Moritz Menker

My areas of expertise

IT Law

Information technology law (“IT law”) concerns the large area of software, hardware and data processing, which is developing and changing faster than almost any other area. It is therefore easy to lose track of things. We offer you sound advice and support you in all legal matters relating to your IT, including contract review and drafting, licenses, hosting and, last but not least, cybersecurity, to ensure that your IT business practices are legally sound and protected against harmful interference.

Data protection

We offer comprehensive legal advice in the area of data protection to ensure that your practices comply with applicable data protection laws. Our services include drafting customized data protection policies, monitoring and auditing data processing activities and ensuring full compliance with all relevant data protection regulations.

Industrial Property Rights

Intellectual property law is used whenever you need to protect your intellectual property, such as patents, trademarks and copyrights, and protect it from damage caused by unfair competition. We support you with tailor-made legal structuring (e.g. trademark searches and registrations, structuring and obtaining licenses and rights of use) as well as with the enforcement of or defence against claims for compensation in the event of infringement.

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“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.” – Bill Gates

It became clear years ago that technology and companies are inextricably linked. My aim is therefore to provide legal advice with a view to technological progress. As part of this, I advise my clients in all areas of IT law and contract drafting. In doing so, I combine my specialist legal knowledge with my understanding of IT to offer my clients modern legal advice in the fast-paced world of IT law. It is important to me to work on an equal footing in order to ensure that both sides have a clear understanding of the issues and that no questions are left unanswered.

Moritz Menker in person

I grew up in northern Germany and now enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the Black Forest. In my free time, I enjoy programming and cooking.

Career

I completed my studies at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, specializing in commercial criminal law. I then completed my legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Karlsruhe, where I incorporated my enthusiasm for IT into my work by choosing to specialize in IT law.

I got to know the law firm Bartsch Rechtsanwälte during my legal clerkship and also gained further work experience as a research assistant. Due to the excellent cooperation within the law firm, I wanted to remain part of the team after my legal clerkship. I have been working at Bartsch Rechtsanwälte as a lawyer specializing in IT law since August 2025.

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Interview with Moritz Menker

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Julia Straburzynski

My specialties

IT Law

Information technology law (“IT law”) concerns the large area of software, hardware and data processing, which is developing and changing faster than almost any other area. It is therefore easy to lose track of things. We offer you sound advice and support you in all legal matters relating to your IT, including contract review and drafting, licenses, hosting and, last but not least, cybersecurity, to ensure that your IT business practices are legally sound and protected against harmful interference.

Data protection

We offer comprehensive legal advice in the area of data protection to ensure that your practices comply with applicable data protection laws. Our services include drafting customized data protection policies, monitoring and auditing data processing activities and ensuring full compliance with all relevant data protection regulations.

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In a world where technological developments are advancing faster than legal regulations, it is crucial to have a reliable partner at your side.
My enthusiasm for IT enables me to understand and correctly classify my clients’ plans.
Thanks to my knowledge and experience in IT and data protection law from research and practice, I support our clients in overcoming legal hurdles and implementing their projects in a legally compliant manner.

Julia Straburzynski in person

I grew up in Bad Wildbad in the Black Forest.
In my free time, I enjoy weight training and photography.

Career

I studied law at the University of Freiburg, specializing in media and information law.
In Karlsruhe, I was a research assistant at the Institute for Information and Business Law (IIWR) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in data protection and IT security law with a special focus on smart mobility.

I completed my legal clerkship in Baden-Baden and Karlsruhe with stages at a medium-sized law firm in IT and data protection law.

I have been working as a lawyer at Bartsch Rechtsanwälte since June 2024 with a focus on IT law.

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Interview with Julia Straburzynski

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The jungle is getting denser: new blood in European IT regulations

Dr. habil. Christian Förster

The lecture will take place at the Roundtable of the FZI Sponsors’ Association on February 21, 2024, at 6 p.m., FZI House of Living Labs, Haid-und-Neu-Straße 5A, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

Following the roundtable, there will be an opportunity to exchange ideas with the speaker and other guests over a networking buffet.

Free binding participation via eventmanagement@fzi.de until February 19, 2024.

MMR 2024, p. 4 – IT contract practice 1: Basics and general part

Since 2024, MMR (Zeitschrift für IT-Recht und Recht der Digitalisierung) has had a new section on contractual practice in IT law, which is supervised by our colleague Christian Förster. To begin with, a somewhat longer essay on the basics and the “general part” of IT contracts in issue 1/2024 – from practice for practice. This will be followed by contributions on individual types of contracts and special cases.

