Harro von Have

Harro von Have is one of Germany's leading media lawyers in the entertainment business. He represents German and international film production and distribution companies, broadcasting companies and well-known personalities in both the film- and television industry. His clients include high-profile filmmakers such as Hape Kerkeling, Otto Waalkes, Oliver Masucci, Oskar Roehler and Fatih Akin. He has more than thirty years of experience and specializes in media law, film financing as well as press law and the protection of personality rights. Harro von Have is regularly listed among the most recommended lawyers in the film and television business by business law firm leaders. He has been involved in an advisory capacity in over 150 films, including global successes such as "All Quiet on the Western Front", "In the Fade", "A Hologram for the King" and "A Most Wanted Man."

After initially working in a renowned Hamburg commercial law firm, he founded a specialized media law firm with 3 partners in 1990 under his name, among others, and built up the film team there for thirty years. Since 2020, he has continued his practice with a focus on representing filmmakers under the firm VON HAVE FEY with a team consisting of 7 respected media law experts.

Harro von Have is a member of the Board of Trustees and active as a lecturer and on the advisory board film at the Hamburg Media School (HMS). He has published various standard works on his area of expertise, including the commentary on the Film Funding Act (C.H. Beck Verlag, 2005), relevant chapters on film financing and film funding in the "Manual of Film-, Television- and Video-Law" (ed. by Hartlieb/Schwarz, C.H. Beck Verlag, 2021) as well as regular contributions to various specialist journals. He lectures at national and international professional events.

Harro von Have is the producer of several award-winning feature films.

He lives in Hamburg.