 1997 he completed a Master of Laws with distinctions in business law, international taxation and European Union Law. In October 2006, Michael was also registered as a Migration Agent. He has over 20 years experience in a wide variety of legal work covering corporate and business law as well as inheritance law under German and Australian jurisdictions. He has also appeared in Australian courts as an expert in German inheritance and family law. LANGUAGES:...
German (native speaker) English (fluent) |
 Schweizer Kobras Phone: +61 (2) 92239399 |
| officer DR FRIEDRICH SCHWANK Rechtsanwalt AREAS OF PRACTICE:... International Corporate Tax Planning, Aircraft Finance, Securities Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions, International Commercial Arbitration, International Commercial Transactions, Trade Financing and Banking, Investment Disputes, Energy Charter Treaty Arbitration EDUCATION:...
Law, Innsbruck University, Dr. jur. 1972; postgraduate work in London and Paris
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:...
Admitted to Innsbruck bar 1976, Vienna bar 1986 Senior Partner, Law Offices Dr. F. Schwank, Vienna (since 1986) Rechtsanwalt, Greiter & Schwank, Innsbruck (1976–1985) Trainee, Woodham Smith Greenwood & Holland, London (1975) Trainee, Legal Secretariat of ICC Court of Arbitration, Paris (1975)
PUBLICATIONS:...
Author of books and articles on international commercial arbitration, Austrian arbitration law, construction, oil and gas industry, international commodity trading, banking and finance, Eastern Europe, corporate governance, tax
LANGUAGES:...
German (native speaker) English (fluent) French (basic knowledge) Italian (basic knowledge) Spanish (basic knowledge) |
 c/o Law Offices Schwank Phone: +43 (0) 5335704 |
| officer CLAUDIA DELA CRUZ M.I.L. (University of Sydney) Solicitor, Lawyer AREAS OF PRACTICE:... Litigation, Arbitration and Conflict Resolution, Private International Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance, Investigation and Commercial Criminal Law, Competition and Consumer Protection Law, Insurance Law. EDUCATION:... 2006 Admission as Solicitor in New South Wales, Australia 2013 Master in International Law at the University of Sydney 2012 Law studies at the University of Münster 2009 Erasmus Scholarship at the Faculty of Law, University of Zaragoza, Spain PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:... Since 2016 lawyer at the law firm Resolve Litigation Lawyers, Sydney LANGUAGES:... German (native speaker) |
 Resolve Litigation Lawyers Phone: +61 2 8298 6005 |
| officer DR JULIANE WERTHER Rechtsanwalt Solicitor AREAS OF PRACTICE:... Mergers & Acquisitions, Company Law and Distribution Law EDUCATION:... Law studies at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, doctorate ibid 2012, as well as the University of Wollongong and the University of New England PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:... 2008 – 2010 2010 – 2017 2017 – 2018 since 2018 PUBLICATIONS:... Urheberpersönlichkeitsrechte in Deutschland und Australien (Dissertation, 2012) Rechtliche Besonderheiten beim Anteilskauf in Australien – eine rechtsvergleichende Betrachtung (RIW 2013, 273) LANGUAGES:... German (native speaker) |
 Toshiba Memory Europe GmbH Phone: +49 (0) 211 36877-0 |
| officer Udo Pfleghar B.A. (Melbourne) Rechtsanwalt Panelist for UDRP and ADR Proceedings AREAS OF PRACTICE:... Intellectual property including trademarks, designs, domains, UDRP and ADR proceedings, customs seizures and watches, copyright, licensing and portfolio management, trademark clearance searches and watching, data protection law EDUCATION:... Law, Political Science, Commerce, University of Melbourne, University of Regensburg NAATI Accredited Translator and Interpreter PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:... 1999 – 2004 2004 – 2008 since 2009 since 2013 since 2006 since 1996 LANGUAGES:... German, English (native speaker) |
CONTACT:...BEST Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Phone: +49 (0) 69 8700 200-30 |
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