Wolfgang Döring

My specialties

IT Law

Information technology law (“IT law”) concerns the large area of software, hardware and data processing, which is developing and changing faster than almost any other area. It is therefore easy to lose track here. We offer you sound advice and support you in all legal matters relating to your IT, including contract review and drafting, licenses, hosting and, last but not least, cybersecurity, to ensure that your IT business practices are legally sound and protected from malicious interference.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual property law is used whenever you need to protect your intellectual property, such as patents, trademarks and copyrights, and protect it from damage caused by unfair competition. We support you with tailor-made legal structuring (e.g. trademark searches and registrations, structuring and obtaining licenses and rights of use) as well as with the enforcement of or defence against claims for compensation in the event of infringement.

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Globalization does not stop at legal advice. Especially when advising companies, it is often essential to look beyond national law.

Internationality is no longer just a matter for large companies. In the IP sector in particular, international activities often begin in small entrepreneurial structures.

With my advice, I also provide clients with the legal certainty in an international context that others can often only offer in a national context.

Wolfgang Döring in person

I have lived in beautiful Upper Bavaria for more than 20 years, with a few short interruptions. I spend my time with my family in the mountains, at the stove, on the way to or – even better – in Italy.

Career

Wolfgang Döring studied law in Freiburg and Aberdeen/GB. He then completed his legal clerkship in Mannheim and Heidelberg.

Wolfgang Döring was admitted to the bar in 2001. From 2001-2003 he worked as a lawyer at Bartsch und Partner and from 2004-2009 at Linklaters in London and Munich in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice Group. Wolfgang Döring subsequently held management positions at various leading global technology companies (Atos, SAP, Microsoft). For many years, his focus has been on setting up and managing the legal departments of fast-growing technology providers. For example, he spent four years as General Counsel of Celonis SE, a software company based in Munich and New York, which is one of the most valuable European scale-ups.

Wolfgang Döring is particularly involved in national and international projects in the areas of start-up and scale-up consulting, IT and business process outsourcing, global data protection projects, software licensing and distribution, mergers & acquisitions and has been working for Bartsch Rechtsanwälte as a lawyer (Of Counsel) since October 2013.

Memberships

  • German Society for Law and Informatics (DGRI)

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Joachim Dorschel

My specialties

IT Law

Information technology law (“IT law”) concerns the large area of software, hardware and data processing, which is developing and changing faster than almost any other area. It is therefore easy to lose track here. We offer you sound advice and support you in all legal matters relating to your IT, including contract review and drafting, licenses, hosting and, last but not least, cybersecurity, to ensure that your IT business practices are legally sound and protected from malicious interference.

Company law

Company law covers the legal relationships between companies managed as partnerships (GbR, oHG, KG, PartG) or corporations (GmbH, UG, AG, SE, Verein), their shareholders and their executive bodies. Company law regulates and organizes the mostly similar but individual interests of these parties. If – as is often the case – the general statutory regulations do not adequately reflect the interests of the parties involved, they can use individual agreements and regulations to create a set of rules that deviates from the general statutory regulations and is tailored to their needs. Company law offers a great deal of freedom for this, which needs to be utilized. If disputes nevertheless arise between the company, shareholders or executive bodies, a forward-looking approach will prove its worth in the event of a company dispute.

More about me

Law is constantly on the move. The task of a lawyer is to advise on the pulse of the times.

Especially in IT law, copyright law and intellectual property law, there is often a lot going on. For technology-oriented companies, legal changes can have a considerable strategic and financial impact.

In order to be able to offer optimal legal advice, I keep an eye on developments and point out necessary adjustments for the future in good time.

Career

I studied law at the Universities of Freiburg and Tübingen. I then worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law, Multimedia and Telecommunications Law of Prof. Dr. Gerald Spindler at the University of Göttingen and as a publications officer at the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
During my legal clerkship in Cologne, I worked in the IP/IT practice department of an international law firm in Düsseldorf and London.
I was admitted to the bar in 2008. From 2008 to 2011 I worked at the law firm Bartsch und Partner and am a founding partner of the law firm Bartsch Rechtsanwälte.
I have regularly published articles and judgment notes on legal issues in the field of IT, telecommunications and data protection law.

Teaching activity

Lecturer at the Stuttgart Media University (IT law), Stuttgart

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Dr. Thomas Scharpf

My specialties

Company law

Company law covers the legal relationships between companies managed as partnerships (GbR, oHG, KG, PartG) or corporations (GmbH, UG, AG, SE, Verein), their shareholders and their executive bodies. Company law regulates and organizes the mostly similar but individual interests of these parties. If – as is often the case – the general statutory regulations do not adequately reflect the interests of the parties involved, they can use individual agreements and regulations to create a set of rules that deviates from the general statutory regulations and is tailored to their needs. Company law offers a great deal of freedom for this, which needs to be utilized. If disputes nevertheless arise between the company, shareholders or executive bodies, a forward-looking approach will prove its worth in the event of a company dispute.

