THE SET-UP

OUR LAW FIRM

cogito.legal advises on business law. The consulting spectrum ranges from managed legal services to legal outsourcing and litigation in complex proceedings.

The lawyers and legal staff of cogito.legal have many years of expertise as external consultants and in-house lawyers. This extends in particular to IT, media, copyright and data protection law as well as infrastructure and antitrust law in the economic sectors of energy, telecommunications and media. Digitisation combines all these topics and thus creates completely new opportunities, but also risks. Both sides require an open and flexible way of thinking, both in business and legal advice.

WHAT WE DO

OUR SERVICES

  • Data Protection Law
  • IT Law
  • Legal Outsourcing
  • Managed Legal Services
  • Litigation
  • Corporate Law 4.0

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THE SET-UP

OUR LAW FIRM

cogito.legal advises on business law. The consulting spectrum ranges from managed legal services to legal outsourcing and litigation in complex proceedings.

The lawyers and legal staff of cogito.legal have many years of expertise as external consultants and in-house lawyers. This extends in particular to IT, media, copyright and data protection law as well as infrastructure and antitrust law in the economic sectors of energy, telecommunications and media. Digitisation combines all these topics and thus creates completely new opportunities, but also risks. Both sides require an open and flexible way of thinking, both in business and legal advice.

WHAT WE DO

OUR SERVICES

  • Data protection law
  • Legal Outsourcing
  • Managed Legal Services
  • Litigation
  • Corporate Law 4.0

Find out more

WHO WE ARE

ABOUT US

We are attorneys and lawyers with a passion for the matter. For us, legal tech is not just a buzzword, but the implementation of software-based solutions for our clients. We live digitalization, but remain personal consultants – not faceless service providers.

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Malte Rheingans

Attorney at Law | Partner

Specialised Lawyer for Copyright and Media Law and for Information Technology Law

Certified data protection officer, external data protection officer and data protection auditor (TÜV®)

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Dr. Marcel Römisch

Attorney at Law | Partner

Dr. Marcel Römisch is specialised in energy, antitrust and infrastructure law as well as litigation.

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Katharina Unger

Attorney at Law

Katharina Unger is specialised in business law, especially in energy law and contract law.

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Yannik Wiehl

Attorney at Law | Partner

Certified data protection officer (TÜV®)

Yannik Wiehl is specialised in commercial and contract law, industrial property rights and copyright law as well as advising on data protection law.

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Hannah Deussen

Attorney at Law

Hannah Deussen is specialised in intellectual property law, labour law, flight rights and litigation.

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Felix Muuß

Attorney at Law

Felix Muuß is specialised in commercial and corporate law as well as banking and capital market law.

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Ria Schröder

Attorney at Law

Certified data protection officer (TÜV®)

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René Kratzmann

Attorney at Law

René Kratzmann advises on commercial law, intellectual property law, and on other civil law matters.

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Charlotte Braig

Student assistant

Kaliopi Klaraki

Student assistant

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Malte Rheingans

Attorney at Law | Partner

Specialised Lawyer for Copyright and Media Law and for Information Technology Law

Certified data protection officer, external data protection officer and data protection auditor (TÜV®)

T: +49 40 2320 5300 0
F: +49 40 2320 5300 9
E: malte.rheingans@cogito.legal

Malte Rheingans is authorized by the Hanseatic Bar Association Hamburg to hold the titles of specialist lawyer. As (external) data protection officer and data protection auditor, he was certified by the personal certification body of TÜV Rheinland and TÜV Nord. He is a member of the German Society for Law and Information Technology and is a member of the working groups of the German Bar Association’s specialist departments of IT Law, Copyright and Media Law and Intellectual Property Law.

Inhaber einer aktuellen Fortbildungsbescheinigung haben im laufenden oder vorangegangenen Jahr anwaltsorientierte Fortbildung im Umfang von mindestens 15 Zeitstunden absolviert und dies dem DAV gegenüber nachgewiesen.davit – Arbeitsgemeinschaft IT-Recht im DAVInhaber einer aktuellen Fortbildungsbescheinigung haben im laufenden oder vorangegangenen Jahr anwaltsorientierte Fortbildung im Umfang von mindestens 15 Zeitstunden absolviert und dies dem DAV gegenüber nachgewiesen.Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik e.V. (DGRI)Malte Rheingans - Rechtsanwalt und Datenschutzbeauftragter Hamburg TÜV

Inhaber einer aktuellen Fortbildungsbescheinigung haben im laufenden oder vorangegangenen Jahr anwaltsorientierte Fortbildung im Umfang von mindestens 15 Zeitstunden absolviert und dies dem DAV gegenüber nachgewiesen.davit – Arbeitsgemeinschaft IT-Recht im DAVInhaber einer aktuellen Fortbildungsbescheinigung haben im laufenden oder vorangegangenen Jahr anwaltsorientierte Fortbildung im Umfang von mindestens 15 Zeitstunden absolviert und dies dem DAV gegenüber nachgewiesen.Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik e.V. (DGRI)Malte Rheingans - Rechtsanwalt und Datenschutzbeauftragter Hamburg TÜV

Malte Rheingans completed his legal studies in Münster, Lübeck and Hamburg. He was also Managing Director of iWORKS Mediengestaltung and COGITO Gesellschaft für computergestützte Unternehmensorganisation mbH Konzeption und Realisierung (cogito.consulting), where he advised companies in the areas of IT and software development with a focus on IT security and data protection. Therefore he knows in detail the technical and legal problems of the IT and media industry.

