LHR Rechtsanwälte

What LHR Rechtsanwälte does

LHR Rechtsanwälte (legal name: LHR Rechtsanwälte – Lampmann Haberkamm Rosenbaum & Partner mbB) is a Cologne-based boutique law firm founded in 2004 as a partner-owned Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB with four named equity partners (Arno Lampmann, Dr. Niklas Haberkamm, Birgit Rosenbaum II, Thomas Herro) and approximately 20 total employees. The firm concentrates exclusively on intellectual property, media and personality rights, competition/antitrust, trademark, copyright/design, sports/e-sports, data protection, and patent law, with additional offerings in contract law, reputation management, defense against cease-and-desist letters, and accessibility-law (BFSG) compliance.

Service delivery is project-based professional services billing with no publicly disclosed rates; minimum professional liability coverage of €250,000 is maintained per German regulatory requirement. The go-to-market is direct and content-driven: the LHR-Magazin (3,830+ articles) and free self-service tools (LHR-Bewertungscheck, LHR-Markencheck, BFSG-Check) generate inbound leads, complemented by award-driven earned media (FOCUS/brand eins TOP-Wirtschaftskanzlei 2017-2025, Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt). The firm serves a horizontally diversified client base — large corporations, SMEs, start-ups, athletes and sports organizations, coaches and influencers, and private individuals — primarily in Germany with extension into Europe and cross-border trademark work for US clients. Case studies highlight high-profile wins including blocking FIFA's 'Fan Fest' trademark claim (2014), injunctions against ZDF for unauthorized hidden-camera footage, and an OLG Frankfurt ruling obligating Meta to unblock an Instagram channel. Revenue, customer-level data, and external funding are not disclosed.

Name

LHR Rechtsanwälte

Legal name

LHR Rechtsanwälte – Lampmann Haberkamm Rosenbaum & Partner mbB

Website

https://lhr-law.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LHR Rechtsanwälte is a Cologne-based boutique law firm founded in 2004, specializing in intellectual property, media/personality rights, competition, trademark, and sports law for enterprises, SMEs, start-ups, athletes, and individuals across Germany and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intellectual Property and Media Law Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411), All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Legal & Regulatory Publishing (Case Law, Statutes, Treatises) (MPAJACAA), Corporate Governance & Company Law Publishing (Securities, Board Governance) (MPAJACAJ)

Keywords

• Trademark law services
• Media law advisory
• Competition law
• Reputation management
• Intellectual property law

Headquarters

HQ city

Cologne (Köln)

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Revenue generated from professional legal services including trademark law, media law, competition law, copyright law, sports law, data protection, and reputation management. Services include consultation, litigation, preliminary injunctions, cease-and-desist letters, and contract drafting.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LHR Rechtsanwälte is a Cologne-based boutique law firm providing specialized legal advisory and litigation in intellectual property, media and personality rights, competition and antitrust law, copyright and design law, sports and e-sports law, data protection, patent law, contract law, and reputation management. The firm serves SMEs, large corporations, startups, influencers/coaches, athletes, and private individuals through direct partner-led representation, supported by free online self-assessment tools (LHR-Bewertungscheck, LHR-Markencheck, BFSG-Check) and an extensive editorial content library (LHR-Magazin).

