Phillip Heske | Taylor Wessing

Munich Germany

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Phillip is a member of the Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) practice area. He advises international and national clients on M&A transactions with respect to copyright and other intellectual property (IP) matters, including the identification and assessment of IP-related risks and the drafting of corresponding provisions in transactional documentation.

Separately, Phillip specializes in data law, covering data protection, data usage, and regulatory requirements under frameworks such as the EU Data Act. He advises clients on the lawful and strategic use of data, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and optimizing data-driven business models.

In addition, he has significant experience in drafting and negotiating license agreements, particularly in relation to software (both cloud-based and on-premise solutions) as well as other copyright-protected works.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Information technology

Copyright & media law

Data & cyber

Sectors

Technology, media & communications

Connectivity autonomous driving & data services

E-mobility/new drive technologies

CV

Since 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2021 Associate, Simmons & Simmons

2019 - 2020 Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Career

Since 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2021 Associate, Simmons & Simmons

2019 - 2020 Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Education

2019 Admitted as lawyer, Munich

2019 Second state examination, Hamburg

2017 First state examination, Göttingen

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Experience

Taylor Wessing advises US-Based Grant Thornton Advisors in the bidding process for Grant Thornton Germany

Provided comprehensive German legal advice to US-Based Grant Thornton Advisors LLC in the bidding process for the audit firm Grant Thornton Germany.

Press release

Dr. Christian Traichel

Dr. Rebekka Krause

Dr. Ralf B. Tietz, LL.M. (Chicago)

Dr. Christian Dietz

Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

Juliane Dost, LL.M. (Medizinrecht)

Katharina Häberle, LL.M. (Medizinrecht)

Dr. Klara Pototzky

Sebastian Rünz, LL.M. (Toronto)

Lara Nonnenmühlen

Leonard Raphael, LL.M. (Krakau)

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Private equity

Taylor Wessing advises the LEO III Fund on the acquisition of H.K.O Isolier- und Textiltechnik GmbH from Saint-Gobain

9 June 2026

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Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Taylor Wessing advises TPG Management GmbH, a portfolio company of Alpina Partners, on the acquisition of parameta GmbH

24 March 2026

by multiple authors

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Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Taylor Wessing advises Podimo ApS on the acquisition of arc.studio GmbH

24 March 2026

by multiple authors

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