Find Lawyers in Germany for Information Technology Law
Practice Area Overview
“IT Law” is short for information technology law, a legal field of ever increasing significance. In a nutshell, IT law encompasses every aspect of the law associated with information systems and/or services. Although it currently lacks any proper definition under German law, the general consensus is that this is an independent legal field in its own right. There is a sense that IT law constitutes interdisciplinary material that embraces a number of different law fields in connection with information technology. Indeed, there’s a thin line between industrial property rights, media and entertainment laws when it comes to drafting license agreements or R&D contracts.
That said, full-range IT law consulting encompasses matters such as:
- Software agreements (e.g., license renewals, maintenance, distribution, escrow, and design copyrights)
- Hardware agreements (e.g., re-/purchase, lease, maintenance, development, and distribution)
- IT projects (e.g., ERP system implementation, IT service outsourcing, and electronic invoicing)
- Internet and e-business (including m-commerce)
- Data protection law and IT security (e.g. data protection manuals, data protection audits and services as external data protection officer)
- Extrajudicial and judicial enforcement of/defense against claims (e.g., cases involving IT project failures or court proceedings involving software licensing violations)
- Advisory services involving IT project transactions (e.g., IT due diligence in M&A transactions)
- IT compliance (e.g., licensing and data protection issues, including employee helpline and surveillance matters)
Add to that any legal questions arising from IT service contract awards through public tendering.
In everyday practice, IT law consultancy requires expertise in a broad range of law fields from compliance and data protection laws all the way to contract law – as individually applied to the field of information technology. Moreover, IT lawyers benefit from having at least some technical knowledge, particularly around network and database structures, software functionality, and, if necessary, programming languages. Last but not least, business knowledge is just as important as any field or legal expertise when it comes to finding individual and practical strategies and solutions.
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Werner Bachmann is a lawyer at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. He specialises in advising on technology projects (IT, telecommunications), outsourcing, proprietary and open source licensing models, e-business models, leasing and sales financing, IT compliance and data protection, export control and customs law as well as energy law. He is also a regular lecturer at the Institute for IT in Healthcare in Freiburg / Constance. Werner Bachmann is a member of the Working Group Informa...
Viola Bensinger co-chairs the firm's Global Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice and also chairs the Technology Practice as well as the Litigation Practice in Germany. She advises clients from the technology, media, health care and other industries. Within the technology sector, Viola advises international internet, technology and healthcare companies in the areas digitisation projects, IT outsourcing, cloud computing, e-commerce, electronic payment, data protection, software licensing ...
Partner, Dentons, Berlin, 2017 to date Partner, DLA Piper, Hamburg and Berlin, 2012-2017 Partner, Baker McKenzie, Berlin, 2000-2012 Associate, Baker McKenzie, Frankfurt and Toronto, 1996-2000 Freie Universität Berlin, 1996, Dr. iur. Freie Universität Berlin, 1992, Law School Apprenticeship, Deutsche Bank, Berlin
Christoph Enaux is a partner with Greenberg Traurig Germany. LLP. He chairs the German Telecommunications Sector Group as well as the German Regulatory and Competition Practice Group of Greenberg Traurig. Christoph focuses on advising domestic and international clients in the areas of German and EU telecommunications and media regulation and competition law. He advises on commercial and regulatory aspects of new business models as well as on regulatory, merger control and antitrust proceeding...
Jürgen Held advises on all issues of trademark, design and competition law as well as media law. His work focuses on the development and supervision of IP portfolios (trademarks, designs, patents, know-how etc.) in order to enhance their value, on the registration and monitoring of trademark and design rights as well as the prosecution of the IP infringements. He advises on the legal aspects of advertising and communications campaigns, on media projects and in the areas of merchandising ...
