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1. Client
Leading provider of forward-looking real-time solutions in the field of the development and implementation of tailor-made systems for the telecommunications industry, energy suppliers and mobile money providers worldwide.
2. Occasion / duration
Absence of head of legal department due to illness
Assignment covering four and a half months, three days a week at the company’s site and also completion of tasks using electronic means of communication (e-mail and telephone) when required.
3. Interim services
Legal advice for the company’s divisions for sales, consulting and support, particularly with regard to general contract, software, licence and data protection law.
Review of company licence contracts, project contracts, OEM/reseller contracts, research and development contracts, cooperation contracts and confidentiality agreements, in each case in German or English.
Support with negotiations lasting several weeks in English about a complex system integration agreement with a telecommunications provider domiciled abroad.
Advice with regard to the introduction of a contract lifecycle management system.
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1. Client
A leading international provider of software security products and solutions.
2. Occasion / duration
Absence of head of legal department due to holiday and legal consulting in the event of capacity bottlenecks.
Assignment as required, completion of tasks using electronic means of communication (e-mail and telephone).
3. Interim services
Legal advice for company’s sales division, in particular reviewing of software licence general contracts and end-user licence contracts.
Legal advice and reviewing of public invitations to tender (procurement law).
Legal advice and reviewing of cooperation contracts and OEM contracts.
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1. Client
A leading international provider of cloud services solutions.
2. Occasion / duration
Legal advice in the event of capacity bottlenecks.
Assignment as required at the company’s site or completion of tasks using electronic means of communication (e-mail and telephone).
3. Interim services
Legal advice for company’s sales and support divisions as well as reviewing and negotiating cloud services contracts in German and English.
Legal reviewing and negotiating of data protection contracts, such as on order data processing, in German and English.
Legal reviewing of confidentiality agreements in German and English.
Legal reviewing of work and project contracts.
Legal reviewing of usage and invitation to tender conditions for a platform for invitations to tender
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1. Client
A start-up company establishing a new business model in the area of cloud computing with the brokerage of cloud services.
2. Occasion / duration
Legal advice was required over a period of more than twelve months with regard to formation a company formation requirements, legal form, statutes, managing director contract, etc. as well as the entire legal set-up of the business model, including standard contracts (GTCs), employment contracts, negotiating of project contracts on the supplier and customer side.
3. Interim services
Reviewing and negotiating of supply contracts with cloud providers (Amazon Web Services, SAP, IBM, etc.), mainly in English.
Elaboration of service level agreements and general terms and conditions.
Preparation of website usage terms and data protection notices for various websites.
Definition of legal requirement made of cloud services, including from data protection and data security standpoints (compliance).
Drawing up of a legal assessment for cloud users.
