Dr. Carsten Siara

Since June 2020: CSW Attorneys at Law, Munich

February 2020 to May 2020: SSW Attorneys at Law, Tax Consultants and Financial Auditors, Munich

April 2009 to January 2020: Head of Legal Affairs at Sky Germany Inc./Ltd. (AG/GmbH), Unterföhring

January 2005 to March 2009: Head of Licensing Law at Premiere Inc. (AG), Unterföhring

September 2003 to January 2004: Secondment at Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, New York, Patent Law Department

April 2000 to December 2005: Attorney at law at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frankfurt, IP/IT department

May 1997 to September 1997: Law Office of Tabouillot Puime-Heuler Linares, Madrid, Corporate and Commercial Law Department

IT contracts incl. Outsourcing, data protection law, IT distribution law, copyright and media law, unfair competition law, trademark law, litigation

Consulting various national and multinational insurance companies in relation to outsourcing projects

Advising a well-known fashion label in various legal disputes

Drafting contracts for various software manufacturers, comprehensive media law and copyright advice for an international media company

Advising an international security company in various competition law disputes

Consulting various international software manufacturers

German

English

Spanish

• Siara, Collections and Collective Works in Copyright Law with Special Reference to the Legal Treatment of Databases, 1998
• Siara, Sports Betting from the Perspective of Private Broadcasters – On the Legal Situation in Germany, MR-Int 2005, 111
• Siara, on the Legality and Illegality of Sports Betting – A Status Review, ZfWG 2007, 1
• Siara, the German State Media Treaty and the “new” Media – Broadcasting and Broadcasting-like Telemedia on the Internet, Journal on Multi Media Law (MMR) 2020, 370
• Siara, the German State Media Treaty and the “new” Media – New Addressees of German Media Regulation, Journal on Multi Media Law (MMR) 2020, 523

Lecturer on IT contract law and data protection law of the Beck Summer Course IT Law since 2020