Taylor Wessing's competition advice is particularly focused on the fashion, luxury and consumer goods, technology and media sectors. The team has strong expertise in trend topics such as greenwashing and ambush marketing, which has enabled it to attract a high-profile client base consisting of a large number of global corporations. Thanks to close cooperation with its international locations, the practice also handles complex, cross-border issues, including litigation and advertising campaigns. Practice head Olaf Gillert advises on trade mark, design, copyright and competition law and also heads the international Trademarks, Advertising & Design practice group.
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Testimonials
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'Strong expertise in competition and freedom of speech law. Super uncomplicated and pleasant cooperation, pragmatic but with legal depth.'
'Competent, pleasant to work with.'
'Thorsten Troge knows how to break down our requests to our company and then advise accordingly.'
'Olaf Gillert is extremely well versed in his field and is able to get to the heart of the matter. His ability to adapt to client's specific requirements is also noteworthy.'
'Thorsten Troge and his team always give us very good advice.'
Key clients
- BSH
- Check-24
- New Work SE
- Roller
- TEDi
Work highlights
Successful defense of New Work SE (Xing / kununu) against a lawsuit for deletion of basic profiles and refraining from the attractive design of paid employer branding profiles on the employer rating platform Kununu.
Advising a global biotech company on product protection under competition law and representing the company in several preliminary injunction and main proceedings against competitors.
Lawyers
Practice head
Olaf Gillert
Other key lawyers
Thorsten Troge; Wiebke Baars; Andreas Bauer