Dr. Gesa Simon
Partner
Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property Law
Gesa Simon is founding partner of our firm. She has been advising her clients for more than 25 years in all fields of intellectual property, unfair competition law and trademark law. Before joining Schmitt Teworte-Vey Simon & Schumacher, she worked in various law firms having a focus in intellectual property law and in an international law firm in Cologne. Gesa Simon is a certified specialist in Intellectual Property Law.US publishing house Best Lawyers®, in cooperation with German business newspaper Handelsblatt, recognized her in its ‘Best Lawyers’ ranking among the leading individuals in Germany specialising in intellectual property law.
Since 2019 | Partner at Schmitt Teworte-Vey Simon & Schumacher |
2018–2019 | Greyhills Rechtsanwälte, Cologne |
2006–2017 | Andörfer Rechtsanwälte, Cologne |
1997–2006 | Kropp-Olbertz Schulte-Franzheim Seibert, Cologne |
1992–1996 | Oppenhoff & Rädler, Cologne |
1993 | Doctoral Thesis, Dr. jur |
1991 | Second State Exam (Higher Regional Court Berlin) |
1987 | First State Exam (Fribourg) |
1982–1987 | Law Studies, University of Fribourg and Geneva (CH) |
Doctoral Thesis on violation of privacy by degrading caricatures in Germany and France, Fribourg, 1993
Memberships
German Association for Intellectual Property and Copyright Law (GRUR)
European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA)
Association of Practitioners of Trade Mark Law and Design Law (APRAM)
German Bar Association (DAV)
Cologne Bar Association (KAV)
Languages
German, Englisch, French