 Peter Chrocziel has more than 30 years’ experience in all aspects of IP and IT law. He counsels large international companies as well as SME’s and start-ups especially in the technology, automotive and pharma industries.
Peter Chrocziel acts for several clients in their worldwide IP transactional activities. This includes corporate transactions with a focus on intellectual property and information technology, as well as R&D agreements and counselling in complex corporate transactions.
Peter Chrocziel is also focused on antitrust counselling, whether in connection with antitrust authorities, licensing or court proceedings. He has also focussed his activities in the past years on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing issues and represented clients, especially licensing negotiation groups, to develop their activities.
Peter Chrocziel is an expert in arbitration proceedings in licensing and intellectual property and has published in that area. He acts for clients as counsel, but also as arbitrator on tribunals. His clients value his experience and knowledge of US law.
Peter Chrocziel is regularly listed as a recommended leading expert for litigation and licensing. He has authored books on IP arbitration and IP and competition law. Peter Chrocziel was President of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Germany for five years and President of LES International from 2005 to 2006.
Peter Chrocziel is a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Bavaria. He was admitted to the German Bar in 1983 and to the New York courts and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, as well as the US Court of International Trade and is a Certified Licensing Professional.
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