Germany
Can blockchain technology help mitigate the black box phenomenon of AI applications?
In the rapidly evolving landscape of cutting-edge technologies, AI-driven business cases and blockchain solutions are like two relatives who don´t know each other. The reason is that the AI-inherent black...Read more

Matthias Artzt
Senior Legal Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
Working in a centralized legal department, providing legal advice for global business

In-house legal departments serve as the company’s guardians of risk mitigation and internal regulations, balancing the boundaries set by applicable laws and the company’s individual risk portfolio with the company’s...Read more

Svenja Partu
General Counsel, thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH, Germany
From Law to Metrics: Quantifying and Managing Risks Related to Human Rights and the Environment in Global Supply Chains



Various legislators have discussed and implemented regulations on sustainability in supply chains in recent years. Examples include the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence to Prevent Human Rights Violations in...Read more

Maik Ebersoll
Head of Legal Operations, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany

Matthias Meyer
Head of the Institute for Management Accounting and Simulation, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Germany

Mark Schmidt
Research associate , Institute of Management Accounting and Simulation, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Germany

Achim Tschauder
Program Director, Bucerius Legal Operations Campus, Germany
Tackling Change from Within an In-House Legal Function

Different Different, But Same: the Magic Mix for Change to be a Catalyst for Success
“Same Same, but Different” is an expression heard regularly in Thailand (and elsewhere), often used when...Read more

Maximilian Henkensiefken
Head of LEG Technology Operations, Amadeus, Germany

Sandra Kilbourne
Chief Risk & Compliance Officer and lead Operations & Transformation in LEG, Amadeus, Germany
Compliance Risk Based Approach: Mission Impossible?
We are living in times where growth at all costs tends to be outdated. Companies have started shifting their strategies from fueling short term profits at unsustainable levels to building...Read more

Isabelle Rust
Head of Third Party Compliance Management , Airbus Defence and Space, Germany
AI & the GDPR: How to Reconcile Both Areas from the European Law Perspective

Artificial intelligence is the latest in a long wave of disruptive technology, offering significant benefits but also creating risks if deployed in an uncontrolled manner. The EU AI Act ...Read more

Matthias Artzt
Senior Legal Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
Cellular Standards in the IoT: A Brief Practical Guide for Licensing Negotiations

Global cellular standards (e.g., 4G/LTE and 5G/NR) are a key driver of the advancing digital transformation of the economy and society. In recent decades, open standardization in the telecommunications field...Read more

Spyros Makris
IPR Policy Manager, Ericsson GmbH, Germany
Metaverse and Privacy
From Facebook's recent decision to rename itself "Meta" to Epic Games' billion-dollar investment in metaverse technologies, the metaverse has dominated the news and will likely continue to do so over...Read more

Matthias Artzt
Senior Legal Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
German Patent Modernisation Act – A Game Changer for Protection of Confidential Information in Patent Litigation?

Protection of confidential information disclosed in litigation used to be insufficient in Germany. For a long time, it was only regulated fragmentarily. Despite the implementation of the Trade Secret Directive...Read more

Nikita Alymov
Attorney-at-law , Hoffmann Eite , Germany

Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine
attorney-at-law, partner , Hoffmann Eitle , Germany
How to Obtain a GDPR-Compliant Consent?
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), consent is one of the more well-known legal bases upon which personal data can lawfully be processed. At a first glance, it seems...Read more

Agnès Terreau
Data Protection Officer ManpowerGroup Switzerland, ManpowerGroup, Germany