IT & Digital Business

The digital revolution is the megatrend of our times. Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things, Big Data, and the rapid development of digital communication and networking offer companies from all sectors unprecedented opportunities and market access. This is based on the appropriate legal structures and the secure exchange of data – both domestically and internationally.

Our approach

Our experience in the challenges of digitalisation was obtained in numerous successful projects with our clients of various company sizes and industries.

As entrepreneurs, we can also share our own experience, as we started the transformation of entrepreneurial activities and the digitalisation of our services a few years ago. As a customer, you benefit from this know-how.

Our experts are experienced in the field of IT law and are actively involved in industry associations such as Bitkom.

Our services

In the area of IT & digital business, we offer the following consulting services:

Drafting of contracts under IT law

  • Legal structuring and contract design:
    • Hardware
    • Software development, licensing and maintenance
    • XaaS (in particular, software, platform, infrastructure)
    • Hosting, housing, and colocation
    • Service level agreement
    • support and distribution
  • EULA and general terms and conditions
  • Drafting, reviewing, and optimising contracts for IT products and services
  • Contract management support

Rights of use and licences

  • Design and development of licensing models
  • Software licence management support

Cloud Computing

  • Consulting on the development and operation of cloud computing solutions

Open Source Software (OSS)

  • Drafting, reviewing, and optimising software contracts with OSS components
  • Carrying out OSS licence analyses
  • Consulting on the application of the General Public License (GPL)
  • Consulting on public domain software, freeware, shareware
  • Consulting on the OSS-related transaction

Outsourcing

  • Consulting and support in all phases of outsourcing projects
  • Consulting on the industry-specific regulatory requirements of outsourcing projects

IT procurement by the public sector (EVB-IT)

E-Commerce

  • Legal support for the design and implementation of e-commerce projects

Due diligence under IT law

Internet law/online law

  • Telecommunications services and telemedia
  • Domains
  • Data protection
  • Social media

Legal advice on data privacy

Legal advice on IT security and IT compliance

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