Berlin/Hamburg/Cologne – As of August 15, 2022, the business law firm YPOG strengthens its IP/IT practice with the renowned lawyer and expert for information technology law Dr. Lutz Schreiber. He joins YPOG together with his team from the international law firm Eversheds Sutherland. In his previous place of work, Schreiber advised his clients as a Partner on national and international IT and outsourcing projects as well as on all matters of software licensing, data protection, copyright and competition law. At YPOG, he now starts as the first IP/IT Equity Partner. His team includes Sara Apenburg, who will become a Senior Associate at YPOG, and Matthias Treude, who joins as an Associate.
This continues the dynamic development the IP/IT practice area has experienced under the work of Benedikt Flöter (Associated Partner) and Anna Eickmeier (Senior Associate) over the past 18 months. With its extensive experience in technology, media, telecommunications and information technology law, the new team will visibly complement the existing range of advisory services. The practice group will especially focus on the development and specification of its complex technology advice. Also the operational advisory expertise in so-called crypto mandates will be strengthened in close cooperation with the regulatory team around Dr. Carola Rathke.
"With the entry of Lutz Schreiber and his team, the YPOG IP/IT and data protection practice, which has been dedicatedly developed by Benedikt Flöter and Anna Eickmeier, grows to a total of two partners and three associates. We are very pleased to expand our expertise and to bundle important know-how, in order to optimally complement our advisory services also in other practice areas such as regulatory law," says Managing Partner Helder Schnittker.
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YPOG stands for You + Partners of Gamechangers – forward-thinking legal and tax advice. Supporting companies that are focused on emerging technologies, YPOG embraces change as an opportunity to develop cutting-edge solutions. The YPOG team offers comprehensive expertise in the areas of Funds, Tax, Transactions, Corporate, Banking, Regulatory + Finance, IP/IT/Data Protection, Litigation, and Corporate Crime + Compliance + Investigations. YPOG is one of the leading law firms in Germany for venture capital, private equity, fund structuring, and the implementation of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in financial services. Both the firm and its partners are regularly recognized by renowned national and international publications such as JUVE, Best Lawyers, Chambers and Partners, Leaders League, and Legal 500. YPOG is home to more than 150 experienced attorneys, tax advisors and tax specialists as well as a notary, working across offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, and Munich.
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