TMT: Information Technology
Europe Guide 2024 : Germany
Band 3
Contact number
+49 69 768063 0Chambers Review
Covington & Burling houses a dedicated IT law department which regularly acts on national and cross-border mandates. The team assists with outsourcings, complex platform and app launches, cooperation agreements, market entries and cryptocurrencies. Clients also benefit from the law firm's strength in handling cloud procurement and licensing agreements as well as data privacy-related topics such as global data sharing. Covington & Burling is particularly active in the healthcare and banking sectors and a good choice for clients seeking interdisciplinary advice on IT and data protection issues.
Work Highlights
- Covington & Burling advised ZDF on the procurement of cloud-based IT infrastructure services and the migration of data centre services to the cloud.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Covington & Burling has impressive response times and reliability."
"The advice was always proactive."
"Covington & Burling has impressive response times and reliability."
"The advice was always proactive."
Notable Practitioners
Frankfurt-based practitioner Thomas Heymann is held in high esteem for his long-standing expertise in IT law mandates, advising clients across Germany.
Frankfurt-based practitioner Lars Lensdorf advises clients on a broad range of IT mandates including outsourcings, IaaS procurement, cyber attacks and app launches. He demonstrates further strength advising on data migrations in the healthcare space and at the interstices of banking and IT law.
"I was very happy with Lars Lensdorf's support. He provides a very satisfying level of attention and I get timely responses."
"He is extremely reliable. Having him on the team gives you the feeling that the results will be helpful."
"He can be academic as well as pragmatic, and easily switches between the two."
Ranked Lawyers at
Covington & Burling LLP
Germany