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Germany • Information technology

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Data law

CMS manages data protection-compliant structuring of business models and both internal and external processes involving personal data, and advises on the legal implications of artificial intelligence, ensuring compliance with emerging AI regulations and guiding clients on responsible data use in AI-driven environments. Team leader Markus Häuser brings expertise in digital and data driven business models, digital regulation, and data protection. He is supported by Florian Dietrich, who advises leading digital platform providers on innovative online business models and online privacy, and Reemt Matthiesen, who specialises in international data transfers and the use of employee and customer data, with particular expertise in ensuring data protection compliance in the development of wearables and healthcare devices.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Deep knowledge about data residency topics, as well as about data protection rules on an international scale.’
  • ‘Markus Häuser has deep knowledge of the field and is a great navigator of the ever-increasing technical complexities.’
  • ‘The team has abroad view on the individual challenges of the topic, but are very detailed into the European situation and it's pitfalls. Great alignment across the teams, which keeps the process efficient.’
  • ‘Markus Häuser with a broad network and view on topics not only as a lawyer but also from a very specific business PoV.'

Key clients

  • Accenture
  • Endo Health
  • IONITY
  • Klenico Health
  • Zalando
  • Adevinta
  • AirBnB
  • Accenture
  • eBay
  • SIGNAL IDUNA
  • Fossil
  • Volkswagen

Work highlights

Advised Intel on all data protection issues, including data protection issues relating to the use of AI.
Advised Xayn (soon to be Noxtua SE) on data protection law, copyright law, licensing law and contractual law relating to our joint AI model.
Advised AirBnB on platform issues (especially DSA) and data protection.
Practice head

Markus Häuser

Other key lawyers

Florian Dietrich; Reemt Matthiesen; Christian Runte; Malte Grützmacher; Michael Kraus; Reemt Matthiesen

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