Fieldfisher

Technology & Data

Stephan Zimprich is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advises on Data Protection, Competition Law, Media Law and IT Law.

One focus is on advising technology providers in the field of online advertising (Adtech) and online platforms. He also specialises in representing his clients in court in cases with a technology background.

His clients are European and global online platform providers, leading ad tech providers and digital business model providers.

Examples of his work include:

• • Representing the world's leading trade association for the online advertising industry in a case concerning the admissibility of a standard data exchange protocol
  • Legal representation of a leading short video service in a legal dispute in connection with the client's advertising products
  • Legal representation of a leading consent management platform in an administrative law dispute concerning data transfer to the US
  • Legal representation of the leading social network for professionals in numerous court disputes, including on the blocking of user accounts, user preferences and data usage
  • Legal representation of a leading online rating platform regarding the algorithm-based classification of ratings
  • Representing the world's leading provider of smart TVs in a legal dispute concerning the use of user data
  • Representation of a provider of special software for insurance companies in an IT-law compensation case
  • Advising leading ad tech providers on the GDPR, including preparing for an IPO
  • Advising leading German publishers on the implementation of regulatory requirements for the implementation of advertising technology
  • Representing one of the leading European flight search engines in several competition law disputes concerning the core functionality of the website
  • Advising a leading global supplier of medical and camera products on a pan-European IT outsourcing project
  • Representation of a major German public publishing house in court proceedings concerning anti-competitive cooperation between a public broadcaster and a private competitor

Furthermore, he advises clients on the drafting and negotiation of IT contracts, such as SaaS contracts, software licence agreements or outsourcing projects.

He advises his clients in German and English.

Together with his colleague Dennis Hillemann, he looks after the topic of Artificial Intelligence at Fieldfisher and cooperates with the Artificial Intelligence Center (ARIC).

He also works closely with the German Association for the Digital Economy (BVDW) and the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Inc (IAB, Inc).