Dr. Truiken J. Heydn
Partner


Truiken Heydn specializes in litigation, arbitration, mediation and conflict management. She advises and represents companies, in particular from the information technology, electronics, machinery, plant engineering and construction, energy and financial services industries in factually as well as legally complex disputes before courts, international and national arbitral tribunals as well as in alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Most of the matters handled by Truiken Heydn are of cross-border nature or otherwise related to foreign countries. This includes in particular the representation of foreign companies before German courts, the cross-border enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards, the strategic litigation planning including interim measures in cross-border cases such as forum shopping, as well as the clarification of questions of the conflict of laws in complex matters.

Truiken Heydn has specific expertise in copyright and software law, Internet law and intellectual property law (patent, trademark and unfair competition law). She has experience in the areas compliance, corporate governance, corporate liability as well as, product liability and product safety law. Truiken Heydn provides advice in relation to the management of Europe wide product recalls, represents companies before product safety authorities in Germany and abroad and defends suppliers - in particular in the automotive industry - against regress claims by manufacturers relating to product recall costs. A particular focus of Truiken Heydn is the demonstrative and for technical laypersons easily understandable explanation of complex technical facts in technology related litigation and arbitration.

Truiken Heydn studied law at and obtained a doctorate from the University of Regensburg and was admitted to the German bar in 1995. From 1997 through 2002 she was an associate with Baker & McKenzie in the offices Frankfurt, Dallas (USA) and Munich. From 2002 through 2007 she was a partner in the Munich office of Baker & McKenzie, where she contributed to the development of the litigation/arbitration practice, in particular in the areas of information technology, intellectual property, copyright and unfair competition. On 1 January 2008 she joined teclegal Habel Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft.

Truiken Heydn is the author of numerous legal articles on E-Business and Internet law topics, in particular on liability and infringement of intellectual property rights in the Internet as well as on civil procedural topics such as class actions. She also gave numerous presentations on these issues. An interview with Truiken Heydn was broadcast in a report on the German Capital Investors Class Actions Act in the news on TV (heute-journal by ZDF). She is a member of the German Association for Law and Information Technology (DGRI), of the German Association for Intellectual Property and Copyright Law (GRUR), the German Institute of Arbitration (DIS), as well as of DRI Europe Defending Business.

Mother tongue:
German
Excellent command of written and spoken English, also for negotiation purposes.

Areas of law:
Litigation, arbitration, mediation and conflict management, copyright and software law, Internet law, intellectual property law (patent, trademark and unfair competition law), product liability and product safety law, compliance, corporate governance, corporate liability.

Areas of industry:
Information technology, electronics, semiconductors, machinery, plant engineering and construction, energy, media, Internet, automotive, financial services.

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Contact:
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Fax: +49-89-139576-66
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