Dr. Tobias Schelinski

Tobias is a specialist lawyer for information technology law and heads up the industry group Logistics & Transport.

He is highly experienced in IT projects, including digitisation, outsourcing, e-commerce and data protection and Tobias supports his clients with strong negotiating skills in national and international technology projects. His clients praise his distinctive commercial and technical understanding and his extensive international network. In the games industry, he is regarded as one of the leading lawyers in Europe.

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Career

Since 2017	Lecturer, Nordakademie, Hamburg/Elmshorn
Since 2010	Partner, Taylor Wessing
Since 2010	Lecturer, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Hamburg

2011 – 2013	Lecturer, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
2005 – 2010	Associate, Taylor Wessing

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Education

2005	Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
2005	Second state examination
2003 – 2005	Legal clerkship, Hamburg

2004	Doctoral degree, dissertation on the application of German administrative law to overseas online services, University of Hamburg
2001	First state examination, Hamburg

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Publications

IT-Vertragsrecht in IT-Recht, Leupold/Wiebe/ Glossner, IT-Recht, 4. Auflage 2021

Springer-Verlag: Lehrbuch Wirtschaftsrecht, Kapitel zu IP /IT /Medien, Springer-Verlag, 2. Auflage, 2018, together with Jan Feuerhake

C.H.Beck: Artikel in der MMR 2018, 586 zu Lootboxen in Computerspielen, C.H.Beck, 09/2018, together with Jan Feuerhake

IT-Vertragsrecht - Leupold/Glossner, IT-Recht, 2013, p. 13 - 121

Regeln für Werbung in Computerspiele – Sponsors, 05/2012

Erfolgreiches Legal Management, Berndt, Erfolgreiches Management, 2012, p. 71 - 86

Grenzüberschreitender Handel / Werbung und Internationale Wirkung des Internet -Hamburg@work, Handbuch E-Commerce Recht, 08/2009

Behördliche Aufsicht über grenzüberschreitende Online-Dienste, 03/2005

Memberships & Associations

Hamburger Logistikinitiative

Bundesverband der Logistik

GAME Bundesverband

DRI – The Voice of Defense

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications Logistics & transport Gaming

Experience

Pflege.de on its sale to the Hartmann Gruppe

Comprehensive legal advice to the shareholders of web care LBJ GmbH, operator of the Hamburg service portal Pflege.de, the leading German online platform relating to home care and living in old age, on the sale of the company to the Hartmann Group, a producer of medical and care products.

Awards

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2018- 2022	Leading individual: Information technology law
German Institute for Legal Departments and Corporate Lawyers (diruj) - 2021/2022	Frequently recommended for IT law
Legal 500 2020	"Tobias Schelinski's advice in the area of global framework license agreements for companies with complex matrix structures (all license and business models) is great."
Who's Who Legal 2020	Recommended
JUVE Handbook 2018/2019	Recommended for IT law “very well connected, pragmatic approach with respect to new legal challenges”.
Who's Who Legal 2018	One of the world’s leading Information Technology and Data Privacy and Protection lawyers
Legal 500 2018	The "outstanding" Tobias Schelinski is "probably one of the best experts in the games industry".
Legal 500 2017	Recommended for his expertise in gaming issues