ELSA Trainee at LexDellmeier IP Law Firm

This year LexDellmeier has accepted two interns through the European Law Student’s Association (ELSA) Student Trainee Exchange Programme. It is my pleasure to be working with the LexDellmeier team from late-October until Christmas. My name is Nina Seitz and I come from Helsinki, Finland. I am currently in my fourth year of law school in the University of Helsinki. Before my studies in law I have completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. I started working in the field of Intellectual Property already during my studies in economics. After a few years of working as a trademark and design assistant I decided to pursue a career in the legal field. During my law studies I have continued working for an IP law firm in Helsinki, mainly focusing on trademark and design matters. In order to gain some international experience I spent a year studying at the University of Warwick in England. I have also volunteered at a conference held by the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) in Helsinki in 2013 and I am a student member of The International Trademark Association (INTA). Having been interested in IP law from the start of my studies I was delighted to be offered this opportunity to work for an intellectual property law firm in Munich. During my stay in Germany my aim is to improve my language skills both in English and in German. I am looking forward to expanding my viewpoints and receiving more in-depth knowledge about the German and EU trademark systems. Besides deepening my knowledge of IP Law, I am also excited to meet new people and to get to know the city of Munich and the local culture.