Martin Hemmer graduated in law from Radboud University Nijmegen in 2002, having pursued part of his course at Montpellier 1 University, in France. His studies focused on Intellectual Property rights. Martin graduated in database law and worked in the trademark department of Akzo Nobel during the final phase of his studies.

Martin joined AKD as a lawyer in 2003. As a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice group, he handles a variety of legal (infringement) cases concerning trade marks, copyright and patents. He has also pursued cases in the field of media law, relating particularly to unlawful publications. Another aspect of his work focuses on IP related agreements, such as licensing contracts and R&D agreements between businesses or groups of companies. Martin leads courses and regularly publishes and lectures on the subject of intellectual property.

The head of the practice group is Peter Claassen, who has a long standing broad experience in IP-law. Another partner of the practice group is Huib Berendschot. Before working for AKD Huib headed the the 15-strong Trademark team for Unilever's food and beverages business. Huib is well recognized internationally for his expertise.