Stephan Appt

Dr. Stephan Appt, LL.M.

Partner, Head of Diversified Industrials

+49 89 203043 561

Munich

German, English & French

Stephan advises German and international companies in commercial, intellectual property & data protection, data access (EU Data Act) and information technology law matters, with a particular focus on the automotive and IT sectors. Stephan’s clients are often based in the US, Asia and the Middle East.

Stephan brings creative thinking, industry awareness and an unwavering determination that is essential for working with a disruptive business like ours. From the outset he immediately got under the skin of what we do and has been instrumental in helping us to break new ground ever since. His industry insight and knowledge of the automotive and wider transport sector far surpassed my expectations and has been invaluable.

Allan Martinson - Chief Operating Officer Starship Technologies

Very strong in the use of data protection requirements with respect to GDPR. Solid and pragmatical advice. Good sense for details, without missing the overview. Stephan Appt is an outstanding partner.

Legal 500 Deutschland - 2022

Stephan's experience

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    Credentials

    • 2015
      Pinsent Masons - Partner
    • 2013
      Pinsent Masons - Legal Director
    • 2010
      Bird&Bird - Senior Associate
    • 2008
      Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg - Doctorate in Law
    • 2007
      MlawGroup - Associate
    • 2006
      Qualified - Germany
    • 2006
      WilmerHale - Associate
    • 2005
      University of Edinburgh - LL.M. (Master of Laws)
    • 2004
      Higher Regional Court Dusseldorf - Second State Exam
    • 2003
      Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg - First State Exam
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    'World first' industrial decarbonisation strategy developed in the UK

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    3D printing: UK product safety issues

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    5G potential for business highlighted in UK funding programme

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    A global view of the law applicable to an arbitration agreement

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    Advocate general: German credit agency scoring breaches GDPR

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    Alastair Dale

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    Algorithmic pricing raises concerns for EU competition law enforcement

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    Alison Rankine

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