born March 1, 1958 in Hamm (NRW)
Lawyer admitted to the bar since 1989
Admitted at the Court of Appeals, Düsseldorf
Telephone: +49 211 497674 0
Facsimile: +49 211 49767410
s.heitmann@hvk-law.com 

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Areas of expertise

• Corporate Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Competition Law

Specific expertise

• Corporate Restructuring
• Merger and Acquisitions
• Corporate Recovery and Insolvency Law
• Venture Capital
• IT-, Software-, Internet-, Media-Law
• Trademark-, Unfair Competition Law
• Music-, Film-, TV- Copyrightlaw, Merchandising
• Intensive experience with US and Indian based Industry and Authorities

Economic sectors and main client

• Industry (production), US-based corporations
• Software industry,
• Advertising agencies, Music-, Film- and TV Production
• Telecommunications
• Technology
• Retail

Education

• Universities of Freiburg, Munich and Bochum

Career

• Assistant of the Board of Directors of Contis SA Electronic Device Manufacturers, Delémont Switzerland
• Junior lawyer at Wessing von der Goltz & Partner, Lawyers Düsseldorf
• Intern at Thayer Aspelin & Bridgeman, San Francisco, USA
• Senior Assistant at Arthur Andersen , Auditors and Tax Advisors General Practice Division , Düsseldorf
• Associate at Woedtke Reszel & Partner, Lawyers Düsseldorf
• Partner at Andersen Freihalter Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, now Andersen Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Düsseldorf an Andersen Legal Network Member (Head of IP/IT Department and of Venture Practice Law Group Düsseldorf)
• Partner at Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz , Düsseldorf office (Competition Law and IP Department)
• Founding Partner and Managing Director of Heitmann · von Meding Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Düsseldorf

Lectorials and Publishings

• Lecturer of " Rights and Duties of Managing Directors of a German Limited Liability Corporation " (WSF Workshop until 1999)
• Lecturer of "Stock option Schemes from a Corporate Law View" (IIR Workshop March and April 1999)
• Lecturer of "The Year 2k Bug from legal perspective" (1999)
• Lecturerof "Internet Law " (DAI Workshop May 1998)
• Lecturer of "The Limited Liability Partnership on shares (Die GmbH & Co KgaA)" AA Seminar 1997
• Co-author of the book "Der Internet Rechtsberater" also published in English "The German Internet Law Adviser" Bundesanzeiger Verlag 1999·
• Co-author of "Die steuerlich relevante Entgeltfähigkeit von Markenlizenzgebühren im multinationalen Konzern aus markenrechtlicher Sicht" GRUR 1999 S. 542 ff
• Remarks on a Judgement of the Court of Appeals of Düsseldorf in Computer u. Recht January 1998

Board-Memberships, other Memberships

• Member of Advisory Boards and Board of Directors of various national and international Companies
• German-Indian Chamber of Commerce
• German Tax Lawyers Association
• German Society of IT Law
• German and International Association of IP Lawyers
• International Bar Association
• American German Chamber of Commerce