
Dr med Kokularajah Paheenthararajah
He/himCounselEXPERIENCE
- German
- English
- University of Cologne, Ph. D. (Medicine), 2014
- Higher Regional Court of Cologne, Second State Examination (Law), 2014
- University Hospital Cologne / University of Cologne, Second State Examination (Medicine), 2012
University of Cologne, First State Examination (Medicine), 2008
University of Cologne, First State Examination (Law), 2006
Awards
- Legal 500 Germany 2022: Recommended for intellectual property: patent litigation; “Extremely hardworking, his dual qualifications allow him a depth of knowledge and understanding rarely seen anywhere else.”
- Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers 2023: Recommended for intellectual property law
- Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) – IP Stars 2020/2021: Recommended for IP/patent litigation
- Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) – Rising Stars 2019/2020: “Rising Star” IP/patent litigation
Publications
Prior Experience
Prior to joining the Cologne office of DLA Piper in October 2017, Kokularajah worked as a lawyer at a leading international patent litigation and life sciences practice of a Magic Circle law firm in Munich (2014-2017). Before that, he worked as a legal assistant at the litigation and life sciences practice of another Magic Circle law firm (2006-2014).
Life Sciences Know-how
Kokularajah received additional medical training for physicians, inter alia, at the University Hospital Cologne, King’s College London/Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care and St. John’s Medical College Bangalore. For his medical doctoral thesis Kokularajah received the 2016 Doctoral Dissertation Award of the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne.
Kokularajah is admitted as a physician (Arzt) with the District Government of Cologne (Bezirksregierung) and is a member of the Medical Association of North Rhine (Ärztekammer Nordrhein).