Dr. Andreas Hahne

Dr. Andreas Hahne is a German qualified attorney (Rechtsanwalt) and Counsel in Quinn Emanuel’s Munich office.  He joined the firm in 2016.  His practice focuses on national and cross-border patent litigation including SEP/FRAND litigation.

Andreas represents clients before the major German patent infringement courts (Düsseldorf, Mannheim/Karlsruhe and Munich) at trial and appellate level, in nullity proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court and the Federal Supreme Court, and in EPO opposition proceedings before the Opposition Divisions and the Technical Boards of Appeal. His expertise covers all aspects of complex patent litigation over a wide range of technologies such as IT (hardware/software), telecommunications, automotive, biotech and pharmaceuticals.

Andreas graduated from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 2011, and obtained an LL.M. degree at Queen Mary University of London in 2012.  Subsequently he worked as research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law and European and International Business Law (Prof. Dr. Thomas Ackermann, LL.M.) at the University of Munich where he also obtained a doctorate degree (2015).

From 2023 to 2025, Legal 500 Deutschland named him a “Recommended Lawyer for Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation”. From 2020 - 2024, Managing IP’s IP Stars has recognized Andreas as a “Rising Star”. He has been ranked by The Best Lawyers in Germany (Ones to Watch) /Handelsblatt for Competition / Antitrust Law (2022 – 2024) and for Litigation (2025). In 2024 Leaders League ranked him as “Leading” for patent litigation in Germany.