In Germany we are a team of more than 15 lawyers focusing on IT law related matters, cross-border IT transactions, e-commerce and data protection. Together with more than 250 Baker & McKenzie colleagues practicing in IT law around the globe we are able to assist and represent companies from the IT industry as well as users of IT products in all the important financial and commercial centers. We provide legal advice in close cooperation with our colleagues concentrating in complementary fields of law in Germany and around the globe.
The main focus of our activities is the non-contentious and the contentious advice in:
IT Law and Outsourcing
- IT Outsourcing and Business Processing Outsourcing Agreements (Nearshoring, Offshoring)
- Application Service Provider and Service Level Agreements
- Software Distribution and Hardware Distribution Agreements
- Software License and Software Development Agreements
- Maintenance and Support Agreements
- Leasing and Financing Agreements for Software and Hardware
- Project Agreements
IT M&A Transactions
- Acquisition Agreements
- Due Diligences
E-Commerce Law
- Website Audits and Advice in relation to Internet Information Duties
- Online Distribution Agreements
- Internet Provider, Website and Hosting Agreements
- E-Commerce Agreements (e.g. content, web design and advertising agreements)
- Terms of Use for Websites
- Liability for Content, Hyperlinks and Metatags
- Electronic Signatures and "Security in the Internet"
Compliance Solutions
Successful delivery of privacy compliance solutions requires not only a thorough knowledge of data protection, privacy and data security laws on a local and international level, but also a keen understanding of how to develop and implement best practices across an organization with diverse operations and locations. Our highly recognized team of dedicated privacy lawyers can assist you with the successful development and implementation of local and multijurisdictional data protection compliance programs.
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Data Protection
- Data Protection Audits
- Data Transfer Abroad
- Intra-Company Privacy Policies (Codes of Conduct/Binding Corporate Rules)
- Implementation of Customer Relationship Management Systems, HR-Systems and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
- Direct Marketing and Data Warehousing
- Data Protection in the Internet
Intellectual Property/Unfair Competition Law
- Protection of Software and/or Digital Content under Copyright and Unfair Competition Law
- Patent Licensing Agreement and Online Publishing Agreements
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