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Otto Sleeking

Otto Sleeking

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Otto heads our Technology & Data team in the Netherlands and has over a decade of experience in guiding clients through major IT projects and digital and technology transformations.

Otto will help you with more than just the legal paperwork. He is a commercial advisor with over 15 years of experience who will work with you to select the right vendors for your technology project, and to negotiate the most competitive contracts possible before implementation.

Otto also specialises in public procurement law and will apply the best practices in that field to your selection process. He enjoys helping clients in the application of new technologies and digitalisation of their business. If technology-related disputes arise, in or out of court, Otto knows how to protect his clients and will help guide you through.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Information technology
Data & cyber
Tech Litigation
GDPR compliance
Cyber security & data breaches
Data Governance
External Policies & Practices
Data Exports
New Digital Products & Data
Privacy Agreements & Transactions
Dealing with DPAs
ePrivacy (cookies)
Marketing & Data
Data Centre Expertise

Sectors

Technology, media & communications
Games and gambling
Digital, data and consumer regulation

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CV

Since 2018 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2005 - 2018 Counsel, Kennedy Van der Laan
2003 - 2005 Legal counsel, Utrechtse Juristen Groep
1996-2003 Law degree, University of Leiden, Dutch civil law and specialty courses in IT law
2009 Grotius Informaticarecht

Career

Since 2018 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2005 - 2018 Counsel, Kennedy Van der Laan
2003 - 2005 Legal counsel, Utrechtse Juristen Groep

Education

1996-2003 Law degree, University of Leiden, Dutch civil law and specialty courses in IT law
2009 Grotius Informaticarecht

Memberships & Associations

Board member, Dutch Association for IT and Law (NVvIR)

ITechLaw

IT Lawyers Association (VIRA)

Dutch Association for Procurement Law (NVvA)

Additional languages

English German Dutch

Awards

Legal500 2025

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Industry focus: Information technology - Leading Partners

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Industry focus: information technology - next generation partner 2024

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Industry focus: information technology - next generation partner 2023

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Industry focus: information technology - next generation partner 2022

Experience

Negotiations with the Dutch State

A global IT provider in negotiations with one of the Departments of the Dutch State for a large IT development and implementation project.

Otto Sleeking

The European headquarters of a leading motorcycle company

The European headquarters of a leading motorcycle company on drafting and negotiating the agreements for all customs, warehousing and logistics services for the European import and distribution of our client’s products.

Otto Sleeking

An international wholesale organization for technical appliances

An international wholesale organization for technical appliances on drafting and negotiating the agreements for the implementation of an automised order fulfilment system for the whole Dutch operation of our client.

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A Dutch insurance company

A Dutch insurance company on negotiating a major outsourcing agreement governing the configuration and the running of an IT platform on behalf of our client.

Otto Sleeking

A US based software company

A US based software company on negotiating a software license and services agreement with the Dutch central government.

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A regulator’s view on the AI Act | Tech Me Up! Session #6

20 September 2024

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DSA National Implementation

17 February 2024

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