Capital market law

In a world that is constantly evolving, capital market law is of crucial importance. Whether you are dealing with complex financial transactions, the IPO of a company or compliance with regulatory requirements, we support you in achieving your goals securely and efficiently. We offer comprehensive advice and are always up to date with the latest legislation and case law.

IT Law

Information technology law (“IT law”) concerns the large area of software, hardware and data processing, which is developing and changing faster than almost any other area. It is therefore easy to lose track here. We offer you sound advice and support you in all legal matters relating to your IT, including contract review and drafting, licenses, hosting and, last but not least, cybersecurity, to ensure that your IT business practices are legally sound and protected from malicious interference.

Data protection

We offer comprehensive legal advice on data protection to ensure that your practices comply with applicable data protection laws. Our services include creating customized data protection policies, monitoring and auditing data processing activities and ensuring full compliance with all relevant data protection regulations.

General commercial law

We have extensive expertise in the field of commercial law. We are at your side from company formation to sales, from the creation of general terms and conditions to company design. Our advisory services also extend to general civil matters, corporate law and IT law.

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Our clients value us as a customer and service-oriented service provider in all commercial law matters. We are always available to provide you with reliable and competent advice and assistance.

We draw on our extensive and long-standing experience in the efficient and practice-oriented preparation and implementation of your projects and the solution of your questions.

Your success and satisfaction are our benchmark, regardless of whether you are carrying out a complex project or have a routine question.

Career

Thomas Scharpf has been a partner at Bartsch Rechtsanwälte since 2021. Thomas Scharpf previously worked in commercial law at various international law firms. His particular strength lies in his interdisciplinary expertise in commercial law, especially in corporate law as well as in M&A and capital market transactions.

Thomas Scharpf holds a degree in business administration (FH) and has been a lawyer since 2003. He studied business administration at the University of Applied Sciences in Kempten and law at the University of Augsburg and obtained his doctorate in stock corporation law.

Education

  • Studied law at the University of Augsburg
  • Studied business administration at the University of Applied Sciences in Kempten

Memberships

  • German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)

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Prof. Dr. Michael Bartsch

My specialties

IT Law

Information technology law (“IT law”) concerns the large area of software, hardware and data processing, which is developing and changing faster than almost any other area. It is therefore easy to lose track here. We offer you sound advice and support you in all legal matters relating to your IT, including contract review and drafting, licenses, hosting and, last but not least, cybersecurity, to ensure that your IT business practices are legally sound and protected from malicious interference.

Commercial Law

You will hardly experience a working day on which you are not confronted with questions of commercial law, regardless of whether these are your own terms and conditions of delivery or purchase, ongoing agreements with customers or project-specific contracts. With our many years of experience, we can help you with the rapid provision of standard contracts as well as with the drafting of complex special agreements. We can also check the rules and regulations of your business partners and assist you in contract negotiations.

Company law

Company law covers the legal relationships between companies managed as partnerships (GbR, oHG, KG, PartG) or corporations (GmbH, UG, AG, SE, Verein), their shareholders and their executive bodies. Company law regulates and organizes the mostly similar but individual interests of these parties. If – as is often the case – the general statutory regulations do not adequately reflect the interests of the parties involved, they can use individual agreements and regulations to create a set of rules that deviates from the general statutory regulations and is tailored to their needs. Company law offers a great deal of freedom for this, which needs to be utilized. If disputes nevertheless arise between the company, shareholders or executive bodies, a forward-looking approach will prove its worth in the event of a company dispute.

Constructive law - that is an important keyword for my work.

Contracts, for example, are plans, just as technical drawings are plans. If you know many design elements and how they interact, you can design better. I have been designing since 1976; most of my publications concern contract law, including 100 pages of IT contracts with commentaries. Creative ideas are often required.

Always ask about the statics: Will it hold? In most cases, we need to ask about the dynamics: How can this develop further? The question of practical usefulness must always be asked: Is the text understandable for the non-lawyers who are supposed to deal with it? Is it a tool for the contracting parties to get along?

In my head, law is a construction kit that I can use to create constructive solutions. For me, this is a great task.

Career

Prof. Dr. Michael Bartsch studied law and literature at the Universities of Hamburg, Geneva and Freiburg im Breisgau. He completed his legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Karlsruhe and at the Senator for Science and Art in Berlin.

In 1976, he joined the law firm founded by his father Alfred Bartsch in 1950, which operated under the name “Bartsch und Partner” until June 30, 2011. He gave the firm its focus on law and technology.

Prof. Dr. Bartsch was appointed Dr. rer. pol. He received his doctorate from the University of Karlsruhe and was appointed honorary professor at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design in 1999.

