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Kerstin Galler

Kerstin Galler

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

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