Prof Dr Stefan Engels
PartnerExcellent lawyer and very good strategist and tactician who is excellently networked and has very deep knowledge of the media industry and the media business.
— Legal 500 EMEA 2022EXPERIENCE
Languages
- German
- English
Education
- University of Hamburg, First State Examination, 1992
- Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, Second State Examination, 1997
- University of Hamburg, Ph.D., 1997
Specialist Lawyer for copyright and media law, 2010
Appointed professor by the University of Hamburg (§ 17 HmbHG), 2016
Awards & Recognitions
Publications
Seminars
Prior Experience
During his law study in Hamburg, Stefan worked for five years in the SAT.1-news department. Afterwards he worked as a research assistant at the Hans-Bredow-Institut für Rundfunk und Fernsehen.
Since 1997 he operates as a lawyer and since 2003 he has been Partner in two international corporate law firms, in which he took the part of inter alia the Head of Personnel department Germany and being the Sector-Head of Media Group.
Lecturer
- Stefan Engels is visiting lecturer for Press Law, E-Commerce and Advertising Law at the University of Hamburg and he lectures at the Hamburg Media School.
Memberships And Affiliations
- Expert Committee within Hanseatic Bar Association for Advertising- and Competition Law
- Working group of Publishing House Counsels
- Study group for press law and freedom of the press
- German Association for industrial property protection and copyrights (GRUR)