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Dr. Alexander Schmid

Senior Associate
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Dr. Alexander Schmid

Senior Associate
Rechtsanwalt

Contact
CMS Hasche Sigle
Nymphenburger Straße 12
80335 Munich
Germany
Languages German, English

Alexander Schmid’s practice covers legal issues related to the digital transformation, IT outsourcing, Industry 4.0 and AI, with expertise in IT law, internet law and European data protection law. In the field of e-commerce, he advises listed companies as well as medium-sized businesses on issues relating to online marketing and online advertising.

Alexander joined CMS in 2020.

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Memberships & Roles

  • DGRI (German Association for Law and Information Technology)
  • iapp (International Association of Privacy Professionals)
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Publications

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Lectures list

  • "Non-fungible Tokens: Legal issues in a nutshell", munichNFT Hackathon, Webinar, 11.06.2021
  • "Non-fungible Tokens: Legal questions", Webinar NFT in Amsterdam Fintech Week 2021, 10.06.2021
  • "Non-fungible Tokens: Legal issues in a nutshell", Amsterdam Fintech Week 2021, Webinar, 10.06.2021
  • "Open Data – Rechtliche Bewertung", Hauptgeschäftsführerkonferenz Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft (vbw), München, 03.04.2017
  • "Der bundespolizeiliche Einsatz von Video-Drohnen", DSRI Herbstakademie 2016, Hamburg, 15.09"Game of Drones – Persönlichkeitsrechte im Sturzflug?", 10. Internationales For..Net-Symposium, Passau, 15.04.2015.2015, Mitreferent Florian Albrecht
  • "Game of Drones – Persönlichkeitsrechte im Sturzflug?", 10. Internationales For..Net-Symposium, Passau, 15.04.2015
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Education

  • 2018 - 2020: Trainee lawyer at Munich Higher Regional Court, including placements at an automotive group and CMS
  • 2016 - 2018: PhD, University of Passau
  • 2010 - 2016: Law studies at the University of Passau
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Expertise

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03/11/2023
Spin-off: CMS advises current Cowen Europe partners on acquisition of Continental...
Leipzig – The current partners of the Cowen Europe Group are taking over the Continental European investment banking business of TD Cowen, a division of TD Securities. With 12 partners and 50 employees...
Deals
18/10/2023
Virtuelle Influencer: Chancen und Hürden
Virtual influencers are a new phenomenon, at least in Germany. They might be used to advertise digital fashion in future, for example, or to interact in the metaverse. What are the special features of virtual influencers? What are the benefits, especially for businesses, and can they be regarded as influencers from a legal viewpoint? Adrian Zarm and Dr Gabriele Stark, both from the Intellectual Property practice, answer these and many other important questions in our new podcast.
Publication
13/10/2023
Five myths about the metaverse
Everyone is talking about the opportunities and risks of AI. The revolution of the internet through the metaverse, on the other hand, almost seems to have been forgotten. That would be a mistake."We believe...
Law-Now Artificial Intelligence
09/06/2023
Willkommen im Metaverse
Welcome to the Metaverse – virtual reality, augmented reality and artificial intelligence have become mainstream and are defining the evolution of the Internet into Web3. How will we live, work and play in digital spaces in the future? And what legal issues does the metaverse pose? In our podcast series, we examine the latest legal developments and challenges that arise in virtual space.
Publication
01/06/2023
Datenschutz – Compliance- und Ver­trauens­voraus­set­zung für das Metaverse
The metaverse continues to evolve and gain ground. In this context, the question naturally arises as to how personal data can be protected. What happens, for example, if data about the spatial environment or other people is collected through virtual reality headsets? And how can the multilateral relationships of individual players in the metaverse be handled in terms of data protection law? Which data protection legislation applies in a virtual world that transcends national boundaries? CMS partner Christian Runte and Senior Associate Dr Alexander Schmid look at these and many other interesting data protection issues relating to the metaverse in our new podcast.
Publication
22/05/2023
Europe-wide analysis on the fifth anniversary of the GDPR reveals data...
European data protection authorities imposed fines totalling over 2.7 billion euros in more than 1,500 publicly known cases for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation, which has been in...
Press releases
14/02/2023
Was ist das Metaverse und welche Rechtsfragen ergeben sich?
The metaverse is a virtual-reality world that offers seemingly limitless possibilities. But what issues, especially of a legal nature, does it raise with regard to data protection law, employment law and occupational health? In our first “Willkommen im Metaverse” podcast, CMS partner Dr Markus Kaulartz and lawyer Dr Alexander Schmid, both from the TMC prac­tice, talk about the range of uses, essential features and possible legal issues in the metaverse.
Publication
28/12/2022
New guidebook to the metaverse published
In collaboration with CMS, Germany's digital association Bitkom has recently published a guidebook to the metaverse. The metaverse is often seen as the next big thing in tech and "the future of the internet"...
Law-Now Data Protection Law & IT Security Law
04/01/2022
Legal advice in the metaverse
After the Internet of Things, the metaverse is the next evolutionary stage of the internet. We shine a light on the legal issues of the future. At the end of October, at Connect 2021, Facebook announced...
Law-Now TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
22/04/2021
Legal challenges of "non-fungible tokens" (NFTs)
Legal challenges of "non-fungible tokens" (NFTs) NFTs will lay the foundations for a new class of assets. We shed light on the legal framework and provide tips for im­ple­ment­a­tion. On 11 March 2021 the...
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