
Bardehle Pagenberg
Lawyers

Kerstin Galler
- Phone+49 89 928 05-0
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.bardehle.com
Work Department
Intellectual Property / Patents
Position
Attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwältin), UPC Representative, Counsel
»Finding the individual solution for each of my clients is the main motivation behind my work. More than 15 years of experience in IP help me develop these solutions.«
Kerstin Galler advises as an attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwältin) with a focus on patent litigation.
Prior to and during her studies of law, she worked for several years as a biochemist in two interdisciplinary research groups in the fields of cancer and sepsis research as well as applied spectroscopy where she also gained hands-on experience with machine learning methods.
At BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, she applies her knowledge as a natural scientist in the context of patent law to the benefit of the firm’s clients.
Career
2025 - today
Counsel of the firm
2019 - today
Attorney-at-Law at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG in Munich, Germany
2012 - 2016
Scientist in the DFG-funded Research Group FOR1738 “Heme and Heme Degradation Products” at the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology and the Center for Sepsis Control and Care at the Jena University Hospital in Jena, Germany
Languages
German, English
Education
2023
Registration as a Representative before the UPC
2019
Licensed to practice as an attorney-at-law
2019
Second State Law Examination (bar admission exam) 2017 - 2019
Legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Thuringia, with training periods in law firms in Munich and Hamburg in the fields of patent law and competition law
2016
First State Law Examination (degree-level qualification)
2016
Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences of the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany
2011 - 2016
Legal studies at the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany
2010
Degree in Biochemistry (Dipl. Biochem.) at the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany
2009 - 2011
Diploma Thesis in the EU-funded project “Antibody Derivatives as Molecular Agents for Neoplastic Targeting” and, later on, graduate-assistant at the Institute of Pathology of the Jena University Hospital in Jena, Germany
2004 - 2010
Studies of Biochemistry at the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany
2003 - 2004
Studies of Mathematics at the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany