Dr. Nicolai Wiegand, LL.M. (NYU)

Nicolai Wiegand advises clients on all legal matters relating to information technology, data economy, and artificial intelligence.

His focus is on the legally compliant structuring of digital business models and the support of complex technology projects – from digital transformation initiatives and data licensing agreements to AI applications, taking into account the current regulatory landscape (in particular the AI Act and Data Act).

He supports clients in negotiating software and technology licensing agreements, outsourcing projects, and the practical implementation of group-wide GDPR compliance. In addition, he advises on technology and IP transactions and represents companies in and out of court in IT disputes or proceedings with data protection authorities.

As an external data protection officer, Nicolai Wiegand understands his clients’ operational challenges first-hand and provides pragmatic, business-oriented solutions.

Nicolai Wiegand regularly publishes expert articles and is a co-author of several professional publications, as well as a long-standing lecturer at the Beck Academy, a leading German provider of legal training. He is a member of the German Association for Law and Informatics (DGRI) and of the Data Protection Working Group of BITKOM, Germany’s digital industry association.

Over the past 10 years, we've built a trusted legal team in San Francisco, focused on technology, media and communciation, life sciences and healthcare, real estate, private wealth, and private equity. Supported by colleagues in the UK and Europe, we also offer deep expertise in M&A, international growth, commercial deals, and data privacy.

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CV

Since 2013 Lecturer at BeckAkademie (data protection and IT law)

Since 2007 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2003 – 2007 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Career

Since 2013 Lecturer at BeckAkademie (data protection and IT law)

Since 2007 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2003 – 2007 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2003 Doctorate in Law, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

2002 Scholarship from the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, Munich

2001 Admission as lawyer, Munich

Publications

Europe's digital law under scrutiny: With the Digital Omnibus Package, the EU Commission is setting a new course, Wiegand/Hillert, ZD-Aktuell 2025, 01470

Chapter 9 – IT-Vertragsrecht (IT Contract Law), in: Kipker (ed.), Cybersecurity, 2nd edition, 2023

Chapter D.V.1-5 – IT und Datenverarbeitung (IT and Data Processing), in: Scholz/Treptow (eds.), Beck’sches Formularbuch Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht (Beck's Form Book on Medical and Health Law), 2nd edition, 2022

Chapter 33.1 – IT-Projektverträge (IT Project Contracts), Voigt/Wiegand, in: Taeger/Pohle (eds.), Computer Law Handbook, supplementary delivery no. 36, February 2021

Start für digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen (Start for digital health applications), Wiegand, MPJ 2020, 207-210

Artikel 87 DSGVO – Verarbeitung der nationalen Kennziffer (Article 87 GDPR – Processing of the national identification number), in: Gierschmann/Schlender/Stentzel/Veil (eds.), Commentary on the General Data Protection Regulation, 1st edition 2018

Artikel 91 DSGVO – Bestehende Datenschutzvorschriften von Kirchen und religiösen Vereinigungen oder Gemeinschaften (Article 91 GDPR – Existing data protection rules of churches and religious associations or communities), in: Gierschmann/Schlender/Stentzel/Veil (eds.), Commentary on the General Data Protection Regulation, 1st edition 2018

§ 6b BDSG – Beobachtung öffentlich zugänglicher Räume mit optisch-elektronischen Einrichtungen (Section 6b BDSG – Surveillance of publicly accessible spaces with optical-electronic devices), in: Gierschmann/Saeugling (eds.), Systematic Practical Commentary on Data Protection Law, 1st edition 2014

§ 6c BDSG – Mobile personenbezogene Speicher- und Verarbeitungsmedien (Section 6c BDSG – Mobile personal storage and processing media), in: Systematic Practical Commentary on Data Protection Law, 1st edition 2014, Data protection from a corporate perspective

Open Source Software und computerimplementierte Erfindungen (Open source software and computer-implemented inventions), in: Taeger (ed.), Tagungsband Herbstakademie 2010 (Conference Proceedings Autumn Academy 2010)

Section 6 German Unfair Competition Act – Vergleichende Werbung (Comparative Advertising), in: Koos/Menke/Ring (eds.), Praxis des Wettbewerbsrechts (Competition Law Practice), 2009

Section 2 German Unfair Competition Act – Definitionen (Definitions), in: Koos/Menke/Ring (eds.), Praxis des Wettbewerbsrechts (Competition Law Practice), 2009

Section 1 German Unfair Competition Act – Zweck des Gesetzes (Purpose of the Act), in: Koos/Menke/Ring (eds.), Praxis des Wettbewerbsrechts (Competition Law Practice), 2009

Die Durchsetzung von Besichtigungsansprüchen de lege lata und de lege ferenda (The enforcement of inspection rights de lege lata and de lege ferenda), in: Taeger/Wiebe (eds.), Tagungsband Herbstakademie 2008 (Conference Proceedings Autumn Academy 2008)

9. Teil Kap. 27 – Die Besonderheiten in der Verfahrens- und Prozessführung (Part 9, Chapter 27 – Special Features of Procedural and Litigation Conduct), in: Lehmann/Meents (eds.), Handbuch des Fachanwalts. Informationstechnologierecht (Handbook for Specialist Lawyers. Information Technology Law), 1st edition 2008

Der Besichtigungsanspruch im Urheberrecht de lege ferenda v. 2007 (The right of inspection in copyright law de lege ferenda v. 2007), Frank/Wiegand, CR 2007, 481 – 487

Die Geräteabgabe als Lösungsmodell im Bereich der privaten Vervielfältigung von digitalen Musik- und Filmwerken aus US-amerikanischer und deutscher Sicht. Eine rechtsvergleichende Studie (The device levy as a solution model in the area of private reproduction of digital music and film works from a US and German perspective. A comparative legal study), monograph, Frankfurt am Main 2003

Technische Kopierschutzmaßnahmen in Musik-CDs – Aufklärungspflicht über die Implementierung (Technical copy protection measures in music CDs – Duty to provide information about implementation), Wiegand, MMR 2002, 722 – 730

Memberships & Associations

DGRI (German Association of Law and Informatics) B
BITKOM’s data protection working group

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Awards

Legal 500 Germany 2024

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The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2020, 2021

Experience

Advising Mitel on its transaction to acquire Unify from Atos

We have advised Mitel, a global leader in business communications, on its transaction to acquire Unify, the Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) and Communication and Collaboration Services businesses (CCS) of the Atos group.

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