About

Having been serving as general counsel at eyeo since 2014, Kai Recke’s in-house legal career started at Sedo, a start-up in Cologne where he built up the legal department from scratch. After eight years at Sedo, he was asked by one of the founders of Sedo to join his new company eyeo, whose main product is the Adlock Plus software. ‘The decision to accept this offer started another exciting and challenging time in my life and I am proud to be a small part of an ongoing revolution in the way internet-users are able to determine how their privacy and browsing experience should be and that this cannot be forced on them by third parties’, he says. Apart from his role at eyeo, Recke is also actively engaged in various pro bono work, such as BUJ.net and a regional lawyers association. According to Recke, ‘in-house legal counsel will continue to be an important advisor to the board and should be involved in the decision making process early. For that, you need to be able to understand the business aspects of decisions and the risks that are associated. In-house lawyers need to be digital experts and keep up with the global digitisation if they want to stay relevant’, he comments.