GRAEF Rechtsanwälte

Managing Partner; Head of Media & Entertainment Law Group

DR. RALPH OLIVER GRAEF, LL.M. (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY) is Managing Partner of the media law firm GRAEF Rechtsanwälte. He is a specialist in copyright and media law and a specialist in intellectual property law and is also admitted as an American attorney-at-law in New York. He is an arbitrator for the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), the worldwide association of independent film producers. Areas of focus: Film & Television Law, German and International Copyright Law, Press & Publishing Law, Games.

1998 - 1999 Attorney at Law, law firm White & Case, Feddersen (Hamburg) 1999 - 2001 Chief Operating Officer, sports marketing agency Global-Sportnet 2001 - 2008 Partner in the media law firm Unverzagt von Have 2008 Founded the media law firm GRAEF Rechtsanwälte.

German, English

Lecturer in Broadcasting & Media Law at Hamburg Media School (HMS) Lecturer at Erich Pommer Institute for Media Law Lecturer at Funk & TV Akademie for Film & TV Law Lecturer in Film & TV Law at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) Guest Lecturer in Film & TV Law at EMBA European Media and Business Academy Guest Lecturer in Film & TV Law The Animation Workshop/VIA University College, Viborg, Denmark Guest Lecturer in Film & TV Law Media Business School, Ronda, Spain

1993 First State Law Examination, University of Freiburg 1993 - 19954 Doctorate (Dr. iur., m.c.l.) at the Institute for German and Foreign Civil Procedure Law, University of Freiburg 1994 Diploma in Legal Studies, University of Cambridge, England 1997 Second State Law Examination, Hanseatic Higher Regional Court (with training stations German Embassy Singapore 1995, law firm Clayton Utz, Sydney, Australia 1997) 1998 LL. M. in Trade Regulations, New York University (NYU), USA 1998 New York Bar Exam (Attorney-at-Law) 2007 Certified Copyright and Media Lawyer 2008 Certified Intellectual Property Lawyer 2011 Arbitrator of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)