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    Dr Holger Weimann
    ADVANT Beiten - Munich
    Rechtsanwalt
    Partner

    Dr Holger Weimann

    ADVANT Beiten - Munich
    Rechtsanwalt
    Partner

    LANGUAGES

    English / French / German

    Practice Areas

    Dispute Resolution - IT and the Law of Data - Intellectual Property

    Sectors

    Digital, Media & Technology - Industrials

    Contacts

    T : +49 89 35065-1312

    F : +49 89 35065-2134

    Holger.Weimann@advant-beiten.com

    Expertise

    Dr Holger Weimann is Partner at ADVANT Beiten’s Munich office and member of the IP/IT/Media practice group. He advises companies of the media and technology sector (broadcasting, internet, print and music publishing, movie and television production, advertising and public relations agencies) on copyright (content, collecting societies), personal rights and law of unfair commercial practices. The main focus of his activity comprises the negotiation of licence agreements, advertising law and litigation (including interim measures) as well as the realisation of and support on transactions.

    Dr Holger Weimann joined ADVANT Beiten in 2001 and has been working in the media law field since he was admitted to the bar in 2000. He studied law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, where he was also awarded a doctor’s degree.

    Awards

    Recommended Lawyer
    JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms 2024/2025

    “extremely competent and responds promptly“, client
    “conducts litigation diligently and highly commited, strong dedication, pleasant to deal with“, competitor

    Empfohlener Anwalt
    Best Lawyers in Kooperation mit Handelsblatt 2025
    Recommended Lawyer
    The Legal 500 Germany & EMEA 2024

    "Holger Weimann is very easy to reach and offers very good recommendations on how to proceed. Excellent project planning, very polite, clear and quick in communication.";
    "Dr. Holger Weimann has been advising our company for many years. This created a close relationship of trust. Due to his professional career, he has excellent knowledge of media and press law. He often finds unconventional and practical solutions to our questions. He always represented us well and successfully in court proceedings. We can definitely recommend Dr. Weimann!";
    "Holger Weimann offers a high level of client understanding and is a perfect negotiator. He has very good specialist knowledge of the specific federal and state media laws. Very strong, solution-oriented approach."

    Empfohlener Anwalt
    Best Lawyers in Kooperation mit Handelsblatt 2024
    Recommended Lawyer
    JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023/2024
    Empfohlener Anwalt
    Best Lawyers in Kooperation mit Handelsblatt 2023
    Recommended Lawyer
    The Legal 500 Germany & EMEA 2023

    "Very professional, has broad knowledge of media from his own experience and gets to the heart of solutions quickly, accurately and confidently. He is always up to date and very practical.";
    "Dr Oliver Srocke and Dr Holger Weimann are highly qualified and exemplary in their cooperation and handling."

    Recommended Lawyer
    Kanzleimonitor.de 2022/2023
    Recommended Lawyer
    JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2022/2023

    "excellent and pragmatic advice in German Unfair Competition Law", Client
    "diligent litigation with a high level of engagement, very committed, pleasant to deal with", Competitor
    "top advice", "professionally excellent and pragmatic", Client

    Recommended Lawyer
    The Legal 500 Germany & EMEA 2022

    "Very competent in all matters, especially media, consumer, contract and competition law. Weimann is a central contact and extremely fast and successful in enforcing claims.", 
    "Holger Weinmann an absolute specialist in software contracts.", "High availability, excellent competence, good negotiator and high ability to think in operationally feasible and timely solutions, very good client care, high reliability.", Clients

    Empfohlener Anwalt
    JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2021/2022

    "highly recommended as a litigator", Client

    Track Record

    ADVANT Beiten Advises Shareholders of Fischer Information Technology on Sale to Quanos
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    ADVANT Beiten Ranked in 15 Legal Areas by The Legal 500 Deutschland; Top Tier Law Firm in the Games Area
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    Best Lawyers: 82 Lawyers of BEITEN BURKHARDT Recommended as Best Lawyers for Germany
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    BEITEN BURKHARDT Ranked in 19 Practice Areas by The Legal 500 EMEA
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    3D Printing of Tablets: BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises MERCK on Innovation Project
    Munich, 9 March 2020 – The science and technology company Merck has signed a Cooperation Agreement with 3D printing specialist AMCM (Starnberg). The companies intend to jointly develop 3D-printed tablets a…
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    BEITEN BURKHARDT Assists DFB with Partnership with bwin
    Munich, 6 February 2019 – The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has extensively assisted the German Football Association Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB) with the partnership with the leading German spor…
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    Publications

    Publications:

    When Readers Criticise Photos (quotes)
    Der Neue Tag, 17 November 2018

    The Devil Is in the Details (quotes)
    Landauer Zeitung, 10 November 2018

    The Press Release
    UVK-Verlag, 2007

    "Judicial reporter – practice of reporting
    ZV-Verlag, 2005

    "Identity protection by means of counter-statement
    dissertation, publisher: VVF-Verlag, 2001

    Lectures:

    Permanent lecturer for media law at the Bildungswerk der Zeitungsverleger (ABZV) (Education Center for Newspaper Publishers), the Südwestdeutscher Zeitungsverlegerverband (Association of Newspaper Publishers in Southwest Germany) and the Akademie der Bayerischen Presse (Bavarian Press Academy).

    Memberships

    • Member of the legal committee: Verband der deutschen Zeitschriftenverleger (VDZ) (Association of German Magazine Publishers).