Nils heads the German IP practice, and is also a co-lead for our global AI proposition. He focuses on digital transformation, Artificial Intelligence & data, media & advertising as well as brand consultancy, including the protection, use and enforcement of IP rights.

Nils's experience

  • Advised Asian Development Bank, a multilateral financial institution, on the development and deploying of AI-based applications in the financial sector.

  • Advised CFGI International Holdings II Limited, a multinational financial services provider, on drafting and tailoring a consultancy agreement governed by German law for use by its German entity.

  • Advised Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG, a leading aerospace engineering company, on investigating and pursuing legal action against a former employee suspected of misappropriating trade secrets and confidential information for use in a competing business.

  • Advised Schwacke GmbH a German automotive data provider on revising general terms and conditions for B2B customers and provided guidance on German contract law.

  • Advised Europe's largest automobile association and a service provider in the automotive sector on the compatibility of online services with the Digital Services Act and P2B Regulation.

  • Advising a manufacturer of software for end-to-end solutions for designers, manufacturers and retailers on promoting its loan calculation tool and on legal questions in copyright disputes.

  • Advised an online platform on intellectual property law, particularly implementing the DSM copyright directive 2019/790.

  • Advising a large international automotive group on an ongoing basis on all marketing-related aspects of the launch of their electric vehicles. We also advice on all advertising law and data protection issues, most recently in particular with regard to the Digital Services Act. Our advice includes representing the client in legal disputes.

  • Advising Zilo Technology, a developer of a financial platform, on distribution law matters as well as on the IP protection of software solutions based on the use of artificial intelligence.

  • Advised German Digital Library (DDB) on a model copyright proceeding before the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

Credentials

  • 2021
    Pinsent Masons, Head of German Intellectual Property
  • 2019
    Pinsent Masons, Partner
  • 2004
    Hogen Lovells, Partner / Counsel / Associate
  • 2004
    Admission to the bar, Germany
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Out-Law / Insight by Dr. Nils Rauer, MJI

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