Professional Qualifications

  • Rechtsanwalt admitted with Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg

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.

Recognitions

  • JUVE Handbook 2021/2022: Leading name for press law and right of speech, frequently recommended for trademark and design law as well as competition law, media: contracts and copyrights, regulatory, transactions and financing; “long-standing, trusted cooperation”, “very satisfied”, “excellent lawyer, very good strategist and tactician”, clients
  • Legal 500 Germany 2022: Leading individual for press and publishing law and recommended for media: entertainment as well as intellectual property: trademarks and unfair competition; “Stefan Engels and his IP team are active in an advisory and forensic capacity for almost all media law cases. They have an outstandingly broad coverage and thus also good interlocking in the area of intellectual property and media law, so that advice and support "from a single source" is guaranteed.”; “Stefan Engels is particularly appreciated as an excellent lawyer and very good strategist and tactician, who is excellently networked and has very deep knowledge of the media industry and the media business. His commitment and ability to think "outside the box" of the specific mandate and to work comprehensively for the client should be emphasized.”
  • Chambers Europe Germany 2022: Recommended for TMT: media; “He is a very good strategist and tactician”, says a client who also appreciates “his commitment and ability to look 'outside the box' of the specific mandate and to work extensively for the client.”
  • Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers 2022: Recommended for intellectual property law, media law and information technology law
  • WirtschaftsWoche 2019: Highly recommended as one of the “most renowned copyright teams”
  • Kanzleimonitor 2020/2021: Top 20 of the most recommended lawyers in Germany; recommended for media and press law as well as for intellectual property

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

Memberships

  • 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)

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.