The leading European IP boutique HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER has promoted Carina Höfer (Düsseldorf) and Andrew Lin (Amsterdam) to partners and appointed Sven Krause (Düsseldorf) and Valentin Wagner (Düsseldorf) as counsels with the firm.
Managing partner Benoît Strowel on the latest promotions: “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Carina and Andrew to the partnership. The promotion of Sven and Valentin to Counsel position is another sign of our strength. All of them are rising stars in IP and it is a real pleasure to see them growing into leadership roles. HRM has had another very successful year and we look forward with confidence to further growth and continued success throughout 2025. We are very grateful to our clients for continuing to entrust us with innovative and exciting work.”
- Carina Höfer, Partner, Düsseldorf. ‘I am proud to have been promoted to partner at HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER. Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of representing and advising exceptional clients in many high-profile and complex patent disputes in a wide range of technical fields, working alongside many talented and inspiring people. Our great firm has always cultivated an atmosphere in which the brightest minds can develop to their full potential, and I am very grateful for the support I have received over the years. I am now looking forward to continuing to serve our clients in my new role, and I am very enthusiastic about strengthening and expanding HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER's position as a leading European IP boutique and embracing the challenges and changes that lie ahead, particularly with the Unified Patent Court’.
- Dr. Andrew Lin, Partner, Amsterdam. Andrew is thrilled to step into his new role as Partner in Amsterdam. ‘I am excited to continue combining my passion for physics and intellectual property, where technology and law naturally come together’, he says. ‘I look forward to helping clients navigate complex national and UPC litigations and build strong portfolios in diverse hightech fields. This new chapter motivates me to push boundaries, forge meaningful collaborations and continue to deliver innovative legal solutions on the global stage’.
- Sven Krause, Counsel, Düsseldorf. Sven is looking forward to the new chapter: ‘I am proud to advance our top tier patent litigation team as a Counsel’, he says. ‘This new role motivates me to create exciting partnerships with our clients in the engineering, semiconductor and communication sectors and expand our practice in global patent disputes and SEP litigation with a focus on the UPC’.
- Valentin Wagner, Counsel, Düsseldorf. ‘I am absolutely delighted and proud to become Counsel at HRM. This milestone marks a significant step in my professional career, and I am truly grateful for the opportunity to continue growing in the field of intellectual property law, particularly in patent law. The path to becoming Counsel has been an incredibly rewarding experience, and I am deeply grateful for the support and guidance I’ve received from my colleagues and mentors along the way. I look forward to taking on new challenges, particularly in UPC litigation, contributing to the firm’s success and continuing to work alongside a fantastic team with assisting our clients navigate the complexities of patent law’.
About HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER
HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER is a boutique IP firm created in 2015 when leading IP firms HOYNG MONEGIER and REIMANN OSTERRIETH KÖHLER HAFT (ROKH) chose to join forces. In 2019, it merged with the French patent litigation boutique firm, Véron & Associés. Today, the firm’s dedicated European team includes more than 100 passionate IP professionals working from our Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Lyon, Madrid, Mannheim (branch office), Munich and Paris offices.
