Dr. Svenja Maria Schenk

Svenja Maria Schenk advises and represents clients in the field of Intellectual Property & Technology.

She is part of the global IP group and an active member of the life science practice group of the firm.

Svenja's work primarily focuses on patent litigation, representing clients in front of both national courts and the Unified Patent Court (UPC). She has experience in coordinating and executing complex cross-border patent litigation and handling related issues arising in such cases, such as trade secret, antitrust (in particular licensing standard essential patents under FRAND-conditions) and contractual issues.

Her experience covers a broad array of technologies, particularly the biotechnology and telecommunications sector.

• Second State Law Examination (bar exam), Regional Court Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Legal Clerkship (Referendariat), Regional Court Frankfurt am Main, Germany (elective stage in Melbourne, Australia)
• Doctor's degree, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Intellectual Property
• Master of Arts Modern East Asian Studies, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Bachelor of Science Economics and Business Administration, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• First State Law Examination, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Semester abroad at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan

• Frankfurt am Main, Germany

• English
• German

• Deutsch-Japanische Juristenvereinigung (DJJV)
• International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
• Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR)