We are: COHAUSZ & FLORACK

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!

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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.

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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

28 partners, 28 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 29 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!

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Our judgments

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Our awards

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Best Law Firms Germany 2027

Germany's best law firms – Award in the categories of IP Law and Litigation (Metropolitan Tier 1 - Nordrhein-Westfalen).

The following individuals are recognized in the Intellectual Property Law category:
Gottfried Schüll, Ulrike Alice Ulrich, Dr. Arwed Burrichter, Mathias Karlhuber, Philipe Walter, Arnd Ziebell, Dr. Christoph Walke, Rebekka Schiffer, Dr. Jochen Kapfenberger, Dr. Fabian Vogelbruch, Dr. Henning Sternemann, Hendrik Bücker, Jan Ackermann, Matthias Waters, Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer, Michel Kaminsky, Dr. Reinhard Fischer

Additionally, the following individuals are recognized in the Litigation category:
Gottfried Schüll, Philipe Walter, Arnd Ziebell

Cohausz & Florack was also recognized at the “Top-Listed Awards 2027” in the “Metro Awards” category for Düsseldorf in the field of intellectual property law, honoring the 17 patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law mentioned above.

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Lexology Index Germany 2027

Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) recommends:
IP Trademarks - Highly Recommended: Rebekka Schiffer
IP Patent Agents & Attorneys - Thought Leaders: Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer
IP Patent Agents & Attorneys - Highly Recommended: Dr. Arwed Burrichter, Dr. Christoph Walke
IP Patent Agents & Attorneys - Recommended: Michel Kaminsky, Dr. Jochen Kapfenberger

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Wirtschaftswoche TOP-Kanzlei 2026

COHAUSZ & FLORACK has once again been recognized by WirtschaftsWoche as a top law firm in the field of patent law.

Dr. Christoph Walke and Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer have also been named among the most renowned patent attorneys and recognized as particularly recommended practitioners.

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