HARTE-BAVENDAMM – Über uns

Für innovative Unternehmen in Deutschland und weltweit: HARTE-BAVENDAMM ist spezialisiert auf das Recht des geistigen Eigentums und das Wettbewerbsrecht.
Für innovative Unternehmen in Deutschland und weltweit: HARTE-BAVENDAMM ist spezialisiert auf das Recht des geistigen Eigentums und das Wettbewerbsrecht.
Für innovative Unternehmen in Deutschland und weltweit: HARTE-BAVENDAMM ist spezialisiert auf das Recht des geistigen Eigentums und das Wettbewerbsrecht.
Für innovative Unternehmen in Deutschland und weltweit: HARTE-BAVENDAMM ist spezialisiert auf das Recht des geistigen Eigentums und das Wettbewerbsrecht.
Für innovative Unternehmen in Deutschland und weltweit: HARTE-BAVENDAMM ist spezialisiert auf das Recht des geistigen Eigentums und das Wettbewerbsrecht.
Für innovative Unternehmen in Deutschland und weltweit: HARTE-BAVENDAMM ist spezialisiert auf das Recht des geistigen Eigentums und das Wettbewerbsrecht.
Für innovative Unternehmen in Deutschland und weltweit: HARTE-BAVENDAMM ist spezialisiert auf das Recht des geistigen Eigentums und das Wettbewerbsrecht.
Für innovative Unternehmen in Deutschland und weltweit: HARTE-BAVENDAMM ist spezialisiert auf das Recht des geistigen Eigentums und das Wettbewerbsrecht.
Für innovative Unternehmen in Deutschland und weltweit: HARTE-BAVENDAMM ist spezialisiert auf das Recht des geistigen Eigentums und das Wettbewerbsrecht.
At home in Hamburg
Based in Hamburg
Based in Hamburg
At home in Hamburg
Unlimited commitment
Unlimited commitment

What distinguishes our team

While we are deeply passionate about our work, we equally prioritize fostering strong interpersonal connections. At HARTE-BAVENDAMM, we nurture a culture that's open, equitable, and lighthearted. Respect is paramount and we firmly believe that fostering individual growth enables us to achieve optimal results as a unified team.

Commitment to diversity and equal opportunities

We are dedicated to fostering equality and the advancement of women into executive positions.

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For a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible working hours, home office, part-time and remote working, while simultaneously ensuring maximum availability to our clients.

As a signatory to the Charter for Diversity, we are committed to tolerance and mutual respect. Through regular workshops to promote an inclusive culture and our involvement in projects to promote diversity in the development of young legal talent, we are helping to shape a more equitable future.

Maintaining an eye on the future while taking action today

Whether traveling to court to choosing our electricity provider: We take responsibility and actively work to reduce CO2 emissions.

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We generally travel by train and make appointments digitally, whenever possible. We provide office bicycles and most of us cycle or take the metro to the office. We work (almost) completely paperless. We purchase green electricity and use local suppliers for our office supplies.

Promote talent and identify strengths

Our HB Academy workshops and training sessions are structured into topic blocks. In addition to case law updates, units on new legislative proposals and training on current legal issues, we also invest in the personal development of our young lawyers.

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These include negotiation workshops as well as resilience and mindfulness training. Participation in the HB Academy is also open to anyone who is completing their clerkship or internship with us.

Your career at HARTE-BAVENDAMM

As a leading IP boutique in Germany, we offer a flexible working environment, challenging legal issues and a large international client base.

This is what you can expect as an associate at HARTE-BAVENDAMM:

  • Starting salary: EUR 90,000.00
  • 30 days of holiday/year
  • Flexible working-time models
  • Individual training opportunities

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Employment applications

Whether you are just starting your career as an attorney or already have experience in the field of intellectual property law: Your application is always welcome. Please send us your complete application via email to bewerbung@harte-bavendamm.de.

Please address your application as an attorney as well as applications for clerkships, internships and law clerk positions to Andrea Jaeger-Lenz and applications for trademark management and administration or secretarial or administrative and technical positions to Karolina Schoeler.

Founded by the best of the best, the spirit of sophistication without any German stuffiness has been maintained by the younger partners of the firm. They are pragmatic to the point and realistic.
Chambers Europe 2023
HARTE-BAVENDAMM is a first-class boutique that combines the highest level of expertise, experience and service in trade mark and competition law. The firm primarily relies on very pragmatic, business and solution-oriented advice.
The Legal 500 (2024)
For years, this IP boutique has been among the market’s top players in trademark and competition law. This is owed largely to the partners' litigation skills and an impressively stable client base.
JUVE Handbook 2024 / 2025
...one of the leading IP-law firms in Germany. The outstanding quality of advice and the competence of HARTE-BAVENDAMM lawyers are widely recognised in the market. This allows the firm to achieve client's' aims in an efficient and cost-effective way.
Chambers Europe 2024
The HARTE-BAVENDAMM team is solid, reliable, creative and forceful in its orchestration of infringement proceedings. The firm’s attorneys are invariably prompt, responsive and available, answering all queries. They are leaders in the trademark litigation landscape.
WTR 1000