Product overview

LHR Rechtsanwälte is a specialized boutique law firm in Cologne, Germany, operating as a partnership of attorneys (Lampmann, Haberkamm & Rosenbaum & Partner mbB). The firm offers a comprehensive portfolio of legal services centered on intellectual property, media, and competition law. Their core services include trademark law, media and personality rights protection, competition and antitrust law, copyright and design law, sports and e-sports law, data protection law, patent law, contract law, and reputation management. The firm also provides supplementary tools including the LHR-Bewertungscheck (review analysis tool), LHR-Markencheck (trademark availability checker), and BFSG-Check (accessibility compliance checker). Their knowledge products include the LHR-Magazin with over 3,830 articles, the Praxishandbuch Anspruchsdurchsetzung im Wettbewerbsrecht handbook, and the LHR-Ratgeber downloadable guides. The LHR-Trademark Service operates as a dedicated sub-brand for comprehensive trademark management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Markenrecht (Trademark Law Services) Comprehensive trademark protection services including brand strategy development, national and international trademark registration, trademark searches and monitoring, and enforcement of trademark rights against infringements. Targeted at brands, SMEs, large corporations, startups, and internationally operating companies.
• Medienrecht & Persönlichkeitsrecht (Media Law and Personality Rights) Legal protection for brands, companies, and personalities in media, handling defamation, privacy violations, and removal of unlawful content from online and offline publications, including claims for damages against publishers.
• Wettbewerbsrecht & Kartellrecht (Competition Law and Antitrust) Protection against unfair competition, monitoring and enforcement of competition law violations, pursuit of anti-competitive practices, and handling of market-abuse cases, including representation against cease-and-desist letters and preliminary injunctions.
• Urheberrecht & Designrecht (Copyright and Design Law) Protection of intellectual property for creators and rights holders of designs, photos, texts, music, and films, including enforcement of copyrights and design rights against infringers.
• Sportrecht & E-Sportrecht (Sports Law and E-Sports Law) Legal representation for companies and individuals in sports and e-sports, including sports federation disputes, athlete and influencer contracts, sponsorship agreements, media rights, anti-doping disputes, and representation before sports tribunals.
• Reputationsmanagement (Reputation Management) Protection and restoration of reputation for brands, companies, and individuals, including removal of negative reviews, defamatory content, negative media reports, and entries in Creditreform or SCHUFA where unlawfully stored.
• Datenschutzrecht (Data Protection Law) Legal compliance and enforcement services for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), e-Privacy Regulation, and the Cookie Directive, including advisory, gap analysis, and dispute representation for companies and individuals.
• Vertragsrecht (Contract Law) Contract drafting, negotiation and enforcement services to protect client positions in contractual relationships and disputes across commercial, IP, media, and sports-related agreements.
• Schutz vor Abmahnungen (Defense Against Cease-and-Desist Letters and Injunctions) Defense services for companies and individuals receiving cease-and-desist letters (Abmahnungen) under German unfair competition, trademark, and copyright law, as well as defense against preliminary injunctions, leveraging LHR's enforcement-side experience.
• Patentrecht (Patent Law) Patent protection services including registration, exploitation, search and enforcement of patent rights, supporting inventors and companies in securing and defending patent portfolios.
• Arbeitsrecht & Know-How-Schutz (Labor Law and Trade Secret Protection) Advisory and representation for employers and employees on termination, short-time work (Kurzarbeit), know-how protection, and protection of business and trade secrets under German law.
• Lebensmittelrecht & Arzneimittelrecht (Food and Pharmaceutical Law) Regulatory and competition-law advice on health claims, ingredients, and efficacy claims for food and pharmaceutical products, ensuring that what is marketed matches regulatory and labeling requirements.
• Gesellschaftsrecht (Corporate and Start-up Law) Corporate-law support for start-ups and emerging companies at formation, covering legal setup and rechtssicher (legally compliant) launch into the business world.
• Verhandlungsstrategie & Prozesstaktik (Negotiation Strategy and Litigation Tactics) Strategic advisory to help parties avoid court proceedings and, where unavoidable, conduct litigation in a targeted, hard but fair manner; covers both negotiation and trial tactics.
• LHR-Trademark Service / LHR Markenservice Dedicated trademark sub-brand offering brand conception, registration, monitoring, and maintenance of valuable trademarks as an integrated service for clients with ongoing brand-management needs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully blocked FIFA's 'Fan Fest' trademark rights in 2014, allowing public screenings under that name
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bird & Bird: Large international firm with one of Europe's strongest IP, media, and technology practices; competes with LHR for higher-value German and pan-EU trademark and media mandates while offering broader cross-border coverage.
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Global elite firm with a major German competition/antitrust practice; a competitor for complex, high-stakes competition and media matters that LHR also pursues.
• Hengeler Mueller: Top-tier German full-service firm with leading competition/antitrust and IP practices; competes with LHR for larger corporate mandates requiring sophisticated competition-law representation.
• Osborne Clarke: International firm with a substantial German IP, technology, and media practice; competes for corporate digital, e-commerce, and trademark work that overlaps with LHR's SME and platform-account mandate base.
• Taylor Wessing: International full-service firm with deep German IP/media practice; targets many of the same SME and corporate clients LHR serves, especially on trademark portfolio and technology-related media mandates.

Direct peers

• Schlun & Elseven Rechtsanwälte: German boutique specializing in trademark, media, IT, and competition law for SMEs and online businesses; directly comparable in niche focus and client type to LHR.
• Wilde Beuger Solmecke Rechtsanwälte: Cologne-based boutique law firm with an overlapping focus on media law, internet law, trademark, and competition matters for SMEs and content creators; directly comparable in size, geography, and practice mix to LHR.
• SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte: German full-service firm with a strong intellectual property, media, and competition practice, serving similar corporate and SME clients with comparable trademark, copyright, and unfair-competition work.
• CBH Rechtsanwälte (Cornelius Bartenbach Haesemann): Cologne-based IP/media boutique with strong trademark and unfair-competition practice; directly competes for German SME clients needing brand protection and IP enforcement.
• Rospatt Osten Pünter Rechtsanwälte: Specialized German IP boutique focused on patent and trademark litigation; competes for IP-intensive corporate mandates in the same Cologne/Rhineland ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lhr_law
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCz7J1tO_qNUnVKjoLqU4z_g
• Facebookfacebook.com/lhrlaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lhrlaw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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