Dr. Jakob Horn, LL.M. (Harvard)

Jakob Horn is a member of the practice area Technology, Media & Telecoms. He advises companies in particular on AI governance, data protection, IT contract law and IT security, as well as related disputes.

A key focus is advising companies on the implementation of the AI Act. He advises both providers and deployers of AI on the practical as well as legally compliant implementation of the AI Act and on the consideration of other legal obligations associated with AI and contract drafting. Another focus is representing companies in technology-related disputes. In particular, he represents companies in connection with data protection and IT security incidents before authorities, in defending against claims for damages by affected parties and in enforcing claims against third parties (such as service providers with inadequate IT security levels or the enforcement of claims arising from IT contracts).

CV

Since 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2021 - 2024 Post-Doc Researcher and Lecturer, Humboldt University, Berlin

2015 - 2018 Prae-Doc Researcher and Lecturer, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena

Career

Since 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2021 - 2024 Post-Doc Researcher and Lecturer, Humboldt University, Berlin

2015 - 2018 Prae-Doc Researcher and Lecturer, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena

Education

2021 Second State Examination (Bar Exam)

2019 - 2021 Legal Trainee at Higher Regional Court of Berlin, among others stages at Federal Ministry of Justice and Taylor Wessing

2018 - 2019 Master of Laws (LL.M.), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA

Publications

Data Breaches Under the GDPR Not Excused by Employee Error (EU), Thomson Reuters, 2024

Mitarbeiter machen Fehler? Ja, aber das ist keine Entschuldigung für den Datenschutzverstoß, Datenschutz-Berater 5/24

Entwicklung eines Legal Tech-Tools - Die Ergebnise eines innovativen Kurses an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, LTZ 1/2024, 46-47

Alterantive Streitbeilegung & Verhandlung, Ebers, Stichwortkommentar Legal Tech, 2023

Die vollautomatische zivilgerichtliche Entscheidung, ZZP 136 (2023), 459-463

Verfahrensgrundsätze und Digitalisierung der zivilgerichtlichen Streitbeilegung, in Riehm/Dörr, Digitalisierung und Zivilverfahren, 2023, § 26 (mit Prof. Dr. Giesela Rühl)

Automatische Informationsbeschaffung durch Zivilgerichte, Zum Einsatz von IT im Zivilprozess, RDi 2022, 469-477

The Emergency Arbitrator under the New York Convention, The American Review of International Arbitration 31 (2021), 109-125

Der Emergency Arbitrator und die ZPO, 2019 (Dissertation)

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Technology, media & communications

What international businesses should know about the German AI Market Surveillance and Innovation Promotion Act

20 February 2026

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The EU's high-stakes bet on taming deepfakes

Gregor Schmid, Caroline Bunz, Jakob Horn and Alexander Schmalenberger look at the EU's efforts to address deepfakes under Article 35 DSA and Article 50 EU AI Act.

13 November 2025

by multiple authors

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