Brigitte Lindner


Year of Call: 2021

Portrait of Brigitte Lindner

Practice Overview

Brigitte Lindner has worked in copyright for over 30 years. She specialises in international, European and comparative copyright and related rights law and assists legal professionals around the world, including in-house lawyers, in copyright matters with a foreign element. Brigitte provides guidance on copyright policy, contracts and litigation strategies in cross-border situations, prepares legal opinions on specific copyright and related rights aspects and compiles larger studies and reports based on a comparative law approach. Her advisory work extends to aspects of human rights and private international law as they relate to copyright. Brigitte also accepts appointments as arbitrator and expert in international copyright disputes.

Dual qualified in England & Wales and in Germany, Brigitte has extensive practical experience in both civil and common law traditions which she gathered in private practice in France, Germany and the UK as well as in her former role as Legal Adviser to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in London. She is conversant with the law-making process at both international and EU levels and experienced in legislative drafting. Her working languages are English, French and German.

A passionate advocate of education and learning, Brigitte also provides tailor-made training and capacity-building in the field of copyright and related rights and has contributed to technical assistance projects organized by various bodies, including the UN and the EU. She has been a course tutor on the Postgraduate Diploma Course/Masters in UK, EU and US Copyright Law at King's College London since 2004 and is the author of various contributions to legal treatises and commentaries on copyright as well as joint editor of ‘Copyright in the Information Society: A Guide to National Implementation of the European Directive’.

Brigitte also provides international pro bono assistance to governments and IP offices in Africa and Latin America, primarily through ADALPI, a Geneva-based association which she co-founded with like-minded professionals in 2010.

News & Events

  • News

    #SerleShare - The WIPO Copyright Treaties at 25 - An appreciation by Brigitte Lindner

    To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Copyright Treaties, our associate member, Brigitte Lindner, shows... Read More

    News

    Brigitte Lindner has been called to the bar of England and Wales by Lincoln’s Inn

    Serle Court is delighted to announce that our Associate member of chambers Brigitte Lindner has been called to the bar... Read More

Education & Qualifications

Studies in Law, University of Würzburg, 1979-1984

Studies in Musicology, University of Heidelberg, 1985-1988

First State Examination in Law, 1985 (Würzburg) 
Second State Examination in Law, 1988 (Stuttgart)

Admission to the German Bar as “Rechtsanwältin”, Frankfurt/Main, 1988, (Non-practising (Inhouse Lawyer) 1992- 1999)

Readmission, Berlin, 2000: Member of Berlin Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer Berlin)

Registration as “Registered European Lawyer”, Bar Council of England and Wales and Member of Lincoln’s Inn, 2004

Certificate in International Human Rights Law and Practice, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2013

Call to the Bar of England and Wales as a transferring Registered European Lawyer, 2021

Memberships

British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association (BLACA), London – Vice-Chair

Association Internationale pour le Développement de la Propriété Intellectuelle (ADALPI), Geneva - Chair

Languages

Advice and training can be given in English, French or German. Italian, Spanish and Portuguese - read

BSB Registration

Brigitte Lindner

VAT Number

840023085

News & Events

  • News

    #SerleShare - The WIPO Copyright Treaties at 25 - An appreciation by Brigitte Lindner

    To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Copyright Treaties, our associate member, Brigitte Lindner, shows... Read More

    News

    Brigitte Lindner has been called to the bar of England and Wales by Lincoln’s Inn

    Serle Court is delighted to announce that our Associate member of chambers Brigitte Lindner has been called to the bar... Read More