Dr Mats Andresen advises and represents national and international clients in the field of intellectual property and unfair competition law. He focuses on trademark and unfair competition litigation as well as extrajudicial representation. He also has particular expertise in press and copyright law.

His work includes litigation at all levels of courts, including infringement litigation before the civil courts and invalidity cases before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office, the German Federal Patent Court, and the European Courts. Mats’ clients include companies in the industry sectors sports, entertainment, media, fashion, consumer goods and tech, media and comms.

Mats studied law at the University of Hamburg with a special focus on media, data and intellectual property law. He subsequently obtained his doctorate from Bucerius Law School on a constitutional and life science law topic, while working as a research assistant at Osborne Clarke.

During his legal clerkship in Hamburg, Berlin and Auckland (New Zealand), he worked for the legal department of a national broadcasting company, two international law firms in the fields of life science, intellectual property, press and media law and the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government of Germany.

He was admitted to the German Bar in 2025 and joined Osborne Clarke the same year.

Helping you succeed in tomorrow's world

Through my work, I aim to promote legal clarity for clients as well as for legal scholars and practice by means of solution-oriented advice. One focus here is on competition and advertising law with sustainability implications. Good legal advice can prevent strict regulation from making sustainability unattractive as an advertising tool, even though genuine efforts are being made by the advertisers.

As a first-generation academic, I would also like to work with OC to improve social mobility.