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Tanja Paetrow
Legal Coordinator

Tanja Paetrow, LL.M.

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  • German
  • English
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Tanja Paetrow works as a legal coordinator with our IP and dispute resolution practice. She ensures the efficient implementation of major IP enforcement cases, with a focus on product piracy and illegal parallel imports, coordinating, among others, border seizure applications. Tanja also provides legal reviews and evaluations of advertising in the automotive sector.

Tanja is particularly interested in AI-related legal issues and has written her master’s thesis on the copyright risks of using AI and has published on the risks of AI in advertising.

She joined CMS in 2021, having worked previously at KPMG and an international commercial law firm. She also lectures in business law at FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management in Hamburg.

Publications

  • "Rechtliche Risiken der Werbung mit künstlicher Intelligenz", Gewerblicher Rechtschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR) 2025, 289 (gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Sönke Ahrens)

Lectures list

  • Rechtssicher werben mit KI: AI-Washing erkennen und vermeiden (gemeinsam mit Johannes Kühl) 2025-12-11
  • Urheberrechtlicher Schutz von Arbeitsergebnissen Künstlicher Intelligenz, Gastvorlesung, Hamburg, 2024-03-22

Education

  • 2021 - 2024: LL.M. in business law with a focus on legal tech at FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management
  • 2020 - 2021: University certificate in internet and media law at FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management
  • 2016 - 2020: LL.B. in business law at FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management
  • 2014 - 2016: Training as a banker at Hamburger Volksbank
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