Main fields of activity
- IT law
- Data protection law
- Digitisation / Industry 4.0
- Outsourcing and cloud
- Project and agile contract design
- Software licensing, transfer and maintenance agreements
Career
| 1988-1994 | Universities of Cologne and Lausanne |
| 1994-1997 | Legal clerkship in the Higher Regional Court district of Cologne |
| 2000 | Doctorate at the University of Cologne |
| 1997-2006 | Lawyer at a national law firm in Bonn |
| 2006-2018 | Lawyer at Rödl & Partner in Nuremberg |
| 2018-2020 | Lawyer at Ebner Stolz in Cologne |
| since 2020 | Lawyer at Ganteführer, Marquardt & Partner |
Industries
- Chemistry
- Energy
- Automotive industry
- Health and social welfare
- Mechanical and plant engineering
- Public sector
Publications (selection)
- “Datenschutzkonforme Ausgestaltung von KI – Grundlagen und Hinweise zur Umsetzung in der Praxis” (“Data protection-compliant design of AI – principles and guidelines for practical implementation”), ITRB 2019, 262-267
- “Die DSGVO als wesentlicher Bestandteil von Leistungsbeschreibung und Vertragsgestaltung bei IT-Projekten” (“The GDPR as an essential part of the service description and contract design for IT projects”), in: Fischer/Hoppen/Wimmers, DGRI Handbuch 2018, p. 60
- “Auftragsverarbeitung Vertragsmuster” (“Order processing sample contract”), 7.2 in: Redeker, Handbuch der IT-Verträge, 41. edition 06.2020
- “E-Commerce und Fernabsatzrecht” (“E-commerce and distance selling law”), § 26 in: Auer-Reinsdorff/Conrad, Handbuch IT- und Datenschutzrecht, 3. edition, 2019
- “Informationspflichten” (“Information Obligations”), Part III, in Forgo/Helfrich/Schneider, Betrieblicher Datenschutz, 3. edition, 2019
- “Kundendatenschutz, Adresshandel und Direktmarketing” (“Customer data protection, address trading and direct marketing”), Part XI, Chapter 1 in: Forgo/Helfrich/Schneider, Betrieblicher Datenschutz, 3. edition, 2019
- “Application Service Providing/SaaS (Cloud)”, § 14, Commentary with co-author Iris Argyriadou in: Intveen/Gennen/Karger, Handbuch des Softwarerechts, 1. edition, 2018
- “Auftragsverarbeitung, Joint Controllership und kleines Konzernprivileg” (“Order processing, joint control and small group privilege”), ITRB 2017, 282-285
- “Datenschutzrechtliche Zulässigkeit von Gesundheits-Apps” (“Data protection law admissibility of health apps”), ITRB 2015, 114-120
- “Die neue Orientierungshilfe Cloud Computing” (“The new Cloud Computing Orientation Guide”), Version 2.0, ITRB 2015, 169-172
Membership
- Davit – Member of the Executive Committee of the Working Group for IT Law at Deutscher Anwaltverein
- DAV – Member of the Information Law Committee at Deutscher Anwaltverein
- ITRB – Co-editor of IT-Rechtsberater, Otto Schmidt Verlag
- DGRI – Member of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik
- Member of the advisory board of it-sa – IT-Security Messe Nürnberg
Teaching
- Lecturer in the Information Technology Law course at DeutscheAnwaltAkademie
- since 2006 Lecturer at BeckAkademie in the field of IT law
- Regular speaker at the it-sa in Nuremberg since 2009
