Dr Christian Tinnefeld > Hogan Lovells International LLP > Hamburg, Germany > Lawyer Profile
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20095 HAMBURG
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Dr Christian Tinnefeld
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Partner
Career
Dr. Christian Tinnefeld combines expertise in legal counseling of data privacy, cyber security, and information technology (IT)-related matters with excellent skills in contract drafting and negotiating. He is experienced in representing his clients at data protection authorities, other administrative bodies and courts. Christian is passionate about giving speeches and lectures in client workshops and as a Ph.D. (Bucerius Law School, Hamburg).
In data protection and data security law, Christian is an authority for digital projects, international data transfers and EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) advice. Christian is representing clients of various industries at the Data Protection Authorities (DPA) on a regular basis and was one of the few legal counsel who supported clients in post Safe Harbor proceedings at the DPA Hamburg. Furthermore, he advises on internal investigations (including data protection requirements in U.S. e-discovery proceedings), the processing of customer and health data, personal management tools (human resources data), closed-circuit television and call recordings, website compliance, online marketing tools, and drafting of internal and outside-facing privacy policies for clients in different industries (with a focus on technology, media, and online retail). He is regularly representing clients in privacy litigation and runs workshops on privacy matters for clients.
In IT-related matters, he advises both international company groups requesting IT services and national and international IT companies offering these services. Christian’s experience covers the full scope of IT contracts, particularly IT projects, software licensing, cloud computing, hosting contracts, SAP services, IT service contracts, and hardware purchase agreements. Due to his long-standing advice and intellectual property litigation for internet providers, online marketplaces, and owners of digital content, he knows the challenges, perspectives, and needs of globally operating company groups. Christian gives lectures at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg) on software license agreements and IT contracts and is a co-author of a GDPR textbook.
Languages
English, German
Education
University of Hamburg, 2000
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Information technology > Data protection
Hogan Lovells International LLP is experiened in cross-border project support and focuses on AI-related matters, here, Martin Pflüger and Marcus Schreibauer are key contacts, as well as cyber security, including clients’ representation in proceedings before the supervisory authorities and in civil proceedings, digital healthcare (including healthcare apps and patient data protection) and the European Data Strategy. The experience in the healthcare and life sciences sectors is complemented with relevant industry expertise in the finance, insurance, automotive and technology segments. The advice on contentious matters and compliance is a key strength of Christian Tinnefeld, while Stefan Schuppert focuses on data protection, IP and contract law.
Germany > Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
Hogan Lovells International LLP acts from four German locations and regularly covers cross-border matters. The team is an experienced advisor to international corporations and start-ups on traditional IT law matters such as contract drafting and transaction support. Further mainstays include the support for technology companies, particularly from the life sciences, finance and automotive industries, as well as international companies in cloud services, software development, machine learning, open source software compliance and AI; Martin Pflueger is a key contact for this. The team is also instructed by clients from the finance and insurance industries on IT contract matters, where Marcus Schreibauer and Sarah-Lena Kreutzmann regularly take the lead. Other key contacts include Christian Tinnefeld, who is experienced in IT and data protection law as well as litigation, while Stefan Schuppert advises on license agreements and IT project-related contracts.
Germany > Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
Hogan Lovells International LLP regularly cooperates with other locations as well as the corporate practice and is well versed in transaction support. The team focuses on risk examination at the interface between IT and IP, including risks associated with the use of open source software; the use of personal and non-personal data as well as advice on potential losses of know-how. This is complemented by expertise in joint venture formations for the development and use of new technologies and the out-licensing of software. This focus is mirrored by the practice heads Stefan Schuppert (IP, contract law and data protection), Martin Pflüger (IT, e-commerce, data protection with a focus on technology, life sciences, automotive), Marcus Schreibauer (outsourcing, IT transactions, data protection, cyber security) and Christian Tinnefeld (data protection, data security, IT law; litigation).
Lawyer Rankings
- Data protection Germany > Information technology
- Information technology and digitalisation Germany > Information technology
- IT transactions and outsourcing Germany > Information technology
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Compliance > Compliance
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Compliance > Internal investigations
- Intellectual property > Patent litigation: solicitors
- Dispute resolution > Product liability
- Real estate and construction > Project development
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Antitrust
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Public sector > Commercial administrative law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Information technology > Data protection
- Industry focus > Energy
- Banking and finance > Financial services: regulatory
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Banking and finance > Project finance
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Capital markets > Structured finance and securitisation
- Intellectual property > Unfair competition
- Private equity > Venture capital
- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Capital markets > Debt capital markets
- Capital markets > Equity capital markets
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Intellectual property > Patent litigation: patent lawyers
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Public sector > State aid
- Consumer goods and food law
- Banking and finance > Fintech
- Banking and finance > Real estate finance
- Tax
- Employment
- Banking and finance > Lending and borrowing
- Private equity > Transactions