Dr Hendrik Schöttle

Dr Hendrik Schöttle advises on IT law and data protection law.
Hendrik has many years of experience with consulting, drafting and negotiating of complex IT projects. He focuses on legal matters regarding IoT, digitalisation and cloud computing. He advises on software licensing models, in particular relating to open source software and in the field of data protection law. His clients include international technology groups and well-known IT and e-business companies.
He is named in repeatedly by Handelsblatt, by Best Lawyers, by Wirtschaftswoche and by Kanzleimonitor as one of the best lawyers/as repeatedly recommended lawyer for IT law. The JUVE handbook 2019/2020 recommends him as “leading name in the area of open source”. He is also recommended by Legal 500 Germany, due to his “very good IT knowledge, even regarding exotic questions” and his “very fast understanding of technical details”. In 2015 he received the International Client Choice Award from Lexology and the International Law Office, winning the IT & Internet Law category.
Hendrik became a lawyer in 2005 and joined the Munich office of Osborne Clarke in 2007. He was seconded to legal departments of IT companies several times. In addition, he spent a number of years as a software developer at the Institute for Legal Informatics of Saarland University. His clients benefit from his practical experience and his technical know-how when advising on technology-oriented matters.
He is the author of numerous publications and co-author of several handbooks and commentaries, including the Beck’sches Handbuch IT- und Datenschutzrecht [Handbook on IT law and data protection law] and the juris Praxiskommentar BGB [a commentary on the German Civil Code].
Hendrik is a lecturer in IT law at the Deutsche Anwaltakademie (German Lawyers’ Academy) and a frequent speaker on topics relating to IT law.
He is a board member of the BITKOM working group Open Source, a member of the Data Protection Law Committee of the German Federal Bar Association, a member of the information technology working group of the German Lawyers Association (DAV), and a member of the German Society for Law and Computer Science.
Osborne Clarke was awarded JUVE law firm of the year for use of IT & Data Protection and Technology & Media in 2019.
Osborne Clarke has advised Endeit Capital as lead investor in the Series B financing round of software start-up Sastrify, read more.
Osborne Clarke advises Secomba on the sale of its encryption software to Dropbox, read more
Osborne Clarke advises Klima Energy Transition Fund on Series B financing round of digital energy trading platform Enmacc, read more
Osborne Clarke advises CloudFactory on acquisition of machine learning platform Hasty, read more
Osborne Clarke advises Waverley Capital in Series B funding round at Endel, read more
Osborne Clarke advises node.energy in Series A financing round, read more
Osborne Clarke advises shareholders on sale of Raidboxes to team.blue, read more
Osborne Clarke advises Sylphar NV and Karo Pharma AB on purchase of Satin Naturel, read more
Osborne Clarke advises OSF Digital on the acquisition of netnomics, read more
Osborne Clarke advises Galileo on acquisition of AKAD University, read more
Osborne Clarke advises Keen Venture Partners on EUR 25 million investment in Lendis, read more
Osborne Clarke advises Highland Europe on investment in SoSafe, read more
Osborne Clarke advises coparion and VR Ventures in Series A financing of Finanzguru, read more
Osborne Clarke advises Taxdoo in Series B funding round with Tiger Global
Osborne Clarke advises Amscan International on the acquisition of Luftballon-Markt GmbH, read more
Osborne Clarke advises Allgeier SE on the acquisition of it-novum GmbH, read more
Osborne Clarke advises Taxdoo on Series A Financing Round.
Osborne Clarke advises Allgeier Enterprise Services AG on the acquisition of publicplan GmbH, read more
Osborne Clarke named "Law Firm of the Year Germany 2020", read more
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