Professor Hans-Jürgen Ahrens, Ph.D.

Retired university professor of civil law, commercial and business law, and German and international civil procedure

About the person

  • 1965–1969: Studied in Göttingen and Tübingen
  • 1974: Doctorate in Göttingen
  • 1981: Habilitation in Göttingen
  • 1982: Appointments at the Universities of Konstanz and Osnabrück
  • 1983–2014: Professor at Osnabrück University. Visiting appointments in Marburg and Saarbrücken
  • 1993/1994: Dean of the School of Law at Osnabrück University
  • 2004–2011: Dean of Academic Affairs
  • 2004: Visiting professor at the Law School of Nanjing University, China
  • Numerous guest lectures in other European countries and in Japan
  • Since 1988: Member of the Expert Committee on Competition and Trademark Law of the German Association for Industrial Property and Copyright (GRUR)
  • Since 1994: Member of its Executive Board
  • Since 2001: Head of the GRUR Working Group on Procedural Law
  • 1982–1983: Admitted to the bar
  • 1995–2010: Judge at the Higher Regional Court of Celle in a secondary capacity, serving on the Special Senate for Corporate Law and General Tort Law
  • 2007–2013: Vice President of the Lower Saxony State Judicial Examination Office

Key Research Areas

  • German and international civil procedure law
  • Competition law and intellectual property law
  • Tort law
  • Law governing the legal profession

Memberships in scientific associations

  • German-American Lawyers' Association
  • German-British Lawyers' Association
  • German-Japanese Lawyers' Association
  • German Association for Industrial Property and Copyright
  • European Law Institute
  • Association for International Procedural Law
  • Association of Civil Procedure Law Instructors
  • Association of Civil Law Professors