IT Law
Steffen Häberer
Der Tätigkeitsschwerpunkt von Steffen Häberer liegt in der Beratung im Bereich der Digitalisierung, des 5G-Ausbaus und der leitungsgebundenen Ver- und Entsorgung, insbesondere in den Bereichen Breitband, Energie und Wasser/Abwasser. Dabei vertritt er vorwiegend die öffentliche Hand und deren Unternehmen bei der rechtlichen Gestaltung von Vergabeverfahren, der Vertragsgestaltung und Vertragsverhandlungen. Im Vergaberecht berät er vorwiegend bei der Durchführung europaweiter Vergabeverfahren und bei der Begutachtung komplexer vergaberechtlicher Fragestellungen. Darüber hinaus vertritt er seine Mandanten in Verfahren vor den Vergabenachprüfungsinstanzen. Steffen Häberer hat umfangreiche Erfahrungen in der Begleitung von Dienstleistungs- und Konzessionsvergaben, insbesondere auf dem Gebiet der leitungsgebundenen Versorgung wie Telekommunikation/ Breitband und Energie.
Christian Kuß
Christian Kuß advises national and international clients on legal issues pertaining to IT, copyright and data protection law. He specialises in drafting and negotiating IT contracts, including licensing, IT outsourcing and IT project agreements as well as service level agreements. Another focus area is data protection law, where his advisory services especially include examining the permissibility of future data processing activities and examining and assessing the internal organisation of data protection.
Stefanie Hellmich
Die Beratungsschwerpunkte von Dr. Stefanie Hellmich sind das IT- und Datenschutzrecht sowie der gewerbliche Rechtsschutz einschließlich Fragen des elektronischen Geschäftsverkehrs. Sie berät Unternehmen bei Rechtsfragen der Digitalisierung und bei der Nutzung neuer Technologien sowie beim Entwurf und der Verhandlung von Vertrags- und Geschäftsbedingungen u.a. für IT-Outsourcing- und Software-as-a-Service-Verträge, Vertriebs- und Kooperationsverträge sowie für IT-Support/ Service-Level-Verträge. Im Bereich Datenschutz unterstützt sie Unternehmen umfassend bei der Umsetzung der DSGVO und sonstigen Datenschutz-Compliance Themen einschließlich Gestaltungen des internationalen Datentransfers. Frau Dr. Hellmich berät auch zur Umsetzung der EBA-Guildelines.
Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Dr. Wulff-Axel Schmidt berät in allen Fragen des Wettbewerbs-, Marken-, Urheber und IT-Rechts. Hier widmet er sich insbesondere der Umsetzung von Sourcing- und Schutzrechtsstrategien (beispielsweise bei Unternehmenskäufen und -verkäufen und Unternehmensreorganisationen) sowie der Gestaltung von Lizenz- und Kooperationsverträgen und IT-Projektverträgen. Schwerpunkte seiner Tätigkeit liegen zudem auf dem Gebiet der Neuen Medien und des Datenschutzes. Er hält ständig Vorträge und Seminare zum Wettbewerbs-, Marken- und IT-Recht.
Carsten Andreas Senze
Carsten A. Senze berät IT-Anwender und IT-Unternehmen in allen Fragen der Gestaltung und Verhandlung von komplexen IT-Verträgen und bei Outsourcing-Projekten sowie in den Bereichen IT-Litigation und IT-Compliance. Weitere Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte sind das Datenschutzrecht, Telekommunikationsrecht (Regulatory & Commercial), Rechtsfragen des E-Commerce, gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Wettbewerbsrecht einschließlich der Prozessvertretung. Darüber hinaus referiert er regelmäßig zu den vorgenannten Themen.
Johannes Klausch
Johannes Klausch advises start-ups and international companies on how to benefit from the opportunities offered by digitalisation. Working at the interface between IP, data protection and IT law and in close consultation with colleagues from other specialist areas, Johannes Klausch acts as a central contact for founders and investors. He advises his clients on developments in the field of e-commerce and on the licensing of rights, helps clients steer clear of the legal pitfalls of digital business models, and defends corporate values in trademark and competition law disputes. Johannes Klausch is regularly in contact with Luther’s international Best Friends network and our Asian offices and coordinates requests that have an international dimension for medium-sized and international businesses.
Johannes Klausch advises on the protection of intellectual property and regularly lectures on the legal opportunities and challenges that come with digitalisation.
Tobias Osseforth
Tobias Osseforth and his team provide contracting authorities and companies across Germany with solution-oriented, innovative and digital public procurement law advice in the following key areas:
IT procurement: Drawing on comprehensive knowledge and many years of experience in structuring, procuring and implementing complex IT projects, Tobias Osseforth and his team provide effective support across all stages of IT procurement, offering comprehensive advisory services in a variety of matters ranging from the procurement of customised software solutions and cloud services to IT outsourcing projects.
Award of planning and construction contracts: Tobias Osseforth and his team provide reliable advice when it comes to procuring architectural and engineering services, as well as general contractor and total contractor services. This helps speed up construction work and simultaneously achieve effective cost control.
Catering sector: With a particular focus on the food & beverages sector, Tobias Osseforth and his team help optimise the process of procuring catering services.
Health care sector: Based on their special expertise in the health care sector, in particular in the hospital sector, Tobias Osseforth and his team assist in the procurement of medical products and services to ensure a smooth and legally compliant procurement process.
Police forces and authorities and administrations with safety- and security-related tasks: Using their experience in the police and safety and security sector, Tobias Osseforth and his team advise public authorities in procurement procedures regarding relevant products and services and ensure an efficient and legally compliant procurement process.
Outsourced procurement office: Where necessary, Tobias Osseforth and his team carry out entire (EU-wide or national) procurement procedures on behalf of rural districts, towns, municipalities and other contracting authorities. This helps ease the burden on existing procurement offices and optimise procurement procedures.
With this broad and in-depth expertise, Tobias Osseforth and his team are reliable partners for our clients at all stages of the procurement procedure.
Team Services
Luther’s team specialising 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 – the technology team provides the best solutions for complex problems.
Numerous technological developments in recent years are largely based on software or software-related inventions. In close cooperation with the Intellectual Property and Data Protection teams, Luther’s IT-team advises on drafting and negotiating software licence agreements, ASP contracts, SaaS contracts and other cloud computing contracts, up to contracts which are based on Supplementary Terms of Contract for the Procurement of IT Supplies/Services (EVB-IT).
In the context of IT outsourcing projects, Luther can advise on the entire process from the needs analysis to the invitation to tender up to the drafting and negotiation of the contract documents and service descriptions, taking into account employment and licensing law issues, IT security and data protection issues as well as regulatory requirements.
In the field of financial technology (FinTech), Luther advises companies from the financial sector, technology providers and providers of new technology-based business models on innovative technologies and digitisation strategies.