Dr. Hans-Jürgen Ruhl

Dr. Hans-Jürgen Ruhl is a partner with the law firm DANCKELMANN UND KERST, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is lawyer, certified IP specialist and certified specialist in copyright and media law. He studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg, Freiburg and Frankfurt am Main and was admitted to the bar in 1996. In 1999 he earned his doctorate in law. His areas of legal expertise are Intellectual Property, particularly competition law (including advertising law, drug advertising law, pharmacy law as well as drug and food law), trademark law (trademark registration and monitoring including representation in proceedings before government agencies and the courts) and copyright and media law (press and publishing law, IT law).

The now Frankfurt-based law firm DANCKELMANN UND KERST was originally founded almost 100 years ago in Berlin. Dr. Bernhard Danckelmann was working as lawyer and was co-founder of the “Palandt Commentary”, the most important commentary of the civil law (BGB) in Germany, and of the “Neue Juristische Wochenschrift”, the leading journal for lawyers in Germany. DANCKELMANN UND KERST can look back on many years of success in a number of different areas of commercial law. Today DANCKELMANN UND KERST practices law throughout the Federal Republic of Germany, and abroad, as a member of the well-known network of independent law firms “Mackrell International”.

According to the JUVE Handbook of German Commercial Law Firms for 2016/2017 (“JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien”), DANCKELMANN UND KERST since many years keeps its ranking in the top category of leading German law firms in unfair competition law. As in previous years, JUVE mentions Dr. Hans-Jürgen Ruhl as “frequently recommended lawyer” for unfair competition and trademark law. Furthermore DANCKELMANN UND KERST is recommended as “Leading Law Firm” in competition and trademark law in the current issue of “The Legal 500 Deutschland” (2017). The firm is known for providing excellent and efficient services and is recognized in particular for its competition law practice.

Some of its other areas of specialization mentioned in the publication include telecommunications and pharmacy. It also confirms special expertise in drug advertising law. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Ruhl is specifically mentioned as “recommended” lawyer.

This success of DANCKELMANN UND KERST is the consequence of its philosophy. The attorneys at DANCKELMANN UND KERST such as Dr. Hans-Jürgen Ruhl or several other certified specialists in different areas of law (IP, labour, insurance, tax) want to provide services to their clients that help them attain their corporate goals. This is why they seek favorable solutions that balance legal and commercial interests. Clients are given advice before court proceedings occur, in an effort to avoid them if possible. And when court proceedings are unavoidable, the lawyers at DANCKELMANN UND KERST come up with legal solutions and develop strategies that make the best business sense in consultation with their clients. The clients’ commercial success is always the highest priority of DANCKELMANN UND KERST.