Our team that specialises in solving IT legal problems has many years' experience in the field of "Information Tech and Telecoms" and advises IT providers and clients taking into account their particular interests and requirements. Whether it is designing an app, a mobile commerce concept, an agile project or a major Industry 4.0 project – our technology team provides the best solutions for complex problems.
Working closely with Luther’s IP & Copyright Law and Data Protection teams, we can help you draft and negotiate licence agreements such as software licences, ASP contracts, SaaS contracts or other cloud computing contracts. In addition, we also have extensive experience in the fields of IT outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO), transitional services agreements and the award of IT contracts by the public sector (contracts based on Supplementary Terms of Contract for the Procurement of IT Supplies/Services (EVB-IT)).
When dealing with agile software projects, we are familiar with the challenges of copyright and contract law in the drafting of contracts, as well as with employment law issues, thus being able to optimally consider the interests of the client or contractor.
When it comes to deploying artificial intelligence (AI) based systems, our team can help you benefit from the advances in AI and comply with current regulatory requirements (AI Regulation), across all industries. As for using AI technologies such as machine learning or deep learning, we are familiar with the complex issues involved, including the protection of performance outcomes and rights to use data and liability issues, which enables us to properly assess the opportunities and risks associated with the use of AI.
We can advise you on the entire process, if so requested, starting with the needs analysis and continuing through the invitation to tender, the award of the contract and the drafting and negotiation of the contract documents and service descriptions, taking into account employment and licensing law issues, IT security and data protection aspects and regulatory requirements, where applicable.
In regulated areas and in the field of financial technology (FinTech), we advise companies from the financial sector, technology providers and providers of new technology-based business models on innovative technologies and digitalisation strategies. This includes, inter alia, the structuring of legal relationships for platform transactions or electronic market places, identification services and authentication requirements or payment services. We provide strategic legal input to ensure the necessary compliance in a highly regulated legal environment. Our lawyers understand the technological interrelationships involved in the use of open APIs and open banking structures, for example, or in the use of mobile apps and payment systems, including the near field communication (NFC) standard, and deal with “data ownership” issues in a manner that serves the respective interests.
We advise industry 4.0 projects from the production industry with regard to, for example, the marketing of predictive maintenance services and the intelligent control and networking of processes in the smart factory using 5G mobile radio standards. This allows our clients to optimally design their supply chains.
Caroline Ackermann
Partner
Munich
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Daniel Bischof
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Adrian Freidank
Counsel
Cologne
István Fancsik, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Hartung, Maîtrise en Droit
Senior Associate
Singapore
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr John Heidemann, LL.M.oec.
Associate
Hamburg
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Munich
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Franziska Neugebauer
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Katharina Preuss
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Of Counsel
Munich
Dr Christian Rabe
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Florian Rockenbach
Counsel
Munich
Joerg Rohloff
Associate
Munich
Dr Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich, Hamburg
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Deike Tamm
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
