Tilman is a partner with BARDEHLE PAGENBERG and co-heads the patent litigation group. He represents clients in patent infringement suits and in (parallel) invalidation and opposition proceedings, regularly as lead counsel in multi-jurisdictional matters (often relating to the U.S. and to industrial standards, Japan, UK, France, The Netherlands, and Italy). Further, he advises in IP-relevant contractual matters, in particular licensing, and matters of employee inventions law, as well as in mediation and arbitration proceedings. Tilman is widely recommended in rankings like IAM, Best Lawyers, Chambers Global & Europe, MIP Handbook, The LEGAL 500, WHO’s WHO Patents, EXPERT GUIDES Patents, JUVE, and WIPR Leaders.