Founding partner of TCI Rechtsanwälte München Partner at Baker & McKenzie in Munich (2002 – 2007) Associate at Baker & McKenzie in Frankfurt a.M., Dallas/Texas and Munich (1997 – 2002) Dr.jur. University of Regensburg Bar admission 1995 Law clerkship in Regensburg University of Regensburg Law School
Dr Thomas Höppner is a Partner at Hausfeld, specializing in EU and German competition law and intellectual property law. His practice covers the full range of contentious and non-contentious competition law matters, including related regulatory areas such as media, telecommunications, broadcasting and energy. He has spearheaded complaints before the European Commission and taken competition claims before German courts, particularly in the context of an abuse of dominance and damage claim...
Dr Frank Jungfleisch is a lawyer and partner at the Freiburg office of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. His focus is on IT law, where he advises software manufacturers and other IT companies and online agencies on IT projects, software, licence and support and distribution contracts. He further advises companies on M&A transactions, especially in relation with IT matters. He is a member of the German Bar Association’s Working Group on IT Law as well as on Corporate and C...
Dr. Michael Karger is an attorney admitted to practice in Germany, a certified specialist attorney for information technology law and a certified specialist attorney for administrative law. He specializes in advice concerning IT law, copyrights and software law, outsourcing, data protection, and intellectual property (copyright and trade secrets) . Michael drafts, reviews and negotiates license agreements, project, outsourcing, support and distribution contracts, as well as standard terms and...
Susanne Klein is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT's Frankfurt office and member of the IP/IT/Media practice group. For many years now, data protection law has been her main field of activity. In this area, she advises, supports and trains internal data protection officers, managers and employees in companies, carries out compliance checks and reviews or prepares the necessary documentation. This includes strategic advice on the introduction of new technologies and in the event of data protection v...
Carsten Kociok focuses his practice on the technology industry. He has broad experience in the areas of Internet, information technology, electronic and mobile payments and new media, as well as regulatory and data protection law issues. Carsten advises national and international companies from the Internet, payments and technology industries on the commercial and regulatory side of their business, in particular in the areas of e-commerce and e-business, electronic and mobile payments, servic...
Mark Oliver Kühn is specialised in offering legal advice on information technology and privacy law, industrial property rights as well as contract and commercial law. Mr Kühn advises and supports national and international companies in designing corporate processes to ensure legal certainty, in particular in the fields of software contract law and open source, IT outsourcing and project contracts, data privacy and protection, e-commerce and multimedia law, electronic payment systems...
Christian was born in Hamburg in 1963. After his first state examination at the University of Hamburg he spent his legal clerkship, among others, with the Federal Cartel Office in Berlin, the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, a law firm in Los Angeles and the German American Chamber of Commerce in Chicago. In 1993, he received his doctorate at the University of Hamburg (PhD Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Pri...
Dr Andreas Lober is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT's Frankfurt office and a member of the IP/IT/Media practice group. He advises national and international companies in the media and technology sector (in particular Internet, mobile applications and interactive entertainment) as well as investors with respect to copyright, law of unfair commercial practices, trademark law, protection of minors, data protection, and personality rights. He focuses his practice on negotiating development and licenc...
Katharina Mayerbacher is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT's Munich office and member of the practice group IP/IT/Media. Her field of activity covers broadcasting, press, copyright and competition law as well as data protection law. She specialises in the advising of clients of the entertainment and publishing sector regarding all press and media law related matters. She also focuses on the advising of private television and radio broadcasters, especially as regards regulatory questions and problem...
Born in 1976 Legal studies at Bielefeld University, 1995 - 2000 Supplementary studies in informatics at Bielefeld University, 1996 - 1998 First Exam ("1. Staatsexamen") in 2000 Postgraduate studies in legal informatics at the Universities of Hannover and Vienna, 2000 - 2001 Research associate at Bielefeld University, 2001 - 2002 Legal clerkship ("Refrendariat") in Bielefeld and Düsseldorf, 2002 - 2004 Doctor of Laws (Dr. jur.) 2004 Second (Bar) Exam ("2. Staatsexamen") in 2004 Worked abr...
Stephan specializes in advising companies in the areas of Telecommunications- and IT-Law, Software- and Data Protection Law. He drafts, reviews and negotiates license and project agreements, maintenance agreements, distribution agreements and general terms and conditions for national and international clients and is also active in litigation. He benefits from his technical understanding and in-depth knowledge of the industry. Stephan also supports Mergers & Acquisitions and has been invol...
