Dr Jost Kotthoff > White & Case LLP > Frankfurt, Germany > Lawyer Profile

White & Case LLP‘s expertise is based on cross-practice support, where the team frequently cooperates with the M&A and private equity specialists on IT and data protection matters in transactions and reorganisations. The team also acts in the financial sector and advises on digitisation issues pertaining to digital assets. Clients benefit from the support in cloud-based systems, the transition of corporate software to the cloud, the creation of payment platforms and the outsourcing of IT and data management from public sector clients to private companies. Jost Kotthoff (sourcing, outsourcing and technology transactions) leads the practice.

White & Case LLP is experienced in sourcing, outsourcing and technology-related transactions and complements this with expertise in the outsourcing of IT infrastructure as well as application management, business process outsourcing and cloud computing. The team acts primarily, but not exclusively, for clients from the finance, insurtech, energy and automotive sectors, which benefit from the cross-practice and cross-location cooperation. The team is led by Jost Kotthoff (sourcing, outsourcing and various technology transactions; also system integrations and software licensing) and includes data protection and cyber security expert Detlev Gabel and Martin Munz (IT, sourcing and contract law). Local partner Mathias Bogusch is a further contact for sourcing transactions, commercial agreements, joint ventures and cooperation agreements and complements this with expertise in IP with a focus on software and data.