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Thanos Rammos, LL.M.
Thanos Rammos, LL.M.

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Thanos is a Tech partner with a focus on Data Protection, Privacy and Media law. Thanos has an excellent track record on AdTech, e-privacy and digital content distribution, including questions on copyright, advertising, as well as youth protection law. He is the Co-head of the international practice group Technology, Content and Data.

Thanos joined Taylor Wessing in 2011. As a result of his prior experience but also various secondments with TW clients in different industries, Thanos has in-depth knowledge of the needs of in-house legal departments of multinational companies. He advises organisations across various sectors including e-commerce, technology, media, advertising, life sciences and healthcare, and retail. Thanos helps businesses deal with complex legal matters, when launching new products/ services in the EU. He is working with data rich organisations and businesses. Thanos guides clients successfully through complex digital transformation projects, including on implementing and using A.I.-based services and products.

Thanos is lecturer since 2015 at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik (University of Applied Sciences) Berlin. He publishes and speaks regularly on technology topics, such as copyright and data in relation to A.I. Thanos is a specialist lawyer for information technology law, as well as a certified Data Protection Officer (TÜV).

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CV

Since 2019 Partner, Taylor Wessing
Since 2015 Lecturer, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik, Berlin
2016 – 2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2011 – 2016 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2010 Legal Staff, Council of Europe, Strasbourg
2008 – 2010 Legal clerkship, Berlin
2007 – 2008 Paralegal, British Telecom, London
2019 Specialist lawyer for Information Technology Law
2011 Established as a lawyer, Munich
2010 State examination, Berlin
2006 – 2007 LL.M., International Business Law, University of London
1999 – 2005 Legal studies, Philipps–Universität Marburg/Universität zu Köln

Career

Since 2019 Partner, Taylor Wessing
Since 2015 Lecturer, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik, Berlin
2016 – 2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2011 – 2016 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2010 Legal Staff, Council of Europe, Strasbourg
2008 – 2010 Legal clerkship, Berlin
2007 – 2008 Paralegal, British Telecom, London

Education

2019 Specialist lawyer for Information Technology Law
2011 Established as a lawyer, Munich
2010 State examination, Berlin
2006 – 2007 LL.M., International Business Law, University of London
1999 – 2005 Legal studies, Philipps–Universität Marburg/Universität zu Köln

Publications

Die gemeinsame Verantwortlichkeit in der E-Mobility-Branche Datenschutz an der Ladesäule – Besonderheiten und Spannungsverhältnisse beim Zus, in: CR, 10/2021, gemeinsam mit Felix-Sebastian Schilling

Datenschutzrechtliche und regulatorische Herausforderungen bei der Digitalisierung von Healthcare in der Krise: in: Rethink Healthcare - Krise als Chance, 04/2021, gemeinsam mit Karolina Lange-Kulmann

Die Anforderungen an den Datenschutz von Health-Apps, in: Health & Care Management Magazin, 01/21

The Use of A.I. and Patient confidentiality in the Medical World | Med-Tech World, 11/2020

An update on privacy regulator guidance for life sciences and healthcare in light of COVID-19, PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, Edition #30, 05/2020 

EU data protection regulators on life sciences and healthcare services, in Global Data Hub, 01/2020

AI and big data in the healthcare sector, PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, edition #17, 01/2019

Artificial Intelligence und Smart Devices – Ethik und Rechtsprechung in Zeiten der Digitalisierung, PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, edition #16, 12/2018

Proposed amendments to outsourcing in Germany: a step forward for the medical sector, Cecile Park Media, 09/2017 Proposed amendments to outsourcing in Germany: a step forward for the medical "

International Workplace Data Issues in Germany, in Workplace data: law and litigation (2014 Supplement), 2014

Werbe- und datenschutzrechtliche Aspekte von Health-Apps, in: Medizinprodukte Journal, 11/2014

Kommentierung zu § 11 BDSG, in: Systematischer Praxiskommentar Datenschutzrecht, 2014

Anmerkung zu einer Entscheidung des EuGH, Urt. v. 19.12.2013 (C-202/12; CR 2014, 156) - Zur Reichweite des sui-generis-Datenbankschutzrechts im Hinblick auf die Weiterverwendung von Datenbankinhalten durch spezialisierte Meta-Suchmaschinen, in CR 2014, 16

Kontaktlose Zahlungen mittels mobiler Endgeräte - The future is near ... field communication? – Datenschutzrechtliche Rahmenbedingungen, in: ZD 2013, 587

German court rules on right to administration of Facebook groups, in: e-commerce-law-reports, 09/2013

Cloud Computing und Sozialdatenschutz, in: CR 2013, p. 265-272

Social Media Policies: a "must have" or "nice to have"? A German perspective, in: Global Data Hub, 02/2013

Datenschutzrechtliche Aspekte verschiedener Arten “verhaltensbezogener” Onlinewerbung, in: K&R 2011, p. 692-698

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Top lawyer for data protection law

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"Thanos Rammos is a very strong partner: pragmatic, business-oriented, to the point and a very good communicator."

''IT and media law expert Thanos Rammos is particularly praised for his 'fantastic expertise and in-depth knowledge of the subject-matter'.'

Experience

NORD Holding on the acquisition of Zentrum Gesundheit Group

NORD Holding, a leading private equity house, on the acquisition of the majority interest in Zentrum Gesundheit Group, a leading German group of ophthalmic surgery and diagnostic centres, from Waterland Private Equity. NORD Holding, together with the management and medical team, acquired a stake as a new partner and majority shareholder. In this deal the Taylor Wessing team again demonstrated its interdisciplinary expertise in the areas of healthcare M&A, regulatory and acquisition financing.

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Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG on its public takeover of the Belgian company Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG SA

Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG, a German FSE stock listed company on all aspects of a cross-border merger. Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG, one of the world's largest suppliers of isotope technology components for radiation therapy and nuclear medicine with headquarters in Berlin, as absorbing entity merged with the Belgian Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG SA, which was listed on the Euronext Brussels stock exchange. The transaction is a rare example of cross-border mergers of two listed companies on the basis of the European harmonized requirements of the EU Company Directive (EU) 2017/1132.

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