Oliver is a pre-eminent lawyer who has earned a reputation as "first-rate litigator".

Oliver is a partner in our Intellectual Property (IP) Group, based in the Düsseldorf office. He is also co-head of the International Electronics Sector Group.

Oliver’s specific area of expertise is the orchestration and implementation of international patent infringement litigation. He handles patent cases in all German Courts and the European Patent Office. Oliver has run several of the largest patent cases involving patents and standards in recent years. He is currently involved in the IPCom v Nokia litigation as well as in numerous other cases.

A graduate of the University in Hamburg, Germany and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (LL.M. ‘99), Oliver joined us in 2002 to help establish the firm’s German practice.