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- Lars Lensdorf
Lars Lensdorf is a partner in the Frankfurt office. He focuses on IT law, outsourcing, digitalization/ industry 4.0, IT related bank regulatory matters and data protection. Dr. Lensdorf's practice covers all types of IT and outsourcing agreements, all matters of digitalization and industry 4.0, including online procurement platforms, IT-compliance matters (including cybersecurity) as well as data protection. Furthermore, he is also focused on interfaces to other practice areas to the extent that IT related matters are affected, e. g. regulatory requirements for banking and financial services as well as public procurement law. A significant part of Dr. Lensdorf’s practice is currently advice in connection with the implementation of the GDPR (data protection) in Europe.
- Advise German Railway and Transportation company regarding the procurement of data center and cloud services.
- Advise major German energy providers regarding the procurement of workplace and data center services.
- Advise automotive supplier on the sale of a business unit (joint venture) to German engineering company.
- Advise major German energy provider regarding the procurement of IT-infrastructure services.
- Advise several banks and financial institutions on IT related regulatory requirements.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Member of the DGRI (German Association for Law and Informatics)
- Chairman of the working group “outsourcing” of the DGRI (German Association for Law and Informatics)
- Member of the working group Information Technology at Deutscher Anwaltverein (German Bar Association)
March 24, 2020, Covington Alert
COVID-19 is causing significant interruptions to international and domestic trade with implications for commercial contracts. This advisory note discusses a number of applications of German contract law that may provide relief to parties unable to perform their contractual obligations.
November 19, 2019, Covington Alert
New Guidelines on Outsourcing Arrangements (EBA/GL/2019/02) (“Guidelines”) have been issued by the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) and came into force on September 30, 2019. Within these Guidelines, the EBA aims to contribute to a harmonized framework for outsourcing on a European level. At the same time, the EBA acknowledges the increased interest of ...
September 24, 2019, Cov Financial Services
In November 2018 the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (“Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht”, “BaFin”) and Deutsche Bundesbank published a guidance on outsourcing of services to cloud service providers (“Guidance on Cloud Services”). According to BaFin and Deutsche Bundesbank the Guidance on Cloud Services has not stipulated any new ...
August 27, 2019
FRANKFURT—WirtschaftsWoche, Germany’s leading business weekly news magazine, has named Covington as the top law firm for IT law and Dr. Lars Lensdorf, a partner in Covington’s Frankfurt office, to its list of top IT lawyers in Germany. Dr. Lensdorf focuses his practice on IT law, outsourcing, digitalization and industry 4.0, IT related bank regulatory matters, ...
January 16, 2019, Covington Alert
On December 19, 2018, the German Government decided to further tighten the rules for the control of foreign investments in German companies under the German Foreign Trade Regulation (Außenwirtschaftverordnung, “AWV” - the “Amendment”). Already in July 2017, the German Government adopted stricter rules for the control of foreign investments.
Covington Advises Senvion Group on Global Outsourcing
July 6, 2018
FRANKFURT—Covington advised Senvion Group on the global outsourcing of its IT infrastructure, network, and application services. The outsourcing includes the transformation of the global legacy data center environment into a new hybrid cloud environment. Founded in Germany, Senvion is a global manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines and has installed ...
June 15, 2018, Cov Financial Services
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (“BaFin”) recently published an article that provides guidance on the regulatory framework for cloud computing. This is a follow-up to the circular letter Minimum Requirements for Risk Management (“MaRisk”), which was published in German in October 2017 and the circular letter Supervisory Requirements for IT in ...
Covington Opens Frankfurt Office
March 28, 2018
LONDON—Covington will open an office in Frankfurt, Germany on April 3 led by eight partners. Frankfurt will be the firm’s third European office and will work closely with the firm’s five offices in the United States, its three offices in Asia, and its offices in the Middle East and Africa. “Covington will offer German companies a unique capability to help them ...
- Legal 500 Deutschland, "Leading lawyer" for IT-Outsourcing (2017-2020) and recommended for IT & Digitalization as well as Data Protection (2020)
- Chambers Europe, Recommended lawyer in the field of Information Technology, best known for negotiating IT services contracts and also advises on data protection and regulatory aspects (2018-2020)
- Best Lawyers in Germany, Information Technology "Lawyer of the Year (2019); Recognized lawyer for Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Telecommunications (2017-2019)
- Wirtschaftswoche, "Top IT Lawyer in Germany" (2019)
- Who’s Who Legal, Information Technology, Data Privacy and Protection (2018-2020)
- Juve Handbuch, Information Technology and Outsourcing-Deals (2017-2020)