Prof. Dr. Bartsch is one of the founders of IT law in Germany. He was the founding chairman of the “Deutsche Gesellschaft für Informationstechnologie und Recht e. V.” which later became one of the two founding institutions of the “Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik e. V. (DGRI)”, and was most recently Chairman of the Advisory Board of this scientific society. He has been a member of the editorial board of the journal “Computer und Recht” since 1987 and is now its editor-in-chief. In the winter semester 1984/1985, he held the first lecture on IT contract law at a German university at the University of Karlsruhe.

Prof. Dr. Bartsch has published numerous articles on contract law, in particular on the drafting of contracts in the field of information technology.

The magazine “Computer und Recht” dedicated the October 2011 issue to his 65th birthday and the October 2016 issue to his 70th birthday. The German Society for Law and Informatics (DGRI) published a detailed biographical tribute in its 2011 yearbook (author: Thomas Heymann).

Prof. Dr. Bartsch was invited to speak at the German Jurists’ Conference 2016 on the topic of “Digital economy – analog law – does the German Civil Code need an update?”.

Memberships

Education

  • Studied law and literature at the Universities of Hamburg, Geneva and Freiburg im Breisgau
  • Legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Karlsruhe and at the Senator for Science and Art in Berlin
  • Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol. at the University of Karlsruhe (Software und das Jahr 2000 – Haftung und Versicherungsschutz für ein technisches Großproblem, Nomos Verlag Baden-Baden 1998)

Teaching activities

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Sabine Przerwok

My specialties

Construction law

The construction and real estate sector is an anchor of stability and a driver of growth for the German economy. At the same time, it fulfills an essential function for society as a whole: it creates a liveable living and working environment. Construction and real estate law is characterized by a particularly high number of legal standards, whereby the boundary between legal and technical regulations is fluid. In addition, digital and sustainable solutions are also playing an increasingly important role here and are politically prescribed. In this complex environment, we provide you with comprehensive, targeted and specialized advice so that you are prepared for the legal challenges that arise in construction projects.

Building Smart

Building is technically complex. At the same time, it should be sustainable. The set deadline and budget targets should be met. At the moment, construction projects too often end in disputes over supplements or defects and none of the targets set are achieved. At the same time, the world is becoming more digital. A rethink is therefore necessary. Smart building is the order of the day and we provide the necessary legal tools.

Real Estate

We deal with all important issues relating to real estate and advise our clients in particular on real estate transactions, project developments and asset management. Our team is proficient in the development and management of large-scale real estate projects – from planning to execution and sales through to realization.

Planning & Project Management

Technically demanding projects require professional planning and implementation. Creating the optimum legal framework for such projects and being able to successfully accompany such projects requires a high degree of understanding of the given technical and economic contexts. We claim to understand something of what moves you in relation to your projects. That is why we are at your side in the best possible way.

Public procurement law

As specialist lawyers for public procurement law, we provide our clients with comprehensive support in all legal matters relating to tenders above and below the EU thresholds. We support the public sector and other clients in the design and implementation of procurement procedures. As lawyers for public procurement law, we also support companies that apply for public contracts as bidders and, if necessary, ensure effective legal protection – not only in review proceedings.

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The focus of my work is on supporting complex construction projects and Europe-wide procurement procedures. I advise (public) clients, investors, architects and engineers as well as companies on projects and, if necessary, also in court or before the public procurement tribunals. He has particular expertise in sustainable planning and construction, so-called green contracts. I also have many years of experience in awarding IT and construction contracts, particularly in the medical sector.

Professional contract drafting combined with a feel for possible developments makes exactly this possible: the risk of cost-intensive and time-consuming disputes can be significantly reduced through forward-looking advice.

Providing forward-looking advice is my strength, and I use this to my clients’ advantage. Because even in legal disputes, those who act with foresight and do not react reflexively have an advantage.

Career

I studied law at the Universities of Freiburg and Uppsala (Sweden). After my legal clerkship in Baden-Baden with stations at an international law firm in Stuttgart in the area of public law / real estate law and at the German Embassy in Copenhagen, I joined Bartsch directly in 2012. I have been a partner in the firm since 2017.

I am a specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law as well as public procurement law and have successfully completed the specialist lawyer course for administrative law.

Memberships

  • German Society for Building Law e.V.

  • Institute for Building Law Freiburg

Teaching activities

  • Specialist lawyer training in construction and architectural law and administrative law, SiS Schwetzingen

  • Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Public Commercial Law

Publications

  • Stoltefuß/Przerwok, Construction law for construction companies, PraxisWissen Baurecht, July 2024

  • Public procurement law reform 2016: New rules for public contracts (IHK – Magazin Karlsruhe 2016, 3/2016, 37f)

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Interview with Sabine Przerwok

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06.06.2024
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KSF 2024 Karlsruhe Expert Forum online

26.04.2024
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New directive on federal funding for efficient buildings (BEG) and effects on contract design