With retroactive effect from the beginning of the new year, Maiwald, one of Germany’s leading intellectual property law firms, has appointed Martina Boidol, Dr. Anja Fux, and Sebastian Herzog as managing partners. This move strengthens the firm’s management structure and reflects its continued growth and increasing technical and organizational complexity.
Martina Boidol, who has been a partner at Maiwald since 2023, has extensive experience in the fields of digitalization, software, semiconductors, medical technology, and process control. Her focus is on the implementation and application of artificial intelligence, including at the interface with biotechnology. Martina Boidol has particular expertise in strategic advice on filing strategies and portfolio development. Her practice is characterized by a strategic approach that focuses on the individual economic goals and needs of her clients. In addition, Martina Boidol has many years of experience in patent grant proceedings and in the defense and enforcement of intellectual property rights, including in the context of multinational litigation.
Martina Boidol studied physics with a focus on semiconductor technology at the Technical University of Munich. She was admitted as a European Patent Attorney in 2016, as a German patent attorney in 2021, and as a representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in 2023. Before joining Maiwald in 2021, she worked in the research and development department of a large company in the field of mobile security and secure devices and then spent several years at a leading IP law firm advising European, American, and Asian companies of various sizes and strategic orientations. Martina Boidol regularly appears as a speaker at client seminars and public events, particularly on the topic of patent strategies in the fields of software and artificial intelligence.
“We are delighted to welcome Martina to our circle of managing partners. With her proven expertise in the implementation and application of artificial intelligence, she brings key future skills to the firm and thus makes an important contribution to the strategic development of our law firm,” says Alexander Ortlieb, managing partner at Maiwald.
Dr. Anja Fux, who joined Maiwald in 2020, has extensive experience in global patent prosecution and portfolio management, including the drafting and prosecution of patent applications and the defense and enforcement of patent rights. Anja Fux specializes in all areas of biochemistry and chemistry, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals, including antibodies, small molecules, antibody-drug conjugates, T-cell receptors, personalized medicine, vaccines, and gene therapies, as well as pharmaceutical formulations. She also prepares freedom-to-operate opinions and infringement and validity opinions.
Anja Fux studied biochemistry at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and received her doctorate there in 2019 in the field of bioorganic chemistry. After completing her training as a German and European patent attorney at Maiwald in spring 2023, she spent several months at the US law firm Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox in Washington, D.C., where she gained a wide range of insights into US patent law. She passed the US Patent Bar Examination in September 2023 and, after returning to Maiwald in 2024, was admitted as a European Patent Attorney, German Patent Attorney, and representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC). Anja Fux regularly publishes on current patent law topics and speaks at international conferences.
“We greatly appreciate Anja’s exceptional talent and outstanding commitment, her extensive knowledge and valuable international expertise, and we are delighted to have her as a managing partner in our team in the future. With the appointment of Anja and Martina as managing partners, we are also consistently pursuing our policy of specifically promoting highly talented women at Maiwald, thereby setting an example for balanced and future-oriented leadership,” said Dr. Eva Ehlich, managing partner at Maiwald.
Sebastian Herzog has been working as a patent attorney at Maiwald since 2018 and became a partner in the firm in 2024. He has extensive experience in German, European, and international intellectual property law, and advises clients on portfolio management, obtaining and defending, as well as enforcing and challenging intellectual property rights, in particular before the Unified Patent Court (UPC). His practice focuses on electrical engineering, circuit electronics, communications and information technology, and medical technology. He has a particular focus on the growing fields of artificial intelligence and digitalization.
Sebastian Herzog studied electrical engineering and information technology at the Technical University of Munich and then studied ‘Law for Patent Attorneys’ at the FernUniversität Hagen until 2016. He was admitted as a European Patent Attorney and German Patent Attorney in 2018 and was admitted to the UPC in 2023. Through his many years at Maiwald, he has built up outstanding expertise in various technical fields and advises a wide range of national and international clients.
“We are delighted that Sebastian is joining our team of partners and managing directors. His particular expertise in the fields of artificial intelligence and digitalization reflects Maiwald’s clear focus on forward-looking technologies. We wish Sebastian all the best in his new role,” said Dr. Alexander Schmitz, managing partner at Maiwald.
