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Maximilian Schumann

Maximilian Schumann

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  • Duesseldorf Germany
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Maximilian advises and represents both national and international companies on complex IT law issues

He supports clients on the provider and user side in the development and introduction of complex (AI) IT solutions, in the planning and implementation of digitalisation strategies and in ensuring their compliance with data protection law. Maximilian also advises the public sector on large-volume IT and infrastructure projects. As a sought-after consultant to the public sector, he has extensive experience from various projects with regional, national and international reach and provides support on all strategic future issues in the context of administrative modernisation.

Expertise

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CV

Since 2024 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 Admitted as a lawyer
Since 2017 Doctoral Candidate, Humboldt University of Berlin
2016 Second state examination
2014 First state examination
2009 – 2014 Legal studies, Humboldt University of Berlin

Career

Since 2024 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2019 Admitted as a lawyer
Since 2017 Doctoral Candidate, Humboldt University of Berlin
2016 Second state examination
2014 First state examination
2009 – 2014 Legal studies, Humboldt University of Berlin

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English

Experience

Federal Ministry of Digital and Public Administration (BMDS) – Microsoft Sovereign Cloud (MSSC)

Comprehensive advice to the federal government on the migration of stationary Microsoft applications (‘on premise’) to a sovereign cloud solution offered by Delos Cloud GmbH (a subsidiary of SAP SE). Taylor Wessing provided legal advice on all aspects of this extremely extensive and complex project. In particular, we thoroughly reviewed, revised and negotiated the basic cloud agreement. We also provided advice on public procurement law and on the agreement to be concluded with SAP SE.

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Dr. Michael Brüggemann
Dr. Ernst-Albrecht von Beauvais, LL.M. (Berkeley)
Maximilian Schumann
Dr. Benedikt Kohn, CIPP/E

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