From 2010 to 2016 Malte Rheingans worked as a lawyer in the fields of intellectual property, copyright, media and IT law at a law firm specializing in IP law. There he advised companies and associations, especially from the music, publishing and film industries, as well as software developers, music producers and artists, and led a large number of model lawsuits for leading media companies.

In 2016 Malte Rheingans became a partner at Clarius Legal Rechtsanwalts GmbH, where he was primarily responsible for advising media and telecommunications companies in the areas of IP and IT law with a focus on contract drafting and data protection. After Clarius was successfully sold to a large German law firm in Frankfurt am Main at the end of 2017, Malte Rheingans, together with Dr. Marcel Römisch, left the company and founded the law firm cogito.legal with him.

His legal practice focuses on copyright and media law and information technology law, in particular data protection law. Malte Rheingans advises his clients on contract law issues and also represents them in court and out-of-court disputes.

Malte Rheingans completed his legal studies in Münster, Lübeck and Hamburg. He was also Managing Director of iWORKS Mediengestaltung and COGITO Gesellschaft für computergestützte Unternehmensorganisation mbH Konzeption und Realisierung (cogito.consulting), where he advised companies in the areas of IT and software development with a focus on IT security and data protection. Therefore he knows in detail the technical and legal problems of the IT and media industry.

From 2010 to 2016 Malte Rheingans worked as a lawyer in the fields of intellectual property, copyright, media and IT law at a law firm specializing in IP law. There he advised companies and associations, especially from the music, publishing and film industries, as well as software developers, music producers and artists, and led a large number of model lawsuits for leading media companies.

In 2016 Malte Rheingans became a partner at Clarius Legal Rechtsanwalts GmbH, where he was primarily responsible for advising media and telecommunications companies in the areas of IP and IT law with a focus on contract drafting and data protection. After Clarius was successfully sold to a large German law firm in Frankfurt am Main at the end of 2017, Malte Rheingans, together with Dr. Marcel Römisch, left the company and founded the law firm cogito.legal with him.

His legal practice focuses on copyright and media law and information technology law, in particular data protection law. Malte Rheingans advises his clients on contract law issues and also represents them in court and out-of-court disputes.

Malte Rheingans completed his legal studies in Münster, Lübeck and Hamburg.

He was also Managing Director of iWORKS Mediengestaltung and COGITO Gesellschaft für computergestützte Unternehmensorganisation mbH Konzeption und Realisierung, where he advised companies in the areas of IT and software development with a focus on IT security and data protection. Therefore he knows in detail the technical and legal problems of the IT and media industry.

From 2010 to 2016 Malte Rheingans worked as a lawyer in the fields of intellectual property, copyright, media and IT law at a law firm specializing in IP law. There he advised companies and associations, especially from the music, publishing and film industries, as well as software developers, music producers and artists, and led a large number of sample processes for leading media companies.

In 2016 Malte Rheingans became a partner at CLARIUS.LEGAL Rechtsanwalts GmbH, where he was primarily responsible for advising media and telecommunications companies in the areas of IP and IT law with a focus on contract drafting and data protection.

After Clarius was successfully sold to a large German law firm in Frankfurt am Main at the end of 2017, Malte Rheingans, together with Dr. Marcel Römisch, left the company and founded the law firm cogito.legal with him.

His legal practice focuses on copyright and media law and information technology law, in particular data protection law. Malte Rheingans advises his clients on contract law issues and also represents them in court and out-of-court disputes.

Dr. Marcel Römisch

Attorney at Law | Partner

Dr. Marcel Römisch specializes in energy,
antitrust and infrastructure law as well as litigation.

T: +40 232 053 000
F: +40 232 053 009
E: marcel.roemisch@cogito.legal

Main areas of expertise:

  • Energy Law
  • Infrastructure Law
  • Antitrust Law
  • Legal representation
  • Telecommunications law
  • Corporate Law

Dr. Marcel Römisch is specialised in commercial and infrastructure law in the fields of energy and telecommunications as well as litigation.

Dr. Marcel Römisch studied law in Göttingen with a focus on antitrust law. In his subsequent dissertation with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Immenga, he dealt with the antitrust law issue of the admissibility of press-specific cooperations. Dr. Marcel Römisch completed his legal clerkship in Lübeck, Hamburg and at the Federal Cartel Office in Bonn.

