Digital Single Market
The Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, is a wide-ranging group of individual legislative initiatives from the European Commission to adapt the European market to the digital age.
The unifying theme of the DSM is to create a pan-European framework of laws for the digital economy, applying the core principles of a single market: free movement of goods, services, people and capital; fair competition and a well-harmonized and level playing field for all stakeholders.
Legislative initiatives have been agreed between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. This means that the initiatives by the Commission – once a promise for the far future – have already become or will become reality soon.
DSM means change for all affected businesses, yet it is uncertain whether the remaining initiatives will still be supported or whether there will be a new strategy deepening the DSM strategy.
Our European team of experienced lawyers closely monitor the progress of the DSM strategy and analyse the legal challenges as well as the opportunities.
Guide to the Digital Single Market
For further background on the DSM and to find out how it will impact e-commerce, online platforms, telecoms and data privacy regulations, read more in our special report:
To find out more contact:
Dr. Nils Rauer, MJI
Rechtsanwalt, Partner
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Nicole Livesey
Partner, Head of Client Relationships - Technology, Science & Industry
Nicole is a Corporate Partner. She advises both listed and unlisted companies on all aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and joint ventures, with a particular focus on the Industrials and Technology sectors.
Dr. Stephan Appt, LL.M.
Rechtsanwalt, Partner, Head of Diversified Industrial and German TMT
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.
Dr. Marc Salevic
Rechtsanwalt, Partner, Head of Office, Düsseldorf
Marc Salevic provides legal advice in the field of broadband expansion and energy network modernisation. In particular, he advises in the municipal environment of public utilities and housing industry and represents energy and telecommunications companies in proceedings before the regulatory authorities up to the highest court level (BGH, BVerwG, ECJ).
Simon Colvin
Partner, Head of Client Relationships – Key Markets
Simon leads large scale transactions in the technology and telecoms sectors.
Ronald Meißner
Rechtsanwalt, Partner, Head of Corporate Germany
Ronald is Head of Corporate Germany and a corporate partner who specialises in advising German and foreign corporations and investors on national and cross-border M&A transactions and joint venture projects, as well as on the optimisation of group structures, corporate restructurings and reorganisations and on general corporate law.
Sarah Cameron
Legal Director
Sarah supports the advanced manufacturing and technology team, tracks industry developments and trends and facilitates discussion around the commercial and legal implications of these internally and with key clients, and is a regular speaker at technology industry events.
Anna-Lena Kempf
Rechtsanwältin, Senior Associate
Anna-Lena is member of the IP and TMT team in our Frankfurt office.
Dr. Florian von Baum
Rechtsanwalt, Partner, Sector Head Technology, Science & Industry
Florian is the lead of the global sector Technology, Science & Industry at Pinsent Masons. He specializes in Technology Transfer, (Out-)Sourcing and Supply Chain Contracts including contract disputes, as well as digital and data regulation advising German and international, particularly US clients.
Andreas Carney
Partner
Andreas specialises in technology and e-commerce, data protection, sourcing and commercial contracts, with a focus on transactional and advisory work. He partners with clients to meet their legal needs and to enable and support them to achieve their commercial objectives.
Luke Scanlon
Head of Fintech Propositions
Luke Scanlon advises some of the world's leading technology companies, banks and fintech businesses on a range of fintech and legal technology related issues and had been recognised by Legal500 and ranked as a leading fintech lawyer by Chambers. Luke is the Head of Fintech propositions and a Legal Director for Pinsent Masons.
Annabelle Richard
Partner
Annabelle is a dual-qualified French Avocat à la Cour in Paris and Attorney at Law admitted to the New York State Bar. Her strong background in new technologies, from both an operational and regulatory standpoint, as well as her international education, have made her a strong asset on all information technologies, outsourcing, cybersecurity and data protection projects.
Marc L. Holtorf
Rechtsanwalt, Partner, Head of German Life Sciences
Marc is Deputy Head of Pinsent Masons Germany. He also heads the German Life Sciences team. He specialises in supporting pharmaceutical, medical device and other high-tech companies in navigating through the complex world of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property.
Florian Traub
Partner
Florian heads Pinsent Masons' trade mark and brand protection team, with extensive experience in domestic and international filing, prosecution and portfolio management. Florian acts on behalf of clients before the EU Intellectual Property Office, the International Bureau of WIPO and the national offices in the UK, Ireland and Germany.
David Barker
Partner
David has more than 20 years' experience dealing with complex disputes. He leads Pinsent Masons' TMT Disputes Team. David was named in The Lawyer's "Hot 100" for 2019 for his ground-breaking work in data privacy litigation.
Joanne Ellis
Partner, Head of Healthcare
Joanne heads the Global Healthcare sector but sits within the Corporate Group, specialising principally in private company and private equity work including M&A and investments. She also leads the firms response to the US market and has a particular interest in women’s health.
Yvonne Dunn
Partner
Yvonne leads the Financial services technology practice. She specialises in advising on non-contentious technology matters, including outsourcing, systems development and integration, e-commerce and IT procurement.
Alexis Roberts
Partner
Alexis has been heavily engaged with the financial services sector throughout his career. Alexis specialises in insurance distribution, regulation and product development and works with a range of insurer and intermediary clients.
Daniel Widmann
Rechtsanwalt
Daniel specialises in digitalisation projects, cloud and complex GDPR issues, including online marketing.
Paloma Bru
Partner
Paloma is in charge of TMT and cybersecurity practice in Madrid. Her practice focuses on advising Spanish and foreign companies on local and international commercial contracts, privacy and data protection, cybersecurity, outsourcing, e-commerce, and information society services issues.