Career

Christian Hess is Partner at ADVANT Beiten's Munich office and member of the IP/IT/Media practice group. He is a certified specialist for IP law and primarily advises in the fields of patent, design and unfair competition law as well as know-how protection. His special focus is on advising and representing national and international clients in national and cross-border litigation including nullity proceedings in patent and utility model law as well as advising and drafting of technology transfer agreements, in particular license agreements, R&D agreements and in transactions.

Christian Hess studied law at the University of Passau. He obtained a master of laws (LL.M.) degree at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) with a special focus on Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law. He was admitted to the German bar in 2010. Prior to joining ADVANT Beiten as a partner in 2017, Christian Hess worked for a leading boutique IP law firm with a focus on the enforcement of patents and utility models.

Christian Hess is listed in Best Lawyers in the category of litigation.
(Best Lawyers 2023)

Christian Hess is listed as Notable Practitioner.
(IP Stars 2022)

Christian Hess is listed as Rising Star 2021.
(IP Stars 2021)