About

Starting his professional career as an expert lawyer in banking, corporate and competition law with Buse Heberer Fromm in 2011, Florian Agthe moved in-house with app-based ride-hailing services startup company “mytaxi” two years later as legal counsel. He assumed his current position of head of legal, overseeing all legal matters for the Group consisting of the product lines mytaxi, Kapten, BEAT, HIVE and “Free Now” in 2015. He regards the legal guidance he provided during the company’s acquisition by Daimler and during its own acquisition of ‘a variety of competitors in the European market of ride-hailing’ as major career highlights that allowed him to showcase his legal talent. Going forward, Agthe envisages a more business-focused approach as the role develops: ’The role of the in-house lawyer is evolving into a more project management role with direct interaction in the project teams of the business. In-house teams are challenged more by the business to deliver direct value to business growth next to their traditional legal expert role. Therefore, in-house legal counsel will need to step-up, improving other tool kits next to their legal knowledge in order to satisfy the expectations of modern companies’.