Matthias Prinz Explained

Matthias Prinz (born 1956) is a German lawyer who works in the field of reputation and privacy protection, defamation, media, entertainment and sports law. He has represented major corporations, including SAP, Audi, Volkswagen, T-Mobile as well as individuals including the Swedish Royal Family, Princess Caroline of Hanover, The Sultan of Brunei, Prince Albert of Monaco, Helmut Newton, David Beckham, Don Johnson and Karl Lagerfeld.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Biography

His father was German newspaper journalist Günter Prinz, the former CEO of Axel Springer Verlag. Prinz received his LLM from Harvard Law School in 1983[9] and his JD from Hamburg University in 1985. He has been a member of the New York Bar since 1984. In 1985, he was admitted to the Bar in Hamburg, Germany, where he founded the law firm Prinz Neidhardt Engelschall.

Prinz started a series of litigation against different European media that produced a collection of precedents at the highest German and European Courts over the next 20 years. The cases are known as the Princess-Caroline-decisions in German and European jurisprudence.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Prinz also represented leading German athletes, such as Boris Becker,[19] Michael Stich, Henry Maske,Franziska voan Almsick and especially German soccer clubs of the premier league, their coaches and players, as well as the T-mobile biking team [20] and the German national showjumping team.[21] On behalf of the then world's best soccer goalie Oliver Kahn, Prinz sued EA Sports, the manufacturers of the football computer game FIFA 2002, for using the name and the personality of the goalie without his consent.[22]

Prinz also advises CEOs and Chairmen of German DAX30 companies, such as Porsche, Volkswagen and ThyssenKrupp. Prinz represented the Sultan of Brunei in the preparation of the State Visit of the Sultan to the Federal Republic of Germany and several other heads of state such as the King of Sweden,the Prince of Monaco, the President of Albania as well as German politicians like chancellor Gerhard Schröder, president Walter Scheel and Minister of foreign affairs Hans Dietrich Genscher. Prinz was, as one German paper noted, the first German lawyer ever hired by a foreign Head of State as advisor for a State Visit.[23]

In 2003, Prinz began to represent the Swedish Royal Family against invasion of privacy and defamatory articles in German media. Prinz used preliminary Court orders to force 23 German magazines to print replies, retractions and apologies on their front pages. Claims for damages and injunctions followed, which led to the decision of the Hamburg Court of Appeals to award €400,000,00 (US$538.180,00) damages to Princess Madeleine of Sweden. An appeal of the media company to the Federal Appellate Court was rejected in 2010. This damage award is regarded by the German media as being the highest in German defamation and privacy law ever.[24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]

Prinz has written several articles on German media law, privacy protection, litigation PR and media strategies. He is the co-author of Prinz/Peters "Medienrecht", a comprehensive standard text book for German media law.[30] Prinz teaches classes on media law, the protection of privacy and defamation at FU Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) since 1996.[31]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matthias Prinz - Speakers Academy vindt de beste spreker en dagvoorzitter voor uw bijeenkomst.. https://archive.today/20120913220620/http://www.speakersacademy.eu/speakers/matthias-prinz. dead. 13 September 2012. Speakers. Academy®. www.speakersacademy.eu. 1 December 2017.
  2. Web site: The Legal 500 > Prinz, Neidhardt, Engelschall > Hamburg, GERMANY > What we say. www.legal500.com. 1 December 2017.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110822030130/http://domo.ringier.com/blog/domo-june-2011 . 2011-08-22 . dead .
  4. Web site: The German Times Online - 'They're just like us' . 2012-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151125090242/http://www.german-times.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=375&Itemid=52 . 2015-11-25 . dead .
  5. Web site: Swiss ambassador sacked over 'affair with model'. Fiona. Fleck. 10 April 2002. 1 December 2017. www.telegraph.co.uk.
  6. Web site: Germans Cut Altman Movie. sfgate.com. 22 March 1995. 1 December 2017.
  7. Web site: WHAT'S NEW PUSENKOFF?. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/whats-new-pusenkoff-1594011.html . 2022-05-12 . subscription . live. 30 July 1995. independent.co.uk. 1 December 2017.
  8. Web site: Don Johnson to Sue German Officials. people.com. 1 December 2017.
  9. Web site: Harvard Law School Association of Germany e.V. ::::: Past annual meetings . 2012-02-01 . 2012-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120607003147/http://www.rainer-d.eu/HPS/Hlsagermany/anme.html . dead .
  10. Web site: Privacy vs. Free speech - Global Journalist . 2012-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110817072035/http://www.globaljournalist.org/stories/2005/01/01/privacy-vs-free-speech/ . 2011-08-17 . dead .
  11. Web site: Princess wins landmark privacy ruling. Chris. Tryhorn. 24 June 2004. 1 December 2017. www.guardian.co.uk.
  12. Web site: Monaco's Princess Caroline asks Euro court to ban photos . 2012-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101021051735/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7015446-monacos-princess-caroline-asks-euro-court-to-ban-photos . 2010-10-21 . dead .
  13. Web site: Bundesverfassungsgericht - Decisions -. Bundesverfassungsgericht, 1.. Senat. 15 December 1999. www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de. 1 December 2017.
  14. Web site: Chambers Magazine - Chambers Magazine - Interesting times: Europe awaits Strasbourg decision on privacy . 2012-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307091921/http://www.chambersmagazine.co.uk/Article/Interesting-times--Europe-awaits-Strasbourg-decision-on-privacy- . 2012-03-07 . dead .
  15. News: Princess wins tabloid privacy war. 25 June 2004. 1 December 2017. news.bbc.co.uk.
  16. Web site: TerraNet. www.terra.net.lb. 1 December 2017.
  17. News: For the Famous, 'Privacy' Even in Plain Sight. Doreen. Carvajal. The New York Times. 10 October 2004. 1 December 2017.
  18. Web site: Case-law analysis-Guides, Research reports .
  19. Web site: Der Schrecken der Paparazzi. 21 June 2001. 30 November 2017. Die Zeit.
  20. News: Im Winter des Wandels. Der Tagesspiegel Online. 11 January 2006. 30 November 2017.
  21. Web site: Equi-News.de - Streit zwischen Ahlmann und der FN eskaliert. www.equi-news.de. 30 November 2017.
  22. Web site: Newsfox - Powered by Pressetext. www.newsfox.com. 30 November 2017.
  23. BILD Zeitung of March 31st, 1998.
  24. Web site: Lather of lies drives royals to sue magazine group - World - www.smh.com.au. www.smh.com.au. 18 December 2004. 1 December 2017.
  25. Web site: Swedish royal family goes after German tabloid press. 13 February 2008. thelocal.se. 1 December 2017.
  26. Web site: Royal News Norwegian Roal Family To Sue Media. femalefirst.co.uk. 1 December 2017.
  27. Web site: Swedish princess wins suit against publisher. mobile.shanghaidaily.com. 1 December 2017.
  28. Web site: News Digest: Swedish princess wins suit against publisher | THE CHINA . thechina.biz . 2 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20120723010707/http://thechina.biz/china-economy/swedish-princess-wins-suit-against-publisher/ . 23 July 2012 . dead.
  29. Web site: Swedish princess gets hefty libel payment from German press. 31 July 2009. thelocal.de. 1 December 2017.
  30. Web site: Medienrecht: Die zivilrechtlichen Anspruche (German Edition). PaperBackSwap.com. 1 December 2017.
  31. https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/einrichtungen/fachbereiche/fb/pol-soz/puk/index.html.

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