Dr. Tobias Schelinski

Tobias is a specialist lawyer for information technology law and heads up the industry group Logistics & Transport.

He is highly experienced in IT projects, including digitisation, outsourcing, e-commerce and data protection and Tobias supports his clients with strong negotiating skills in national and international technology projects. His clients praise his distinctive commercial and technical understanding and his extensive international network.

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Career

Since 2017	Lecturer, Nordakademie, Hamburg/Elmshorn
Since 2010	Partner, Taylor Wessing
Since 2010	Lecturer, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Hamburg

2011 – 2013	Lecturer, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
2005 – 2010	Associate, Taylor Wessing

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Education

2005	Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
2005	Second state examination
2003 – 2005	Legal clerkship, Hamburg

2004	Doctoral degree, dissertation on the application of German administrative law to overseas online services, University of Hamburg
2001	First state examination, Hamburg

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Publications

IT-Vertragsrecht in IT-Recht, Leupold/Wiebe/ Glossner, IT-Recht, 4. Auflage 2021

Springer-Verlag: Lehrbuch Wirtschaftsrecht, Kapitel zu IP /IT /Medien, Springer-Verlag, 2. Auflage, 2018, together with Jan Feuerhake

C.H.Beck: Artikel in der MMR 2018, 586 zu Lootboxen in Computerspielen, C.H.Beck, 09/2018, together with Jan Feuerhake

IT-Vertragsrecht - Leupold/Glossner, IT-Recht, 2013, p. 13 - 121

Regeln für Werbung in Computerspiele – Sponsors, 05/2012

Erfolgreiches Legal Management, Berndt, Erfolgreiches Management, 2012, p. 71 - 86

Grenzüberschreitender Handel / Werbung und Internationale Wirkung des Internet -Hamburg@work, Handbuch E-Commerce Recht, 08/2009

Behördliche Aufsicht über grenzüberschreitende Online-Dienste, 03/2005

Memberships & Associations

Hamburger Logistikinitiative

Bundesverband der Logistik

GAME Bundesverband

DRI – The Voice of Defense

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications Logistics & transport Gaming

Experience

Advising seller on sale of marmalade GmbH and Makaira GmbH to ECOMMERCE ONE

marmalade GmbH, one of Germany's leading e-commerce agencies, and Makaira GmbH, a provider of an e-commerce marketing suite for online retail, have been sold by marmalade Group GmbH to ECOMMERCE ONE Group.

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Dr. Jens Wolf

Dr. Wiebke Baars, LL.M.

Dr. Tobias Schelinski

Dr. Jens Wiesner, LL.M. (Chicago)

Sven Kahlert

Dr. Philipp N.W. Weiten, LL.M.

Philipp Hoegl

Patrizia Neifert

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Pflege.de on its sale to the Hartmann Gruppe

Comprehensive legal advice to the shareholders of web care LBJ GmbH, operator of the Hamburg service portal Pflege.de, the leading German online platform relating to home care and living in old age, on the sale of the company to the Hartmann Group, a producer of medical and care products.

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Dr. Tillmann Pfeifer

Dr. Tobias Schelinski

Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

Dr. Daniel Werner (geb. Jarzembowski)

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Awards

Legal 500 Germany 2024	"Tobias Schelinski and his team are available at all times. Their legal knowledge is outstanding. The international contacts should be emphasised, which are essential for our matters in particular. The support in contract negotiations with our clients worldwide is excellent."
Legal 500 Germany 2024	"Dr Tobias Schelinski is our central point of contact. He is always matter-of-fact, has an excellent technical background, but is nevertheless prepared to take a step back on special topics and leave the room to other partners or outstanding associates."
Legal 500 Germany 2024	"Tobias Schelinski has been our central point of contact for all legal matters for more than 10 years. Outstanding industry knowledge, excellent strategist in contract negotiations."
Legal 500 Germany 2024	"We work primarily with the IT / Games team led by Dr Schelinski, but we always have access to other teams for ancillary topics. The networking between the teams is unparalleled."
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2018- 2023	Leading individual - Information technology law
Who's Who Legal 2020 - 2023	Recommended

Legal 500 2023	"Dr Tobias Schelinski looks after our mandate centrally. He is an outstanding industry expert. Extremely focussed, we can always rely on receiving a concrete and implementable recommendation for action, even on complex and novel legal challenges."
Legal 500 2023	"Tobias Schelinski has an excellent team and also always has excellent recommendations."
Legal 500 2022	Tobias Schelinski "is an extremely practical and solution-oriented specialist for all IT topics"
Who's Who Legal 2022	Global Leader - Sports
Legal 500 2020	"Tobias Schelinski's advice in the area of global framework license agreements for companies with complex matrix structures (all license and business models) is great."
JUVE Handbook 2018/2019	Recommended for IT law “very well connected, pragmatic approach with respect to new legal challenges”.
Who's Who Legal 2018	One of the world’s leading Information Technology and Data Privacy and Protection lawyers
Legal 500 2018	The "outstanding" Tobias Schelinski is "probably one of the best experts in the games industry".
Legal 500 2017	Recommended for his expertise in gaming issues

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