Rainer Schiel joined the Maiwald team in 2020, where he is primarily concerned with industrial property rights in the field of engineering.

As a Doctor of Physics, Rainer Schiel possesses a wide range of background knowledge in the fields of mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics and optics. He has in addition amassed many years of experience in supercomputers. His broad expertise in the field of intellectual property law was acquired in various IP law firms and in an industrial patent department.