We are COHAUSZ & FLORACK. Nice to meet you!

A wide array of personalities work at COHAUSZ & FLORACK. What do we all have in common? A passion for technology and a desire for good ideas. Get to know us!

Our expertise

Position your company in a technologically and economically smart way – and secure your competitive edge! We’ll support you. We’d be delighted to advise you on all IP strategy issues. We’ll make sure that your intellectual property is used in a way that adds real business value to your company.

 

Our team members are all engineers and scientists with vast expertise in a broad range of technical fields, and some have been working as researchers for many years. What they all have in common: attention to detail.

Our
attorneys & teams

A wide range of technical and scientific disciplines come together at COHAUSZ & FLORACK, which is an ideal prerequisite for successful, cross-disciplinary collaboration. All patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law are specialists in their respective fields and have comprehensive know-how in all manner of legal issues, particularly in the area of intellectual property rights. Incidentally, it is part of the firm’s tradition that we train our own young talent. Many of our attorneys have already been in our team for decades.

Partner of the law firm

26 partners, 26 experienced personalities: All partners at COHAUSZ & FLORACK will do what it takes to protect intellectual property rights and will support you in establishing your brand and innovation strategy.

Patent attorneys

Our currently 31 patent attorneys feel more than confident in all relevant specialist areas: from mechanical engineering or electrical and process engineering to physics, chemistry, pharmaceutics, and biochemistry. And in our firm, interdisciplinary cooperation is a matter of course.

Attorneys-at-law

COHAUSZ & FLORACK currently has five attorneys who deal exclusively with all issues relating to industrial property rights and will be at your side to advise and assist you. You can rely on a strong team with strong expertise!

Our ideas

What’s happening in the world of innovation? What developments is the COHAUSZ & FLORACK team involved with? And which rulings will influence the legal practice of tomorrow? We’ll keep you informed!

Our podcasts

Our judgments

Our awards

The Legal 500 EMEA 2025

Cohausz & Florack is at least one of the top 5 patent law firms in Germany. The colleagues are distinguished not only by their extensive experience in ​​prosecution but also in ​​patent litigation. In both areas they impress with an outstanding level at all seniority levels. Young colleagues receive excellent technical and strategic training and are therefore an essential part of the team.”


'Personally, the collaboration is also excellent.'

'In short, it is always better to have C&F on your side.'

‘Christoph Walke: A strategic mastermind.’  'Christoph Walke has excellent technical know-how and a convincing demeanor in court.'  'Christoph Walke is an excellent patent attorney, both technically, legally and strategically. Highly committed and always convincing in his arguments.'  'Christoph Walke is outstanding in quality, speed, client orientation and manners.'

'Matthias Waters is a creative analyst who elevates his craft to an art form.'

‘Top patent law firm.’

'In-depth knowledge of technologies, our industry and the market.'

'Top quality of all work results.'

'Reliability, speed, thoroughness, client orientation.''

'Natalie Kirchhofer: Very high success rate, very accurate, very fast, friendly, highly accessible and committed.'

'It is the combination of speed, accuracy, punctuality, success rate, friendliness, making suggestions on how to proceed and thinking together with the client and pointing out advantages and disadvantages of different options.'

'Broad professional base, very good network nationally and internationally.'

Patent Litigation - Individual Ranking: 
Leading Partners: Dr. Arwed Burrichter

Patent Litigation - Patent Attorneys: Tier 1
Special mentioned:  Gottfried Schüll, Dr. Christoph Walke, Dr. Jochen Kapfenberger, Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer, Matthias Waters

Patent Prosecution: Tier 1
Special mentiones: Dr. Arwed Burrichter, Philipe Walter, Arnd Ziebell,Dr. Christoph Walke, Dr. Jochen Kapfenberger, Henning Sternemann,Jan Ackermann,Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer, Andreas Thielmann

brand eins 2025 - Die besten Wirtschaftskanzleien Deutschlands

COHAUSZ & FLORACK was again awarded in the field of patent law and trademarks.

WTR 1000 2025

COHAUSZ & FLORACK is relied on by a litany of globally famous brands to protect, enforce and defend their trademark rights. The team combine deep subject matter expertise with a proactive approach to deliver practical solutions and crisp results. 

Special mentioned: Ulrike Alice UlrichRebekka Schiffer

Chambers Global 2025

Patent Contentious: Band 1
Special mentioned: Dr. Christoph Walke, Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer

Patent Prosecution: Band 2
Special mentioned: Dr. Arwed Burrichter, Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer (Band 3)

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