Christian Reinders

Christian Reinders is Chief IP Counsel at Draexlmaier Group. He is responsible for all IP matters such as patent prosecution work, advising the board of management and all business units about IP matters, negotiating and reviewing all agreements in relation to IP matters, organising internal IP trainings, defining and developing internal workflows in relation to IP matters and defining and implementing patent strategies.

Christian has worked as a German and European patent attorney over the last 15 years in different roles for various companies and IP firms in Germany, Switzerland and the UK, and therefore knows about working as an outside IP counsel and as an in-house IP counsel. He has extensive experience of advising internal and external clients on patent portfolio management, patent strategy, and how to implement IP-related workflows within an organisation.