Professional Career
1984 until 1986 Training as Banking Professional
1986 until 1991 Law studies
1991 until 1994 Doctorate
1992 until 1994 Legal clerkship
1994 until 2000 Lawyer at Droste later Boesebeck Droste
2000 until 2008 Partner at Lovells Boesebeck Droste later Lovells
2009 until 2013 Partner at SBR
since 2011 Professor for Business Law, especially Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition at the FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management, Hamburg
since 2013 Independent Lawyer

Languages
German, English, basic knowledge of Swedish

Memberships
German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
German Nordic Lawyer Association (DNJV)

Awards
brandeins/Statista ranked Sönke Ahrens as one of the Best Business Law Firms 2024 in the field of Trademarks and Designs (diebesten.brandeins.de). The ranking is based on a survey among attorneys and in-house lawyers for 24 areas of law. Regarding the number of recommendations, the firm is ranked in group four of a total of four groups (brand eins/thema, Die besten Wirtschaftskanzleien 2024, Heft 29, Mai 2024 bis Juli 2024, Seite 95 ff).