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Thursday, January 11, 2007
SJ Berwin LLP Expands Frankfurt Team with IP / IT Hire
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SJ Berwin LLP has announced that Dr. Stefan Krüger, currently a partner with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Frankfurt Office), will be joining the Firm to focus on the development and growth of its IP/ IT practice. Stefan will join SJ Berwin on 15 January 2007 and will be based in the Frankfurt office. Manuela Finger and Manuel Biehler, two Associates who have been working with Stefan at Freshfields, will also be joining the Firm. Stefan joins SJ Berwin LLP with a distinguished career. During his education he worked for law firms in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Boston having qualified in 1995. He is a graduate of the Law School University of Münster, Germany, and in addition to his degree in law he has a degree in business administration. Prior to working at Freshfields, Stefan worked at Gaedertz (now known as Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP). Jonathan Blake, Senior Partner, commented, "The continuing growth of the IP and IT practice at SJ Berwin is a further element in the strategic growth of the firm’s European practice and we are very fortunate in having Stefan join the firm to help contribute to this growth. We are very happy to have Stefan with us." Rüdiger Knopf, German Member of the Strategy Committee, commented, “Stefan’s breadth of experience in the IP area, particularly in the consumer products/retail sector and his related expertise in the IT-sector, covering complex IT projects and the new media sector, will boost our German expertise in this highly specialised area of law. We recognise this move as a further step towards achieving our strategic goals of having a fully integrated full service corporate and commercial practice within Germany. Stefan will be responsible for the development of our IP/IT practice in Germany. Stefan’s arrival will allow us to offer both a wider range of expertise and increased resources in this specialist area. We very much look forward to working with him.”

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