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My work as a lawyer at the interface of technology and law focuses on the drafting of German and international contracts, arbitration and mediation proceedings, data protection in and for companies. My work is practice-oriented and always with an eye to the economic outcome. I try to solve problems and lead the advice to a business conclusion or to an economically reasonable end of the process.

My areas of expertise are:

• Contract drafting in business, civil and commercial law.
• Contracts in trouble: how to move forward.
• Internet, Platform, Cloud, Data and AI Law, New Business Models (Apps).
• Internal and contractual implementation of the provisions of the Data Act, the Digital Services Act and, in the future, the Artificial Intelligence Act of the European Union.
• Data privacy law.
• Enforcement of claims for payment or performance.

In particular

• Drafting of German/international contracts, in particular in the project business in the fields of IT and Internet, mechanical and plant engineering, electronics and intralogistics systems; from turnkey projects to classic software license and hardware distribution agreements. I have particular experience in the legal management of projects in crisis.
• Legal structuring of new business models in e-commerce and IIoT devices / big data and AI applications.
• Data protection, in particular for new business models and cross-border data transfers.
• Arbitrating and mediating, also specifically regarding technical issues.

Languages: German/English business fluent.

Cooperations:

• LLP Law | Patent, Munich, www.llp-law.de, attorneys-at-law Arno Lohmanns, Sebastian Helmschrott, Patricia Lotz and Richard Metz, the latter also a certified external data protection officer, in the areas of IT, Internet and technology-related legal advice, data privacy law , Julia Steinle in the area of employment law.
• LLP Law | Patent, Düsseldorf, www.llp-law.de/patents.html, patent attorneys Bernard Lohmanns and Beate Dieckhoff, in patent and trademark matters.
• Im Bereich Datenschutz besteht eine enge Zusammenarbeit mit RA Richard Metz, zertifizierter externer Datenschutzverantwortlicher, in der Kanzlei LLP Law | Patent, www.llp-law. de.

Education/professional background:

• 1982 / 1985: 1st. State Examination in law at the University of Munich (LMU) / 2nd. State Examination in law, State of Bavaria.
• 1987: Doctorate in the field of “Software Protection and Copyright Law with Interface to Licensing” at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hannover, Institute for Legal Informatics, Prof. Dr. W. Kilian
• 1987 – 1990: In-house lawyer at Dornier Medizintechnik GmbH, Munich / Dornier Medical Systems, Inc., Atlanta, USA.
• 1991 – today: Attorney at Law, since 2003 in own law firm tecLEGAL Habel Rechtsanwälte, Munich

Memberships in professional organizations:

• German Institution of Arbitration
• German Society for Legal Informatics (DGRI)
• ITechLaw, member until 2022, since then follower
• German Bar Association
• OSE Organization for Software Escrow

Voluntary activity

I have been a volunteer at TechTalk.legal, Munich, for more than 25 years.

Since 2010 I have been a member and since 2021 I am Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Edmund-Bradatsch-Foundation for the promotion of students of technical courses of study.