Dr. Christoph Dankers
Associate*

Contact

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+49 89 99 74 29 171
Widenmayerstraße 31
80538 München

Profile

Christoph Dankers advises on competition law and intellectual property. He represents international and German clients in enforcing competition rules as well as protecting trademarks, designs and indications of origin. He also counsels on distribution systems, advertising campaigns and digital platform regulation.

Christoph studied law in Berlin and Oslo. He holds a doctorate in European competition law. Christoph also worked for an international law firm specializing in digital antitrust law. He completed his legal clerkship in Berlin and Munich, including positions with a major technology company, a public broadcaster and Lubberger Lehment.

Biography

Since 2025
Associate at Lubberger Lehment
2023-2025
Legal clerkship at the Berlin Court of Appeal (Kammergericht)
2020–2023
Doctorate (Dr. iur.) at Europa-Universität Viadrina
2020-2022
Research associate at Hausfeld
2014-2020
Law studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the University of Oslo

Forums

  • German Association for Intellectual Property and Copyright Law (GRUR)

Publications

  • Stricter Rules for Environmental Advertising in the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG) Implementing Directive (EU) 2024/825, Agrar- und Umweltrecht 2026, 336
  • Brand Name for Wine Modelled on a Protected Designation of Origin; Case Note on OVG Koblenz, Judgement of 2 July 2025 – 8 A 10706/24.OVG, GRUR-Prax 2026, 556
  • Anticompetitive Manipulation on Digital Platforms (doctoral thesis), Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2024