CMS' technology, media and communications team has established a strong AI practice and is instructed on a range of matters by large public and private clients in the fields of tech, finance, and healthcare. Strengths of the team include advising on the development of dedicated AI models and solutions, regulatory updating following changes in AI, data, and digital services regulation, and the tailoring of user license agreements. The team’s co-leaders are data protection and IT law specialist Markus Häuser and Markus Kaulartz, who is specialised in cryptocurrency and future technologies.
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Testimonials
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- 'The firm has very unique personnel like Markus Kaulartz, who is a lawyer and computer scientist. He has a very hands on mentality.'
- 'Very tech savvy, very focused on compliance and European tech, with a comparably young and dynamic team. They are very strategic, especially Markus Kaulartz, who is is pretty much the best lawyer I know.'
Key clients
- Accenture
- Börsenmedien AG
- DEKRA SE
- Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Recht und Informatik
- GETEMED Medizin- und Informationstechnik AG
- neoshare AG
- Noxtua SE
Work highlights
Advised Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Recht und Informatik on legal issues relating to artificial intelligence.
Advised neoshare AG on drafting tailored user agreements for the platform and providing comprehensive legal guidance on AI development projects.
Advised Noxtua SE on data protection law, copyright law, licensing law and contractual law relating to a joint AI model.
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Practice head
Markus Häuser; Markus Kaulartz