Dr. Axel Spies

Dr. Axel Spies has advised clients for many years on various international issues, including licensing, competition, corporate issues, and new technologies such as cloud computing and international telecommunications licensing. He counsels on international data protection (EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Privacy Framework), international data transfers and compliance, healthcare, technology licensing, ediscovery, the EU AI Act, and equity purchases. He is a long-time correspondent and co-publisher of the German Journal of Data Protection (ZD) and European telecoms journal MultiMedia & Law (MMR). He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E). Axel is admitted in the District of Columbia as a Special Legal Consultant and in Germany, Rechtsanwalt.