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Jan Dirk Heerma
Jan Dirk Heerma  Partner
+49 (0)30 88 71 71 44
jan.dirk.heerma@sjberwin.com

Dr Jan Dirk Heerma is a partner in the Berlin office. He has a special focus on intellectual property rights, in particular patent rights and copyrights. He is head of SJ Berwin's Technology Group in Germany and specialises in technol-ogy transfer, licensing and R&D co-operations. Jan has an emphasis on drafting and negotiating agreements. He often advises on the IP-aspects of corporate transactions.

Jan took his second state exam in law in 1994 in Passau/Germany. He wrote his PhD thesis on shelf companies and was admitted to the bar in 1996. Before joining SJ Berwin in 2001, Jan worked with CMS. He became a partner of SJ Berwin in 2002.