After his legal clerkship and research assistance for MDS Möhrle & Partner, Dr. Marcel Römisch first worked as a lawyer for Happ Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (now Möhrle Happ Luther) from 2010, before moving to Grigoleit, a law firm specialising in energy law, for which he worked as a lawyer until 2015.

From 2016 Marcel Römisch was responsible as an attorney for energy at Clarius Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, most recently as a partner and authorized signatory.

After Clarius was successfully sold to a large German law firm in Frankfurt am Main at the end of 2017, Dr. Marcel Römisch left the company together with Malte Rheingans and founded the law firm cogito.legal with him.

His practice focuses on energy, antitrust and infrastructure law as well as litigation.

Dr. Marcel Römisch is a member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.

Dr. Marcel Römisch studied law in Göttingen with a focus on antitrust law. In his subsequent dissertation with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Immenga, he dealt with the antitrust law issue of the admissibility of press-specific cooperations. Dr. Marcel Römisch completed his legal clerkship in Lübeck, Hamburg and at the Federal Cartel Office in Bonn.

After his legal clerkship and research assistance for MDS Möhrle & Partner, Dr. Marcel Römisch first worked as a lawyer for Happ Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (now Möhrle Happ Luther) from 2010, before moving to Grigoleit, a law firm specialising in energy law, for which he worked as a lawyer until 2015.

From 2016 Marcel Römisch was responsible as an attorney for energy at Clarius Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, most recently as a partner and authorized signatory.

After Clarius was successfully sold to a large German law firm in Frankfurt am Main at the end of 2017, Dr. Marcel Römisch left the company together with Malte Rheingans and founded the law firm cogito.legal with him.

His practice focuses on energy, antitrust and infrastructure law as well as litigation.

Dr. Marcel Römisch is a member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.

Ria Schröder

Attorney at Law

Certified data protection officer (TÜV®)

T: +40 232 053 000
F: +40 232 053 009
E: ria.schroeder@cogito.legal

Ria Schröder graduated from Bucerius Law School in Hamburg with the first state examination in 2016. During her semester abroad at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, she completed courses in international law and data protection law.

After graduating from university, Schröder did internships at Norton Rose Fulbright and the Christie’s auction house before joining Clarius Legal, a Hamburg law firm specializing in legal tech, as a research assistant. There she advised SMEs and large industrial companies as support for the legal department or external legal department on a wide variety of corporate law issues and gained experience as in-house support lawyer in a listed company.

From December 2020, Ria Schröder completed her legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Celle, which she concluded with the second state bar exam in December 2022.

Ria Schröder advises cogito.legal’s clients on issues of business law and, in particular, data protection.

René Kratzmann

Attorney at Law

René Kratzmann advises on commercial law, intellectual property law, and on other civil law matters.

T: +40 232 053 000
F: +40 232 053 009
E: rene.kratzmann@cogito.legal

From 2013 to 2018, René Kratzmann completed his law studies at the University of Hamburg.

After his university studies, Mr. Kratzmann worked as a lecturer at the University of Hamburg. He then took up employment as a research assistant in a corporate law firm specializing in civil law.

During his legal clerkship in the district of the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court, Mr. Kratzmann dealt with matters of national and international scope in an international law firm. In particular, he focused on the litigation of clients’ claims in civil proceedings.

Since 2022, Mr. Kratzmann is working as an attorney at law at cogito.legal. He advises on commercial law, intellectual property law, and on other civil law matters.

Kaliopi Klaraki

Studentische Mitarbeiterin

T: +49 40 232 053 000
F: +49 40 232 053 009
E: kaliopi.klaraki@cogito.legal

Kaliopi Klaraki has been studying law at Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University in Hanover since 2018. In October 2022, she passed the state part of the first state exam.
Currently, Ms. Klaraki is majoring in commerce, economics and business.

Since the beginning of 2023, Ms. Klaraki is working as a student assistant at cogito.legal.

Katharina Unger

Attorney at Law

Katharina Unger is specialised in business law, especially in energy law and contract law.

T: +49 40 232 053 000
F: +49 40 232 053 009
E: katharina.unger@cogito.legal

Katharina Unger studied law at the University of Passau. She completed her legal clerkship in Bonn, Cologne and Düsseldorf. From November 2007 Katharina Unger worked as a lawyer in the Grigoleit law firm, which is specialised on energy law. At the end of 2014 she joined PwC Legal, where she also worked in the energy sector. Since April 2019 Katharina Unger has been working as a attorney for cogito.legal.

In addition to energy law, her work focuses on civil law issues in corporate-law contexts and especially contract law.

Publications:
– Comment on OLG Düsseldorf, judgement of 26.11.2008 (VI-2 U (Kart) 12/07) – On the fairness control of grid usage fees, in: ZNER 13/1, 2009, p.46.
– “Is it still possible to review grid usage fees under section 315 of the German Civil Code after regulation?”, in: ZNER 13/3, 2009, p. 224.
– Comment on BGH, judgment of 15 May 2012 – ref. EnZR 105/10, in N&R 6/12, p. 286-288.

