Prof. Dr. Jochen Schneider

Since 2023: Of-Counsel

Since June 2020: CSW Attorneys at Law

Since 1984 self-employed attorney and partner in Munich, Germany

Cooperation in a law firm in Munich

Work in the administration of an industrial company

2nd exam 1980

PhD

Assistant at the LMU

Work in sales for an industrial company

Law studies

1st exam 1970

Commercial apprenticeship

IT contracts incl. outsourcing

Software projects

Data protection law

Copyright and especially software license agreements

Database law

• Handbook of Computer Law 5th ed. 2017
• Co-editor and author “Corporate Data Protection” (3rd ed. 2019)
• Co-Editor and Author Software Creation Contracts (2nd ed. 2013)

Articles in Specialist Journals

• Agile methodology, scrum
• Software creation and customization contracts
• Software maintenance agreements
• Hardware purchase
• Copyright issues of software contracts such as exhaustion, used software, volume licensing and indirect use
• Data protection topics, data protection contracts and IT security
• Data Center Contract
• Escrow

Speaker on current topics in IT contract law and data protection law at the Cologne IT Law Days and at the German Lawyers’ Academy.

Advising users and providers of IT services, on contract drafting and projects, project methods, licensing models and crisis situations; complex project and contract drafting and with strong links to data protection and copyright; advising on the drafting and analysis of general terms and conditions.