• About us
  • People
  • Expertise
    • Sectors
        • Technology, media & communications Technology, media & communications
        • Private Wealth Private wealth
        • Real estate, infrastructure & energy
        • Life sciences & healthcare icon Life sciences & healthcare
        • Aerospace & defence
        • Automotive & mobility
        • Business & professional services
        • Chemicals
        • Consumer & retail
        • Financial institutions & insurance
        • Hotels, hospitality & leisure
        • Logistics & transport
        • Manufacturing & industrials
        • Public services & education
    • Legal services
        • Artificial intelligence
        • Banking & finance
        • Brands & advertising
        • Commercial & consumer contracts
        • Competition, EU & trade
        • Copyright & media law
        • Corporate crime & compliance
        • Corporate/M&A & capital markets
        • Data & cyber
        • Disputes & investigations
        • Employment, pensions & mobility
        • Environmental, planning & regulatory
        • Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
        • Intellectual property
        • Information technology
        • Patents & innovation
        • Private client
        • Private equity
        • Projects, energy & infrastructure
        • Real estate & construction
        • Regulation
        • Restructuring & insolvency
        • Tax
        • Venture capital
  • Locations
    • Europe
        • Locations
        • Austria
        • Belgium
        • Czech Republic
        • France
        • Germany
        • Hungary
        • Italy
        • Netherlands
        • Poland
        • Portugal
        • Ireland
        • Slovakia
        • Spain
        • United Kingdom
        • Ukraine
          Groups & regions
        • CEE Turkish Desk
        • French German group
        • Our offices
    • Middle East & Africa
        • Locations
        • Middle East
        • UAE
          Groups
        • Africa group
        • Israel group
        • Our offices
    • Americas
        • Locations
        • Latin America
        • USA
          Groups
        • Brazil group
        • Our offices
    • Asia
        • Locations
        • Asia
        • China
        • South Korea
          Groups
        • India group
        • Japan group
        • Our offices
  • Insights
    • Insights
        • Featured Topics
        • Artificial intelligence
        • Data Centre Expertise
        • The EU Whistleblower Directive
        • German Supply Chain Act
        • Unified Patent Court
          Content hub
        • Global Data Hub
        • Interface: tech, IP and media law
        • Podcasts
        • Synapse
        • Browse all insights
    • In focus
        • AI
        • Dealonomics
        • Disputes
        • Intellectual property
        • MENA
        • Regulation
        • Browse in focus
    • Events
        • In person
        • Online
        • Browse all events
    • News
        • Media centre
        • Work highlights
        • Firm news
        • Browse all news
  • Careers
  • EN
    • English
    • 中文(简体)
    • Français
    • Deutsch
  • Home
  • People
  • Jan Feuerhake
Jan Feuerhake, LL.M. (Melbourne)
Jan Feuerhake, LL.M. (Melbourne)

Jan Feuerhake, LL.M. (Melbourne)

Partner

  • Hamburg Germany
Contact Me Today
+49 40 36803 325
vCard
Email me Call me
Featured award

Legal 500 2026

Recommended Lawyer for Media law

Scroll to featured award

Jan is a specialist lawyer in the field of information technology law. He specialises in IT contract law, data protection law, software licencing, e-commerce, and gambling laws.


Among other things, he heads up the external advisory team for a variety of projects concerning the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), providing advice to national and international clients. Moreover, Jan assists foreign companies from the software and online-entertainment industry in dealing with the challenges of the German market in terms of regulatory requirements, contract law, and matters relating to IP law.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Data & cyber
Information technology
Copyright & media law
Telecommunications
Advertising & unfair competition
Tech Litigation
Open Source Software & Compliance

Sectors

Technology, media & communications
Software
IoT
Games and gambling

Tech-Litigation

Download Tech-Litigation brochure

CV

Since 2024 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2017 – 2019 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2014 – 2016 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2012 – 2013 Independent lawyer
2011 – 2012 Research assistant, Taylor Wessing
2013 LL.M., La Trobe University, Australia
2012 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
2011 Doctoral degree on procedural issues regarding the right to inspection
2011 Second state examination, Hamburg
2009 – 2011 Legal clerkship, Hamburg, leading international law firm in the field of patents, Cape Town
2008 First state examination, Hamm
2008 Legal studies, Münster
2005 Legal studies, Freiburg

Career

Since 2024 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2017 – 2019 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2014 – 2016 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2012 – 2013 Independent lawyer
2011 – 2012 Research assistant, Taylor Wessing

Education

2013 LL.M., La Trobe University, Australia
2012 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
2011 Doctoral degree on procedural issues regarding the right to inspection
2011 Second state examination, Hamburg
2009 – 2011 Legal clerkship, Hamburg, leading international law firm in the field of patents, Cape Town
2008 First state examination, Hamm
2008 Legal studies, Münster
2005 Legal studies, Freiburg

Publications

AI, data protection and data ownership, PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, edition #17, January 2019

Springer–Verlag: Lehrbuch Wirtschaftsrecht, 2. Auflage, Kapitel zu IP / IT / Medien, 02.12.2018, mit Dr. Tobias Schelinski

C.H.Beck: Artikel in der MMR 2018, 586 zu Lootboxen in Computerspielen, 09/2018, mit  Dr. Tobias Schelinski

Bundesanzeiger Verlag: Praxishandbuch Compliance Management, Beitrag 'Arbeitnehmerdatenschutz',09/2018

Additional languages

English

Awards

Legal 500 2026

Featured

Recommended Lawyer for Media law

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2025

Best lawyers: IT law

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024

Leading individual: Data Protection Law

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024

Leading individual: Information Technology Law

Leading individual: Data Security and Privacy Law

Leading individual: Information Technology Law

Leading individual: Information Technology Law

Leading individual: Data Security and Privacy Law

Jan's news & insights

View Jan's insights
Gaming eGaming and gambling - keyboard and headphones
Click here to find out more
Games and gambling

