Partner

Dr. Jens Neitzel

Rechtsanwalt

Languages

German
English

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Jens Neitzel advises German as well as internationally operating companies in regulated industries, particularly in the telecoms, postal, rail and media sectors. Drawing on his proven regulatory and competition law expertise, he drafts and negotiates sector specific contracts and advises on transactions. In case of dispute, Jens also represents his clients in German and European court cases and proceedings. He is particularly rated for his creative and solution-driven advice.

Before joining CMS in 2002 as a partner, Jens headed Legal & Regulatory Affairs at BT Ignite GmbH & Co. in Munich and prior to that the telecommunications law department of VIAG Interkom GmbH & Co. From 1997 to 1999, he worked as legal counsel, respectively assistant director in the Regulatory and Competition Affairs Division of Deutsche Telekom AG in Bonn.

Awards & Recognitions

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Listed for Telecommunications Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Listed for Technology Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Listed for IT Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Germany, 2025
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Führender Partner für Telekommunikation

The Legal 500 Deutschland, 2025
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"Jens Neitzel is a really excellent lawyer. He gets into the nitty gritty of our cases for us and is able to shed a light on multiple approaches.", client

Chambers Germany, 2025
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"Jens Neitzel is a well-known telecommunications expert who regularly advises on regulatory and commercial matters, including market entries, open access obligations and EECC implementation. His further strengths include contentious proceedings and supporting with sales and acquisitions in the telecommunications sector."

Chambers Germany, 2025
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„Oft empfohlen“ für Telekommunikation

JUVE Handbuch, 2024/2025
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„abgeklärter u. ruhiger Verhandler“, „kommerzieller Blick auf das geltende Recht im Sektor“, Wettbewerber

JUVE Handbuch, 2024/2025
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Listed for Telecommunications Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2024 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Listed for IT Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2024 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2024
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Leading Individual for Telecoms

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2024
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‘Jens Neitzel is very pragmatic and experienced and has good knowledge of negotiations. If we do bigger contracts and deals, then he is part of the negotiations.‘, client

Chambers Europe, 2024
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‘Great expertise; excellent, experienced negotiator.’, client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2024
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„Oft empfohlen“ für Telekommunikation

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024
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Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2023
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Listed as leading individual

Chambers Europe, 2023
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Listed for Telecommunications Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Listed for Technology Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Listed for IT Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Leading Individual for Telecoms

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2023
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"Reputed practitioner Jens Neitzel advises on a range of telecommunications matters, with specialisation on regulatory advice, legal opinions and disputes. Highlighting their longstanding cooperation, one client elaborates: 'What we value is his technical knowledge; Jens is highly versed in telecommunications law'."

Chambers Europe, 2021
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Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2021
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Leading individual for Telecoms

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2028
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"industry expert, extremely well respected, in-depth expertise", "outstanding lawyer, vast business understanding", competitors

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2021 (GCLF)
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"Recommended" for Telecommunications

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2021 (GCLF)
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Listed for telecommunications law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2020 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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„Oft empfohlen“ für Regulierung

JUVE Handbuch, 2022/2023
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"always on point, reliable and service-oriented", client

Chambers Europe, 2022
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Listed as Leading Individual

Chambers Europe, 2022
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"Recommended" for Telecommunications

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)
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"lawyer with in-house experience who finds practical solutions", competitor

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)
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"Jens Neitzel is an excellent dogmatist, excellent litigation, sovereign in oral proceedings.", client

The Legal EMEA, 2022
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Leading individual for Telecoms

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Publications

Recht der elektronischen Medien, Kommentar in Spindler/Schuster, 3. Aufl., C.H.Beck 2015
Recht der elektronischen Medien, Kommentar in Spindler/Schuster, 2. Aufl., C.H.Beck 2011
Recht der elektronischen Medien, Kommentar in Spindler/Schuster, C.H.Beck 2008
Rezension zu Hoeren, Handbuch Wegerechte und Telekommunikation, CR 2007
Rezension zu Wissmann (Hrsg.), Telekommunikationsrecht, CR 2007
Rezension zu Holznagel/Enaux/Nienhaus, Telekommunikationsrecht, CR 2007
Der Verordnungsentwurf zum Auslands-Roaming - eine erste Analyse und Bewertung, GPR 2006, p. 188 ff
Zugangsverpflichtungen von Betreibern mit beträchtlicher Marktmacht, CR 2004, p. 655 ff
Rezension zu Huppertz, Die SMP-Konzeption, MMR 2004, p. 35 ff
Zugangsverpflichtungen von Betreibern ohne beträchtliche Marktmacht, CR 2004, p. 736 ff
Rezension in Heun (Hrsg.), Handbuch Telekommunikationsrecht, TKMR 2004, p. 310 f
Rezension zu Geppert/Ruhle/Schuster (Hrsg.), Handbuch Recht und Praxis der Telekommunikation, 2. Auflage, CR 2003, p. 151 f
Rechtstipp, Connect 2002, seit Mai 2002
Regulierung in der Sackgasse? Das Sondergutachten der Monopolkommission zur Wettbewerbsentwicklung bei Telekommunikation und Post 2001, Computer und Recht (CR) 2002, p. 256 ff
Anmerkung zum Urteil des VG Köln vom 20. Juni 2002 - 1 K 3225/01 - Resale im Ortsnetzbereich, CR 2002, p. 740 f
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Ante Portas - The Warm-up of the Market Players is Now Underway, WMRC, Wireless Technology 2002
Die Auslandstätigkeit der Deutschen Telekom, Wirtschaftsrecht der Internationalen Telekommunikation, Band 26,Nomos-Verlag,Baden-Baden 1996
Gemeinschaftsunternehmen im Lichte des Europäischen Wettbewerbsrecht - Am Beispiel der Telekom und ihrer Töchter, AfP 1996, p. 237 ff
Rezension des Buches Governmental Liability: A Comparative Study, RabelsZ 1995, p. 169 ff
Zusatzqualifikation: Studium im Ausland, Magazin der Universität Osnabrück 1990, p. 6 ff

Education

1995 - 1997: Trainee lawyer in Berlin
PhD in European telecommunications and competition law
1992 - 1995: Research assistant to the professor for media law at the University of Osnabrück
Law studies in Osnabrück and Leiden (Netherlands)

Practice Areas

Commercial Antitrust, Competition & Trade Public Commercial Law & Procurement

sectors

TMC - Technology, Media & Communications Public Private Partnership Telecommunication

Insights

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