Achim KREBS joined Haseltine Lake in 2010 to establish and lead the firm's branch office in The Hague, (Netherlands), from a position as Patent Portfolio Manager at a multinational oil and gas corporation. Achim has considerable experience in the creation and management of cost-effective IP portfolios to suit various business strategies, as well as in contentious matters such as oppositions and litigation. He further regularly advises on intellectual property-related aspects of technology projects and transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions and collaborations. Achim also regularly conducts due diligence investigations into IP portfolios of technology companies, primarily for venture capital and private equity investors. Achim's technical specialism includes organic chemistry and biochemistry, industrial chemical and biological production process technology relating to (alternative) fuels and chemicals, refinery processes; and polymer technology.

Achim presently co-chairs the Chemicals, Energy, Environmental and Materials Committee of the Licensing Executive Society International, and serves as secretary and Board Member for the Licensing Executive Society (LES) Benelux. He regularly lectures on the subjects of licensing, and is a member of the Dutch patent bar association (Nederlandse Octrooigemachtigde) and the European Patent Institute, and also registered as European Trademark and Design Attorney. Achim's first language is German; he is also fluent in English, Dutch and French.