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Dr Gregor Schmid, LL.M. (Cambridge)
Work Department
IT & Telecoms, Copyright & Media Law, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner
Gregor Schmid is a lawyer for technology and media with a focus on data protection, copyright, media, IT law and e-commerce. He regularly advises on negotiations and transactions, financing and joint ventures as well as on regulatory aspects of the digital business.
Gregor´s clients include technology start-ups, ISPs, games, film and television companies as well as financial institutions and investors. Gregor is also an experienced litigator in complex business disputes.
The distinguished legal expert is an award-winning and recommended lawyer in the fields of technology and data protection.
Career
- Since 2021 Lecturer at University of Alicante on the Law of Digital Transformation
- 2011 – 2020 Lecturer Media Law, Humbold-Universität zu Berlin
- Since 2006 Partner, Taylor Wessing
- 2012 Lecturer, MHMK Macromedia Hochschule für Medien und Kommunikation, München
- 2011 Lecturer, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 2003 Lecturer, Max-Planck-Institut für Patent-, Urheber- und Wettbewerbsrecht (today: Innovation und Wettbewerb)
- 1999 – 2006 Lawyer, Linklaters LLP in IPIT//Media & Entertainment
- 1997 – 1999 Research assistant, Max-Planck-Institut für Patent-, Urheber- und Wettbewerbsrecht (today: Innovation und Wettbewerb)
Languages
German, English
Education
- 2003 Admitted as a lawyer, Berlin
- 1999 Doctoral degree (Prof. Gerhard Schricker), Dissertation on a theme of competition and European law, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
- 1997 Admitted as a lawyer, Munich
- 1996 Second state examination, Munich
- 1994 LL.M., University of Cambridge, England
- 1993 First state examination, Munich
- 1988 – 1993 Degree studies in law, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Media > Entertainment
(Leading individuals)Taylor Wessing fields a diverse TMT practice, which primarily supports large technology companies and platforms in the media sector. A key strength is the advice on the launch and expansion of digital tools and copyright-related products as well as data protection and competition law. Led by data protection lawyer Paul Voigt, the team is particularly well versed in supporting user-based platforms in matters pertaining to transparency and youth protection. Gregor Schmid is experienced in IT and e-commerce and routinely handles licensing agreements, terms and conditions and gaming-related matters. Jörg Wimmers regularly supports transactions and product launches in the digital space, while Malek Barudi, who made partner in April 2023, represents clients in copyright and personal rights proceedings.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Information technology > Data protection
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Real estate and construction > Project development
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Private equity > Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Media > Entertainment
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patent litigation: solicitors
- Dispute resolution > Product liability
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Intellectual property > Unfair competition
- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Compliance > Compliance
- Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Employment
- Industry focus > Energy
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Private clients and non-profits
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Banking and finance > Real estate finance
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Public sector > State aid
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Capital markets > Equity capital markets
- Insurance > Insurance litigation
- Banking and finance > Lending and borrowing
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Antitrust
- Private equity > Transactions