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Dr. Patrick Vincent Zurheide, LL.M. (Aberdeen)
Dr. Patrick Vincent Zurheide, LL.M. (Aberdeen)

Dr. Patrick Vincent Zurheide, LL.M. (Aberdeen)

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Patrick is a member of the Technology, Media & Telecoms practice area. He advises domestic and foreign companies on software contract and distribution law, data protection law, e- and m-commerce, cross-border transactions and, in particular, IT projects and the associated legal disputes.

He also specialises in advising on agile software projects of all sizes, including ERP implementations, where, as a Certified Scrum Master, he focuses not only on legal issues but also on the overall project approach, as well as on all data protection issues in the real estate sector, including the processing of personal energy data, e.g. in the context of smart metering.

 

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Information technology
Data & cyber
Tech Litigation

CV

Since 2025 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2022 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2017 Associate, international law firm
2018 - 2019 PhD Studies in IT law
2016 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
2016 Master of Laws in International Commercial Law, University of Aberdeen
2015 Second State Examination
2013 First State Examination

Career

Since 2025 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2022 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2017 Associate, international law firm

Education

2018 - 2019 PhD Studies in IT law
2016 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
2016 Master of Laws in International Commercial Law, University of Aberdeen
2015 Second State Examination
2013 First State Examination

Publications

DB 2025, 786: Zum konkreten Inhalt des Auskunftsrechts nach Art. 15 Abs. 1 Buchst. h) DSGVO beim Scoring

MMR 2025, 325: Cloud-Bereitstellungspflichten für smarte Produkte im B2B-Bereich

DB 2024: SCHUFA-Scoring kann als verbotene automatisierte Entscheidungsfindung qualifiziert werden

DB 2024, 3021: Zulässigkeit der Klagen von Mitbewerbern nach dem UWG wegen Verstößen gegen die DSGVO

K&R 2024, 573: Zur Klagebefugnis von Verbraucherverbänden bei Datenschutzverstößen

DSRITB 2023, 599: Wird die Idee eines formallogischen Verfahrens insbesondere im Bereich des IT-Rechts demnächst Realität?

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NIS-2 management liability tested in practice using the example of the SonicWall data leak

14 October 2025

by Dr. Patrick Vincent Zurheide, LL.M. (Aberdeen) and Alexander Schmalenberger, LL.B.

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What are "best practices" for agile software projects in the automotive industry? | TWheel

28 April 2025
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Land acquisition and data protection: The importance of the GDPR when project developers request owner data

18 July 2024
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