Dr. Sebastian Cording
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Informationstechnologierecht (Certified lawyer for IT law) | Fachanwalt für Urheber- und Medienrecht (Certified lawyer for copyright and media law)
Languages
- German
- English
- French
- Spanish
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With more than 25 years of experience, Sebastian Cording advises his clients on complex IT and technology projects. He specialises in IT outsourcing and the introduction of ERP systems, drafts and negotiates IT contracts and is also a very experienced litigator. Sebastian’s clients include companies as software users as well as IT service providers, and he has special sports, media and residential property sector expertise.
Sebastian is also a highly regarded sports lawyer, advising on sports sponsorship and rights marketing. He acts for marketing agencies, sport event organisers, sports clubs and associations as well as for athletes and managers and advises his clients on contracts and, in case of conflict, also represents them in court.
He advises selected start-ups through the CMS equIP programme.
Sebastian Cording joined CMS in 1995. He was appointed a partner in 1998. For more than ten years, he was head of the German TMC practice group and, for several years, also head of the Sport & Media sub-group within the international TMC Sector Group.
Sebastian Cording has been actively involved in the self-governance of the legal profession for many years. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Hanseatic Bar Association and is active in various committees of the German Federal Bar Association (BRAK) and the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE).
