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Alexander Schmalenberger, LL.B.
Alexander Schmalenberger, LL.B.

Alexander Schmalenberger, LL.B.

Knowledge Lawyer

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Alexander is a lawyer and Knowledge Lawyer in the Knowledge & Innovation team. The Knowledge & Innovation team consists of specialized lawyers and legal engineers who jointly develop strategic methods, technologies and innovative solutions to optimally prepare and digitize legal expertise for client advice.

As an expert in digital, data protection, technology and telecommunications law, Alexander is a member of the TMT Practice Area. He focuses on screening and analyzing global market, jurisdiction and legislative developments, both nationally and internationally. His extensive experience in advising technology companies and conducting numerous court proceedings on complex technical issues enables him to identify challenges arising from new developments at an early stage.

In addition to legal issues, he has a comprehensive technical understanding, deals with AI and legal tech applications and examines their use for the legal sector.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Information technology
Data & cyber

Sectors

Technology, media & communications
Automotive & mobility
Aerospace & defence
Interface

Interface

Analysis and exploration of legal and commercial issues in tech, IP, media and related sectors.

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CV

Since 2021 Knowledge Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2011 – 2021 Lawyer, Dr. Matzen & Partner, Hamburg
2017 – 2021 Data Privacy Officer, Altona Diagnostics GmbH, Hamburg
2008 Graduate research assistant, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Hamburg
2011 Second state examination, Hamburg
2008 – 2010 Legal Clerkship, Higher Regional Court Hamburg
2007 First state examination, Hamburg
2006 Bachelor of laws, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
2004 Legal studies, Victoria University, Wellington
2002 – 2007 Legal studies, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg

Career

Since 2021 Knowledge Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2011 – 2021 Lawyer, Dr. Matzen & Partner, Hamburg
2017 – 2021 Data Privacy Officer, Altona Diagnostics GmbH, Hamburg
2008 Graduate research assistant, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Hamburg

Education

2011 Second state examination, Hamburg
2008 – 2010 Legal Clerkship, Higher Regional Court Hamburg
2007 First state examination, Hamburg
2006 Bachelor of laws, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
2004 Legal studies, Victoria University, Wellington
2002 – 2007 Legal studies, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg

Publications

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

Civil Liability under German Information Technology Security Legislation in „Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business“, Vol. 38, Herausgeber: Dennis Campbell, Wolters Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn, Niederlande, 2016

Memberships & Associations

Deutscher Anwaltverein

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21 November 2025
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Digital Omnibus proposal – re-writing the EU's digital rulebook

19 November 2025
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