Academic focus

Academic work and private practice are two sides of the same coin for us: each one requires the other.

If we put a high value on the academic activity of our lawyers, this represents one of the core interests of our firm: in the fields in which we work, we want to be at the forefront in acquiring new knowledge that could be relevant in future, in order to offer our clients the best, most forward-looking advice that we can.

Engaging with universities therefore has a special significance for us. The inspiration that our lawyers receive there is just as valuable for them as for the students. It is not uncommon for us to develop concepts in the academic sphere which later prove their worth in practice and in some cases even become the market standard.

We are convinced that academic work is essential to an innovative and excellent consultancy practice. We are therefore keen to promote the academic activity of our lawyers by giving them the flexibility they need for teaching, but also for writing or editing reference books and articles. We see the approximately 60 honorary professorships and lectureships and the several hundred publications by our lawyers as investments in the future of our firm.

Lectureships

• Academy of the Chamber of Architects (Akademie der Architektenkammer)
• Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences Nordrhein-Westfalen (Alanus Hochschule für Kunst und Gesellschaft Nordrhein-Westfalen)
• Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
• BBW Hochschule Berlin
• Bergische Universität Wuppertal
• Fachhochschule Aachen
• Fachhochschule Bielefeld
• Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung NRW
• Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
• Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf)
• Biberach University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Biberach)
• Technical University of Darmstadt
• Hochschule Düsseldorf
• Hochschule Fresenius
• Berlin School of Economics and Law (Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin)
• Koblenz University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Koblenz)
• Hochschule Niederrhein
• RheinMain University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule RheinMain)
• Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Ruhr West)
• ISM International School of Management
• IST-Hochschule für Management Düsseldorf
• Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• RWTH Aachen University (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen)
• University of Bochum (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
• Steinbeis University Berlin (Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin)
• Deggendorf Institute of Technology (Technische Hochschule Deggendorf)
• Technical University of Berlin
• Technical University of Darmstadt
• Technical University of Dortmund
• Technical University of Munich
• Saarland University
• Leipzig University
• University of Siegen
• University of Cologne
• Westphalian University of Applied Sciences (Westfälische Hochschule Recklinghausen)
• University of Munster (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)