Hannah Deussen

Attorney at Law

Hannah Deussen is specialised in intellectual property law, labour law, flight rights and litigation.

T: +49 40 232 053 000
F: +49 40 232 053 009
E: hannah.deussen@cogito.legal

Hannah Deussen studied law with a focus on european and international law in Bielefeld and Strasbourg and subsequently completed her law studies in Berlin. At the beginning of her legal career, she worked together with Malte Rheingans and Yannik Wiehl at a Hamburg-based law firm specialising in copyright and media law, and thereafter at another law firm specialising in IT, media and data protection law. From 2015 to 2022, Hannah Deussen worked as a lawyer for the law firm DIEKMANN Rechtsanwälte, where she mainly advised a client active in the legal-tech sector in a large number of court proceedings, some of which went as far as the ECJ. She joined cogito.legal as a lawyer in July 2022.

Hannah Deussen primarily advises on intellectual property law, labour law, flight rights and litigation.

Yannik Wiehl

Attorney at Law | Partner

Certified data protection officer (TÜV®)

Yannik Wiehl is specialised in commercial and contract law, industrial property rights and copyright law as well as advising on data protection law.

T: +40 232 053 000
F: +40 232 053 009
E: yannik.wiehl@cogito.legal

Main areas of expertise:

  • Commercial and contract law
  • Drafting of contracts and general terms and conditions
  • Legal representation
  • E-Commerce
  • Trademark and competition law
  • Data protection law

The main focus of Yannik Wiehl’s legal work is on advising and representing companies in court in the areas of commercial and contract law, industrial property rights and copyright law as well as advising on data protection law. Furthermore, his activities include the drafting of contracts and terms and conditions of business as well as the overall advice to companies as managed legal services. Yannik Wiehl is also a TÜV certified data protection officer.

After his law studies at the University of Bayreuth with additional studies in economics and his legal clerkship with stations in Regensburg and San Antonio, Texas, Yannik Wiehl worked as a attorney at law since 2010, initially for several years in the litigation department of a Hamburg law firm for media and copyright law. In 2013 he founded his first law firm with a focus on e-commerce, intellectual property and copyright law.

In 2015, Yannik Wiehl founded the law firm MW LEGAL Rechtsanwälte together with Felix Muuß, where he advised companies in a wide range of legal disputes and litigation and advised them on civil and commercial law issues as well as on trademark and copyright law. Since 2016, Yannik Wiehl has also been a TÜV-certified data protection officer and also assists companies as an external data protection officer.

In January 2020 Yannik Wiehl joined cogito.legal.

After his law studies at the University of Bayreuth with additional studies in economics and his legal clerkship with stations in Regensburg and San Antonio, Texas, Yannik Wiehl worked as a attorney at law since 2010, initially for several years in the litigation department of a Hamburg law firm for media and copyright law. In 2013 he founded his first law firm with a focus on e-commerce, intellectual property and copyright law.

In 2015, Yannik Wiehl founded the law firm MW LEGAL Rechtsanwälte together with Felix Muuß, where he advised companies in a wide range of legal disputes and litigation and advised them on civil and commercial law issues as well as on trademark and copyright law. Since 2016, Yannik Wiehl has also been a TÜV-certified data protection officer and also assists companies as an external data protection officer.

In January 2020 Yannik Wiehl joined cogito.legal.

Felix Muuß

Attorney at Law

Felix Muuß is specialised in commercial and corporate law as well as banking and capital market law.

T: +40 232 053 000
F: +40 232 053 009
E: felix.muuss@cogito.legal

Main areas of expertise:

  • Company Law
  • Commercial Law
  • Banking law
  • Capital Market Law
  • Structured financing
  • Arbitration

Felix Muuß’s main focus is on corporate law advice to companies, the representation of shareholders in shareholder disputes, the advice and representation of companies in banking and capital market law issues as well as the enforcement of claims under commercial and contract law. Mr. Muuß also assists companies before arbitration tribunals.

After studying law at the University of Regensburg, Felix Muuß completed his legal clerkship at the Nuremberg Higher Regional Court and worked during this time in the German legal department of an American chip manufacturer.

Felix Muuß was admitted to the German bar in 2011 and then worked for a large German law firm in Frankfurt am Main for two years, initially focusing on corporate law, procedural law and banking and capital markets law for banks and clients from the financial sector. In 2013, he joined a renowned Hamburg maritime law firm where he worked for various shipping companies, ship owners and major banks, primarily in the field of corporate and contract law and conducted a large number of court and arbitration proceedings for his clients in this area.

In 2015, together with Yannik Wiehl, he founded the law firm MW LEGAL Rechtsanwälte, where he advised companies and investment companies on corporate and capital market law issues as well as shareholder disputes.

In January 2020 Felix Muuß joined cogito.legal together with Yannik Wiehl.

After studying law at the University of Regensburg, Felix Muuß completed his legal clerkship at the Nuremberg Higher Regional Court and worked during this time in the German legal department of an American chip manufacturer.

Felix Muuß was admitted to the German bar in 2011 and then worked for a large German law firm in Frankfurt am Main for two years, initially focusing on corporate law, procedural law and banking and capital markets law for banks and clients from the financial sector. In 2013, he joined a renowned Hamburg maritime law firm where he worked for various shipping companies, ship owners and major banks, primarily in the field of corporate and contract law and conducted a large number of court and arbitration proceedings for his clients in this area.

In 2015, together with Yannik Wiehl, he founded the law firm MW LEGAL Rechtsanwälte, where he advised companies and investment companies on corporate and capital market law issues as well as shareholder disputes.

In January 2020 Felix Muuß joined cogito.legal together with Yannik Wiehl.

cogito.legal
Rechtsanwälte Rheingans Römisch Wiehl PartGmbB
Axel-Springer-Platz 3
20355 Hamburg

T: +49 40 232 053 000
F: +49 40 232 053 009
M: info@cogito.legal

Register of Partnerships: PR1167 | Hamburg Local Court
Ust-IdNr.: DE313596053 | Finanzamt Hamburg Mitte

Partners and responsible according to § 18 Abs. 2 MStV are Malte Rheingans, Dr. Marcel Römisch and Yannik Wiehl.

All attorneys at law of cogito.legal are admitted in the Federal Republic of Germany and belong to the Hanseatic Bar Association Hamburg, Valentinskamp 88, 20355 Hamburg.

The professional regulations of the Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO), the Professional Code of Conduct for Lawyers (BORA) and the Specialist Lawyers’ Code (FAO), the Law on the Remuneration of Lawyers (RVG), the Professional Rules for Lawyers in the European Community and the Law on the Activity of European Lawyers in Germany apply. The respective current versions are available on the website of the Federal Bar Association at https://www.brak.de.

We do not participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body within the meaning of § 36 VSBG. The European Commission’s online dispute resolution platform is available at: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. Clients are welcome to contact us if they have any questions regarding their mandate settlement or make use of the services of the Hanseatic Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg. There is liability insurance with Allianz Versicherungs-AG, 10900 Berlin. It meets the requirements of the above-mentioned professional regulations for lawyers. The geographical scope of the insurance covers the Federal Republic of Germany and all member states of the European Union.

OUR SERVICES

WHAT WE DO

  • Data Protection Law
  • IT-Law
  • Legal Outsourcing
  • Managed Legal Services
  • Litigation
  • Corporate Law 4.0
Our services

DATA PROTECTION

We advise you on data protection law, be it in the implementation of the basic EU data protection regulation (GDPR) in your company or with regard to the data protection-compliant design of daily business processes. We provide you with experienced specialist lawyers who will provide you with advice and support in all matters, especially in project implementation and contract management. In addition, we have certified data protection officers and data protection auditors for external support and expert training in your company.

Track Record

DATA PROTECTION

  • Support of the legal department of an international media group in the area of data protection.
  • Support of the legal department of a leading German energy provider in data protection law, including the implementation of the GDPR.
  • Data protection support for the legal department of a cable network operator in a large number of projects.
  • Legal advice to software and media companies in the area of data protection.
  • Implementation of data protection audits.
  • Implementation of training courses and workshops.
Our services

DATA PROTECTION

We advise you on data protection law, be it in the implementation of the basic EU data protection regulation (GDPR) in your company or with regard to the data protection-compliant design of daily business processes. We provide you with experienced specialist lawyers who will provide you with advice and support in all matters, especially in project implementation and contract management. In addition, we have certified data protection officers and data protection auditors for external support and expert training in your company.

Track Record

DATA PROTECTION

  • Support of the legal department of an international media group in the area of data protection.
  • Support of the legal department of a leading German energy provider in data protection law, including the implementation of the GDPR.
  • Data protection support for the legal department of a cable network operator in a large number of projects.
  • Legal advice to software and media companies in the area of data protection.
  • Implementation of data protection audits.
  • Implementation of training courses and workshops.
Our Services

LEGAL OUTSOURCING

To support your legal department in its daily work, we provide you at short notice with an in-house experienced lawyer who will work pragmatically like an interim manager, either on-site or remotely. On-top, a complete law firm organization is also available to you. In this way, several projects in parallel and different legal areas can be handled cost-efficiently at short notice with the support of our lawyers at cogito.legal.

Track Record

LEGAL OUTSOURCING

  • Support of the legal department of a leading German energy provider, in particular for green electricity, in various energy law issues, e.g. in the areas of cogeneration plants and in the area of contract management/energy trading regarding EFET contracts and energy market regulation based on the REMIT and MiFID regulations.
  • Support of the legal department of a national cable network operator with US parent company in the area of contract management.
  • Support of the legal department of a national cable network operator with US parent company in the area of data protection.
  • Support of the legal department of a leading German energy provider, in particular for green electricity, in the area of data protection, including the implementation of the GDPR.
Our Services

LEGAL OUTSOURCING

To support your legal department in its daily work, we provide you at short notice with an in-house experienced lawyer who will work pragmatically like an interim manager, either on-site or remotely. On-top, a complete law firm organization is also available to you. In this way, several projects in parallel and different legal areas can be handled cost-efficiently at short notice with the support of our lawyers at cogito.legal.

Track Record

LEGAL OUTSOURCING

  • Support of the legal department of a leading German energy provider, in particular for green electricity, in various energy law issues, e.g. in the areas of cogeneration plants and in the area of contract management/energy trading regarding EFET contracts and energy market regulation based on the REMIT and MiFID regulations.
  • Support of the legal department of a national cable network operator with US parent company in the area of contract management.
  • Support of the legal department of a national cable network operator with US parent company in the area of data protection.
  • Support of the legal department of a leading German energy provider, in particular for green electricity, in the area of data protection, including the implementation of the GDPR.
Our Services

MANAGED LEGAL SERVICES

For flexible legal support of your projects, we provide you with a lawyer who can be contacted directly by the operating departments via an internal e-mail address. He works with internal colleagues and communicates with public authorities, contract partners or claimants. The internal legal and external legal support is combined and supported by one of our attorneys. He can accompany the specialist departments internally like a legal adviser and represent the company externally in and out of court.

Track Record

MANAGED LEGAL SERVICES

  • Support of the legal department of an internal. cable network operator in the area of infrastructure law, in particular the right of way according to the TKG.
  • Support of the legal department of an international mineral oil company in the area of contract management.
  • Support of the legal department of an international cable network operator in the area of contract management.
  • Support of the German legal department of a Chinese manufacturer of mobile phones in contract management.
  • Legal advice to media agencies in contract management, e.g. in the areas of project development, marketing and data protection.
Our Services

MANAGED LEGAL SERVICES

For flexible legal support of your projects, we provide you with a lawyer who can be contacted directly by the operating departments via an internal e-mail address. He works with internal colleagues and communicates with public authorities, contract partners or claimants. The internal legal and external legal support is combined and supported by one of our attorneys. He can accompany the specialist departments internally like a legal adviser and represent the company externally in and out of court.

Track Record

MANAGED LEGAL SERVICES

  • Support of the legal department of an internal. cable network operator in the area of infrastructure law, in particular the right of way according to the TKG.
  • Support of the legal department of an international mineral oil company in the area of contract management.
  • Support of the legal department of an international cable network operator in the area of contract management.
  • Support of the German legal department of a Chinese manufacturer of mobile phones in contract management.
  • Legal advice to media agencies in contract management, e.g. in the areas of project development, marketing and data protection.
Our Services

LITIGATION

Our attorneys have many years of litigation experience from many hundreds of cases before civil and administrative courts:

  • Three-digit number of nationwide court proceedings across all instances, including participation in several BGH proceedings in the field of intellectual property.
  • Three-digit number of nationwide legal proceedings against electricity and gas network operators for inappropriate network usage fees across all instances, including participation in several BGH proceedings (dated 15 May 2012, EnZR 105/10; dated 20 July 2010, EnZR 23/09).
  • Three-digit number of nationwide and international model court cases against various Internet platform operators in the areas of IP and IT law.
  • More than 40 nationwide lawsuits against electricity and gas network operators for discriminatory behaviour and inadmissible metering and billing fees.
  • Energy law court proceedings with various disputes (EEG and KWKG fees; concession fees in violation of antitrust law).
  • Abuse proceedings at the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).
  • Legal proceedings under the Telecommunications Act (TKG) before the administrative and civil courts for a cable network operator with a US parent company.
  • Legal proceedings concerning claims for remuneration for an international provider of communication services (Tier 1 provider).
Our Services

LITIGATION

Our attorneys have many years of litigation experience from many hundreds of cases before civil and administrative courts:

  • Three-digit number of nationwide court proceedings across all instances, including participation in several BGH proceedings in the field of intellectual property.
  • Three-digit number of nationwide legal proceedings against electricity and gas network operators for inappropriate network usage fees across all instances, including participation in several BGH proceedings (dated 15 May 2012, EnZR 105/10; dated 20 July 2010, EnZR 23/09).
  • Three-digit number of nationwide and international model court cases against various Internet platform operators in the areas of IP and IT law.
  • More than 40 nationwide lawsuits against electricity and gas network operators for discriminatory behaviour and inadmissible metering and billing fees.
  • Energy law court proceedings with various disputes (EEG and KWKG fees; concession fees in violation of antitrust law).
  • Abuse proceedings at the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).
  • Legal proceedings under the Telecommunications Act (TKG) before the administrative and civil courts for a cable network operator with a US parent company.
  • Legal proceedings concerning claims for remuneration for an international provider of communication services (Tier 1 provider).
Our Services

LITIGATION

Our attorneys have many years of litigation experience from many hundreds of cases before civil and administrative courts:

  • Three-digit number of nationwide court proceedings across all instances, including participation in several BGH proceedings in the field of intellectual property.
  • Three-digit number of nationwide legal proceedings against electricity and gas network operators for inappropriate network usage fees across all instances, including participation in several BGH proceedings (dated 15 May 2012, EnZR 105/10; dated 20 July 2010, EnZR 23/09).
  • Three-digit number of nationwide and international model court cases against various Internet platform operators in the areas of IP and IT law.
  • More than 40 nationwide lawsuits against electricity and gas network operators for discriminatory behaviour and inadmissible metering and billing fees.
  • Energy law court proceedings with various disputes (EEG and KWKG fees; concession fees in violation of antitrust law).
  • Abuse proceedings at the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).
  • Legal proceedings under the Telecommunications Act (TKG) before the administrative and civil courts for a cable network operator with a US parent company.
  • Legal proceedings concerning claims for remuneration for an international provider of communication services (Tier 1 provider).
Our Services

BUSINESS LAW 4.0

For the dynamic requirements of the digital business world, our specialist lawyers are at your disposal. With their many years of experience, especially in the fields of intellectual property, copyright and media law and e-commerce (e.g. online shops, Internet platforms, homepages) and in the digitisation of business processes, they will provide you with comprehensive advice out of court and in court. Main topics include project consulting, drafting contracts, general terms and conditions (GTC) and data protection.

Track Record

BUSINESS LAW 4.0

  • Advice on media law and drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, including in the areas of project and software development for a large number of media agencies.
  • Three-digit number of court proceedings throughout Germany across all instances, including participation in several BGH proceedings in the field of intellectual property and copyright and ancillary copyright law.
  • Numerous nationwide and international model court cases against various Internet platform operators in the areas of IP and IT law.
Our Services

BUSINESS LAW 4.0

For the dynamic requirements of the digital business world, our specialist lawyers are at your disposal. With their many years of experience, especially in the fields of intellectual property, copyright and media law and e-commerce (e.g. online shops, Internet platforms, homepages) and in the digitisation of business processes, they will provide you with comprehensive advice out of court and in court. Main topics include project consulting, drafting contracts, general terms and conditions (GTC) and data protection.

Track Record

BUSINESS LAW 4.0

  • Advice on media law and drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, including in the areas of project and software development for a large number of media agencies.
  • Three-digit number of court proceedings throughout Germany across all instances, including participation in several BGH proceedings in the field of intellectual property and copyright and ancillary copyright law.
  • Numerous nationwide and international model court cases against various Internet platform operators in the areas of IP and IT law.
TRACK RECORD

OUR EXPERTISE

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T: +49 40 232 053 000
F: +49 40 232 053 009

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DATA PRIVACY

We strictly adhere to all relevant data privacy regulations, in particular those of the European Data Protection Ordinance (DSGVO).

This privacy policy covers the use of cogito.legal’s digital services on all Internet-enabled devices. The digital offers may contain links to websites of third parties to which this data protection declaration does not apply.

1. Data controller
Responsible for the processing of your personal data is

cogito.legal Rechtsanwälte Rheingans Römisch Wiehl PartGmbB
represented by Malte Rheingans, Dr. Marcel Römisch and Yannik Wiehl
Axel-Springer-Platz 3
20355 Hamburg

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data in the context of our digital services, please write to us at the above-mentioned postal address, with the addition “data protection” or at the e-mail address software@cogito.legal.

2. Purposes and legal bases of data processing
2.1 Data processing for the provision of contractual services
We process your data in order to process the contractual relationships between you and us and to be able to make you contractual offers tailored to your needs. The data is collected in particular when concluding a contract. We only collect those personal data which are absolutely necessary for the processing of the contractual relationships. For your order we need your correct name and address data. We may ask for further data, such as the telephone number, so that we can communicate with you regarding the service you have requested.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

2.2 Data processing for communication with you
In addition to the contract data, we process your communication data (address, telephone number, e-mail address) in order to be able to contact you. Personal data that you provide to us by e-mail or via the contact form on this website will only be processed for correspondence with you or only for the purpose for which you have made the data available to us.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

2.3 Log files
With each access to our websites, usage data is stored in the so-called server log files. The stored data records contain the date and time of access, the name of the page accessed, the abbreviated IP address of the visitor, the referrer URL, and the product information of the browser used. The shortened IP address is deleted after seven days. These data cannot be assigned to specific persons. These data are not combined with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR which permits the processing of data to protect the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail.

2.4 Data processing for the fulfilment of legal obligations
In addition, we may process your data to fulfil legal obligations (e.g. regulatory requirements, commercial and tax storage and verification obligations).

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR, which permits processing for the fulfilment of a legal obligation.

3. Data security
Your data is transmitted securely using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. Furthermore, we protect our websites and other IT systems through technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of data by unauthorized persons.

If you wish to send us encrypted e-mails, we will be happy to provide you with our public key. You need PGP encryption software (e.g. PGP or GnuPG). If you would also like to receive encrypted e-mails from us, please also provide us with your public key.

4. categories of receipt of personal data
Your personal data will only be passed on or otherwise transmitted to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of contract processing or invoicing or if you have given your prior consent or if there is a legal basis for the transfer. Service providers who support us in providing our services are software (SaaS) providers, hosting providers and e-mail service providers.

5. Duration of data storage
In principle, we delete your data as soon as it is no longer required for the above-mentioned purposes, unless storage is still necessary, e.g. on the basis of statutory documentation and storage obligations arising from the German Commercial Code, among other things. The storage periods are then up to ten full years. In addition, we keep your data for the period during which claims can be asserted against our company (statutory limitation period of three or up to thirty years).

6. Rights of the data subject
You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data at any time within the scope of the statutory provisions. You can contact us at any time at the contact details mentioned in section 1. You may also have the right to restrict the processing of your data and to have the data you provide disclosed in a structured, common and machine-readable format. If you have given us your consent to process your data for specific purposes, you can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. If we process your data to protect legitimate interests, you may object to such processing for reasons arising from your particular situation. You also have the option of contacting a supervisory authority (right of appeal).

PLEASE CONTACT US

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We store and use the data you enter in the contact form exclusively in accordance with our Data Privacy Policy.

If you would like to send us PGP-encrypted e-mails, we will be happy to provide you with our public key.

CONTACT FORM

    We store and use the data you enter in the contact form exclusively in accordance with our Data Privacy Policy.

    CONTACT FORM

      We store and use the data you enter in the contact form exclusively in accordance with our Data Privacy Policy.

      cogito.legal Rechtsanwälte Rheingans Römisch Wiehl PartGmbB
      Axel-Springer-Platz 3
      20355 Hamburg

      T: +49 40 232 053 000
      F: +49 40 232 053 009
      M: info@cogito.legal

      Register of Partnerships: PR1167 | Hamburg Local Court
      Ust-IdNr.: DE313596053 | Finanzamt Hamburg Mitte

      Partners and responsible according to § 18 Abs. 2 MStV are Malte Rheingans, Dr. Marcel Römisch and Yannik Wiehl.

      All attorneys at law of cogito.legal are admitted in the Federal Republic of Germany and belong to the Hanseatic Bar Association Hamburg, Valentinskamp 88, 20355 Hamburg.

      The professional regulations of the Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO), the Professional Code of Conduct for Lawyers (BORA) and the Specialist Lawyers’ Code (FAO), the Law on the Remuneration of Lawyers (RVG), the Professional Rules for Lawyers in the European Community and the Law on the Activity of European Lawyers in Germany apply. The respective current versions are available on the website of the Federal Bar Association at https://www.brak.de.

      We do not participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body within the meaning of § 36 VSBG. The European Commission’s online dispute resolution platform is available at: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. Clients are welcome to contact us if they have any questions regarding their mandate settlement or make use of the services of the Hanseatic Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg. There is liability insurance with Allianz Versicherungs-AG, 10900 Berlin. It meets the requirements of the above-mentioned professional regulations for lawyers. The geographical scope of the insurance covers the Federal Republic of Germany and all member states of the European Union.

      cogito.legal Rechtsanwälte Rheingans Römisch Wiehl PartGmbB
      Axel-Springer-Platz 3
      20355 Hamburg

      T: +49 40 232 053 000
      F: +49 40 232 053 009

      Register of Partnerships: PR1167 | Hamburg Local Court
      Ust-IdNr.: DE313596053 | Finanzamt Hamburg Mitte

      Partners and responsible according to § 18 Abs. 2 MStV are Malte Rheingans, Dr. Marcel Römisch and Yannik Wiehl.

      All attorneys at law of cogito.legal are admitted in the Federal Republic of Germany and belong to the Hanseatic Bar Association Hamburg, Valentinskamp 88, 20355 Hamburg.

      The professional regulations of the Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO), the Professional Code of Conduct for Lawyers (BORA) and the Specialist Lawyers’ Code (FAO), the Law on the Remuneration of Lawyers (RVG), the Professional Rules for Lawyers in the European Community and the Law on the Activity of European Lawyers in Germany apply. The respective current versions are available on the website of the Federal Bar Association at https://www.brak.de.

      We do not participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body within the meaning of § 36 VSBG. The European Commission’s online dispute resolution platform is available at: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. Clients are welcome to contact us if they have any questions regarding their mandate settlement or make use of the services of the Hanseatic Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg. There is liability insurance with Allianz Versicherungs-AG, 10900 Berlin. It meets the requirements of the above-mentioned professional regulations for lawyers. The geographical scope of the insurance covers the Federal Republic of Germany and all member states of the European Union.

      PLEASE CONTACT US

      WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU

      We store and use the data you enter in the contact form exclusively in accordance with our Data Privacy Policy.

      If you would like to send us PGP-encrypted e-mails, we will be happy to provide you with our public key.

      CONTACT FORM

        We store and use the data you enter in the contact form exclusively in accordance with our Data Privacy Policy.