IT Law & Digital Business - Integrated and practical legal advice on all matters pertaining to IT law

More than 90 partners and over 1,700 employees provide assistance to our clients in the audit, tax and law¹ accounting, as well as financial advisory and consulting matters.

With twelve locations in Berlin, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Greifswald, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich, Nuremberg, Potsdam and Stuttgart, we have offices throughout Germany and are never far away. Founded in Europe, Mazars is currently operating in over 90 countries.

More than 42,000 professionals – 26,000+ in our integrated partnership, 16,000+ in the Mazars North America Alliance – ensure friendly and cooperative atmosphere and are dedicated to helping our clients to secure and achieve further sustainable business growth.

We see ourselves as a sparring partner for our clients. For us, this means much more than extensive industry-specific experience and legal expertise. As a globally integrated partnership, we adopt an entrepreneurial approach in supporting our clients in a spirit of cooperation and teamwork. For each project, we select the specialists with the appropriate expertise to provide you with sustainable, customised and legally compliant services.

¹ where permitted under applicable country laws

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 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: 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 IT law & digital business services include but are not limited to:

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 Agreements
• 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 transactions

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