Attorney at Law admitted in Düsseldorf (1st instance and Court of Appeal), Germany, born August 21, 1958, Recklinghausen, Germany, Citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany Education and Former Activities : 1989 – 2000 with Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Attorneys at Law, Certified Public Accountants, Düsseldorf, Germany and Brussels, Belgium; 2000 – 2003 Partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers Veltins Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Düsseldorf; since 01/2004: Partne...
Dr Florian Schmitz is a partner at the GÖRG Frankfurt office, and head of the IP, IT & Commercial Department. He advises national and international companies on complex technology projects, in particular with regard to digitalisation initiatives, IT and business outsourcing projects, IT integration, software licensing and data protection.
Lawyer since 2000 Specialist lawyer (Fachanwalt) for IT law Other activities : Instructor for prospective specialist lawyers in IT law Seminar coordinator with Management Circle Lectureship at Würzburg University (2008-2016) Education : Würzburg University (Dr. iur.) Université de Caen, France Career : Since 2005 Lawyer in Heidelberg 2004 Lawyer with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frankfurt am Main 2002 to 2004 Public prosecutor in Frankfurt am Main 2001 Lawyer with Hengeler...
Born in 1970 Law studies at Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich Legal internship in Munich From 1998 to 2000 freelance work at the Munich office of the international law firm Linklaters 2000: Lawyer in Munich at Wendler Tremml Rechtsanwälte, Munich 2001: doctoral degree (Dr. jur.) from Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich 2004: Partner at Wendler Tremml Rechtsanwälte, Munich Since 2007: Lecturer at DeutscheAnwaltAkademie for IT law 2011: Founding partner of TCI Rechtsanwälte...
Dr. Thomas Stögmüller, LL.M. (Berkeley) is an attorney admitted to practice in Germany and a certified specialist attorney for information technology law . He specializes in advice concerning IT, telecoms, copyrights and software law, outsourcing, data protection, intellectual property and antitrust . Another focus is on recent legal developments concerning Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity . Thomas drafts, reviews and negotiates license agreements, project, outsourcing...
Expertise IT Contract Law Data Economy Law AI Law Data Protection Law IT Procurement Law Main Focus Areas Drafting and negotiating contractual/licensing terms for digital business models Advice on data protection law, especially for digital business models Support for corporate financing and restructuring in the area of IT Legal advice in the area of artificial intelligence Legal support for IT procurement procedures
Jan Peter studied Law at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. During his time there, he was working with the editorial office 'Law and Judiciary’ and the legal department of the TV station ZDF. Moreover, he was serving as a research assistant in the executive office of the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. After completing his Second Legal State Examination and working for law firms specialising in commercial law in Toronto (Canada) and Mainz, Jan Peter Voß has been i...
Jörg Michael advises national and international companies on IT and data protection law, media and copyright law as well as commercial law. Since the beginning of his professional career he has overseen numerous complex projects and proceedings in these areas. His focus lies on drafting and negotiation of contracts as well as enforcement and defence of claims including litigation. He frequently publishes and gives lectures at seminars. Jörg Michael studied law at the Johannes Gutenb...
Christian Welkenbach is specialized in legal advice to companies on IT/IP Law as well as privacy Law. He became a certified specialist lawyer for IT law in 2008 and IP law in 2012. Christian Welkenbach started his career as a lawywer at Rauschhofer Rechtsanwälte in Wiesbaden, Germany and changed to Res Media in Mainz in 2009 as a partner. Since 2013 he is partner at TCI Rechtsanwälte in Mainz, Germany. He is a member of the German Association for Law and Computer Science (DGRI), Ger...
Gero Wilke, LL.M. Attorney Certified specialist in intellectual property Certified specialist in IT law External data protection officer Partner Specialists areas : IT law, i ntellectual property, d ata protection I have been advising national and international companies, primarily SMEs, on all legal issues relating to IT law and intellectual property for over 15 years. As a certified specialist in IT law, I specialise in advising on complex IT projects, drafting, reviewing and negotiating so...
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