Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Areas of practice
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt provides legal advice on all issues regarding competition, trademark, copyright, and IT law. He is especially dedicated to the implementation of strategies for sourcing and protection law (for example, in acquisitions, mergers, and sales) as well as the structuring of license contracts, cooperative agreements, and IT project agreements. Additionally, he focuses on new media and data privacy protection. He frequently lectures and holds seminars in competition, trademark, and IT law.
Vita
After completing his vocational education in banking, Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt studied law in Frankfurt and Berlin, Germany. He then completed his post-graduate traineeship in Frankfurt and Darmstadt, gaining work experience at the Schürmann & Partner law firm in Frankfurt. He joined Luther’s predecessor firm in 1999 and has been part of the team ever since.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2018/2019: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "Information Technology" (first listed in 2016/2017, "very competent and experienced", competitor)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendations in the categories "Information Technology and Digitalisation" (first recommendation in 2023, first mention in 2015), "Data Protection" (first recommendation in 2023, first mention in 2018), "IT Transactions and Outsourcing" (first recommendation in 2023, first mention in 2021) and "Media - Entertainment"
- The Legal 500 Germany 2024: Recommendation in "Industry Focus - Telecommunications"
- The Legal 500 Germany 2023: Recommendation in the category "Telecommunications"
- kanzleimonitor.de 2018/2019: Recommended in "IT Law" (first recommended in 2017/2018)
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommended in "Information Technology Law" (first recommended in 2022)
Clients
- Commercial legal protection: organisation of a sale/lease back transaction for the international brand portfolio of an office supply manufacturer; implementation of an international trademark rights strategy for a major garment manufacturer
- IT: assistance to a major German bank regarding IT outsourcing of account processing; development of a distribution network for a major European IT manufacturer
- Data privacy law: advice to a major bank in cross-border data processing
Publications
- Outsourcing Guide 2019, in: Chambers and Partners, Ausgabe 10/2019
- Tipps: Internet-Recht, in: FOCUS Spezial Anwälte vom 16. September 2014
- Schutz von Videospielen geknackt Europarichter müssen Reichweite des Urheberrechts klären, in: Frankfurter-Allgemeine-Zeitung vom 13. März 2013, S. 13
- Bearbeitung des Kapitels "Unfair Competition Law", in: Business Law in Germany, herausgegeben von Hans-Christian Ackermann & Dr. Michael Rath, German Law Publishers, 2012
- Die Novelle der WEEE-Richtlinie
- Zur Novelle der WEEE-Richtlinie
- Zur Herstellerregistrierung nach dem ElektroG - Anmerkung zum Urteii des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts vom 15.4.2010 - 7 C 9.09'
- Unternehmeranwalt im Wettbewerbsrecht, in: JUSTUF, Ausgabe November 08, S. 72-73
- Bearbeitung des Kapitels Brand Value Management, in: Praxishandbuch Internationales Marketing, herausgegeben von Heilmann, Thomas Gabler Verlag, 2006
- Nicht jede Preisaktion ist dem Handel jetzt erlaubt, in: Frankfurter-Allgemeine-Zeitung vom 18. Dezember 2002
- Bearbeitung des Kapitels "Germany", in: E-Commerce Law in Europe and the USA, herausgegeben von Gerald Spindler & Fritjof Börner, Springer-Verlag, 2002 (gemeinsam mit Monika Prieß)
- Bearbeitung des Kapitels "E-Commerce", in: Datenschutz-Praxislösungen (Kommentar), herausgegeben von Dr. Horst G. Abel, WEKA-Verlag, 2002
- Unaufgeforderte Zusendung von E-Mails, in: Der IT Rechtsberater, Heft 02/2001
- Werbung mit Gratisminuten, in: Computer intern (CI), Heft 10/2000
- Bloße Werbung kein Boykott, in: Computer intern (CI)
- Abgekürzter Name als Internet-Domain, in: Computer intern (CI)
- Unterbinden von Link-Schaltungen,in: Computer intern (CI)
- Kein Markenschutz für "yinyang.de", in: Computer intern (CI)
- Markenschutz, in: Computer intern (CI)
- E-Commerce Law and Insurance in the main European markets - Germany, in: European Andersen Legal study
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Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Cologne
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Stuttgart
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Managing Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Hamburg
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Associate
Hanover
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Senior Associate
Essen
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
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Partner
Hamburg
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Partner
Cologne, Essen
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Associate
Hamburg
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christian Rabe
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Katharina Preuss
Senior Associate
Cologne
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
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Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Franziska Neugebauer
Senior Associate
Cologne
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
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Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Adrian Freidank
Counsel
Cologne
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
István Fancsik, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Essen
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Hanover
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Daniel Bischof
Counsel
Hamburg
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
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Partner
Cologne
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Hamburg
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Associate
Munich
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Of Counsel
Hamburg
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Julian Adams
Associate
Hamburg
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich