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Dr Jan Geert Meents

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Managing Director, UK and Europe

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Professional Qualifications

  • Rechtsanwalt admitted with the Rechtsanwaltskammer Munich

Prior Experience

  • 2008 – to date, Partner DLA Piper UK LLP, Munich
  • 2004 – 2008, Partner at a leading commercial law firm, Munich
  • 2002 – 2003, Foreign Associate at an international law firm, Atlanta
  • 1999 – 2004, Associate at a leading commercial law firm, Munich

Recognitions

  • JUVE Handbook 2021/2022: Frequently recommended for information technology: contracts/litigation and transactions/outsourcing as well as for data protection; “leading in the area of outsourcing and clouds”, “very good, knows what he is talking about”, competitor
  • Legal 500 Germany 2022: Leading individual and recommended for information technology and digitalisation as well as recommended for information technology: data protection and IT transactions and outsourcing
  • Chambers Europe Germany 2022: Recommended for TMT: information technology
  • Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers 2022: Recognised as “lawyer of the year” for information technology law (2020) and recommended for information technology law and data security and privacy law
  • WirtschaftsWoche 2020: Recommended as “top lawyer” for IT law
  • Kanzleimonitor 2020/2021: Recommended for IT law

Education

  • University of Marburg
  • University of Munich, First State Examination, 1995
  • Higher Regional Court of Munich, Second State Examination, 1998
  • University of Münster, Dr. jur., 1998

Memberships

  • German Association for Law and Informatics (DGRI e.V.)
  • International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw)
  • The Working Group IT of the German Lawyers' Association (DAV IT)
  • German-American Lawyers Association (DAJV)
  • Munich and German Lawyers' Association

Lecturer

Jan is a lecturer for IT law at the University of Oldenburg.

Related services

  • Intellectual Property and Technology
  • Technology Transactions and Strategic Sourcing
  • Data Protection, Privacy and Security
  • Cybersecurity
  • International Corporate Reorganizations

Related sectors

  • Technology
  • Industrials
  • Financial Services

Languages Spoken

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