German Gambling Law Update 2025

29 September 2025

by multiple authors

Glass.Mapper.Sc.Fields.Image?.Alt
Private equity

Taylor Wessing advises shareholders of aixigo AG on sale to Amundi Asset Management

15 November 2024

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Glass.Mapper.Sc.Fields.Image?.Alt
Games and gambling

German Gambling Law – Update 2024

26 August 2024
Briefing

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
View Jan's insights

Related news & insights

Robots hand
Technology, media & communications

The EU Digital Omnibus on AI – What the political deal means

8 May 2026
In-depth analysis

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Germany

Dr Carolin Monsees and Dr Michael Beer appointed equity partners

29 April 2026

by Dr. Michael Beer and Dr. Carolin Monsees, CIPP/E

Click here to find out more
Android with arm out
Technology, media & communications

Law Against Digital Violence – New Obligations for Online Service Providers

24 April 2026
Briefing

by Dr. Paul Voigt, Lic. en Derecho, CIPP/E and Dr. Jakob Horn, LL.M. (Harvard)

Click here to find out more
FinTech Stories
Fintech

#7: State of the EU Crypto Industry: MiCA, Tokenisation and What Comes Next

22 April 2026

by Miroslav Đurić, LL.M.

Click here to find out more
Color pencils

Online coaching and distance learning: Federal Court of Justice clarifies application of the Distance Learning Protection Act

21 April 2026
Briefing

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Cloud Computing Servers
Open Source Software & Compliance

Use of Open-Source Software in Critical Infrastructures: Legal Framework and Requirements in Corporate Practice

15 April 2026
In-depth analysis

by David Mallmann, LL.M. (Berkeley) and Dr. Carsten Schulz

Click here to find out more
Search Result Robotic
Information technology

The duty to ensure AI literacy

15 April 2026
Briefing

by Jan Rataj

Click here to find out more
Pen close up
Data & cyber

Subscription contracts: new regime under DMCCA delayed to Spring 2027

2 April 2026
Quick read

by Adam Rendle and Debbie Heywood

Click here to find out more
International life sciences
Life sciences & healthcare

CJEU Ruling Reshapes Poland’s Pharmacy Advertising Rules

1 April 2026
Quick read

by Bartosz Świdrak

Click here to find out more
Green bag on grey background
Consumer & retail

The CMA steps up its fight against fake reviews

30 March 2026
Quick read

by Megan Eaton

Click here to find out more
View all insights

Related people

Germany
Global

Dr. Gregor Schmid, LL.M. (Cambridge)

Partner

Berlin
+49 30 885636 0
Email me
View profile
Tobias Schelinski

Dr. Tobias Schelinski

Partner

Hamburg
+49 40 36803 0
Email me
View profile

Finja Clever

Senior Associate

Hamburg
+49 40 36803 0
Email me
View profile
Philip Kühn

Philip Kühn

Salary Partner

Hamburg
+49 40 36803 0
Email me
View profile
Paul Voigt

Dr. Paul Voigt, Lic. en Derecho, CIPP/E

Partner

Berlin
San Francisco
+49 30 885636 0
Email me
View profile

Sarah Köppen

Associate

Hamburg
+49 40 36803 0
Email me
View profile
Miriam Mundhenk

Miriam Mundhenk

Salary Partner

Hamburg
+49 40 36803 0
Email me
View profile
Fritz-Ulli Pieper

Fritz-Ulli Pieper, LL.M.

Salary Partner

Duesseldorf
+49 211 8387-240
Email me
View profile

Nils von Reith

Senior Associate

Frankfurt
+49 69 97130 0
Email me
View profile
Teresa Kirschner

Teresa Kirschner, LL.M. (Information and Media Law)

Associate

Frankfurt
+49 69 97130 0
Email me
View profile
Full team
Katie Chandler

Katie Chandler

Partner

London
+44 20 7300 4163
Email me
View profile
Philip Kühn

Philip Kühn

Salary Partner

Hamburg
+49 40 36803 0
Email me
View profile
Laura Huck

Laura Huck

Associate

Paris
+33 1 72 74 03 33
Email me
View profile
Boris Smit

Boris Smit

Associate

Amsterdam
+31 88 024 3272
Email me
View profile
Andi Terziu

Andi Terziu

Senior Associate

London
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile
Person Placeholder Image

Guillaume Schmitt

Senior Associate

Paris
+33 1 72 74 03 33
Email me
View profile
Miriam Mundhenk

Miriam Mundhenk

Salary Partner

Hamburg
+49 40 36803 0
Email me
View profile
Laure Hue De la Colombe

Laure Hüe De La Colombe

Partner

Paris
+33 1 72 74 03 33
Email me
View profile

Thanos Rammos, LL.M.

Partner

Berlin
San Francisco
+49 30 885636 430
Email me
View profile
Hannah Elam

Hannah Elam

Senior Associate

London
+44 20 7300 7000
Email me
View profile
Full team

Meet me at

There are no upcoming events

See all events
Subscribe to our latest insights
  • About us
  • Campaigns and online tools
  • News
  • People
  • Expertise
  • Locations
  • Insights
  • Events
  • Media centre
  • Contact
  • Careers
  • Alumni
  • Data protection & privacy policy
  • Cookie policy
  • Legal and regulatory information
  • Regulatory information on costs
  • Complaints procedure for clients
  • Terms of use
  • Anti-slavery statement
  • Environmental
  • Scam emails

© Taylor Wessing