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Franziska Ley, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Franziska Ley, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

Franziska Ley, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

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Franziska is a member of the Trademarks, Advertising and Design Practice Area. Her practice covers all aspects of trademark, competition and copyright law. In these areas, Franziska advises national and international clients in court and out-of-court disputes, in trade mark registrations as well as in opposition and appeal proceedings before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office and the European Patent Office.

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Since 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2024 Admission to the bar, Hamburg
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2022 Second State Examination, Hamburg
2020 - 2022 Legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg
2020 First State Examination, Baden-Württemberg
2014 - 2020 Legal Studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany and the University of Genève, Switzerland

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Since 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing

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2024 Admission to the bar, Hamburg
2023 Master of Laws (LL.M.) (Intellectual Property Law) at Stellenbosch University, South Africa
2022 Second State Examination, Hamburg
2020 - 2022 Legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg
2020 First State Examination, Baden-Württemberg
2014 - 2020 Legal Studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany and the University of Genève, Switzerland

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Taylor Wessing advises Staycity on acquisition of Felix Group's aparthotels

Taylor Wessing has advised Irish company Staycity Group on the acquisition of a 74.9% majority stake in Felix Group from denkmalneu GmbH (DMN).

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