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Niklas Vogt advises start-ups, medium-sized companies as well as international corporations and the public sector in connection with digitalisation projects. A particular focus is on dealing with complex issues of data protection law, the drafting of IT contracts and online advertising law. In addition, another focus of his work is the defence and extrajudicial as well as judicial enforcement of claims arising from data protection and privacy law.

Clients appreciate his high level of technical expertise and his ability to communicate the legal aspects of technically demanding issues in an understandable way

  • IT law
  • Data protection law
  • Copyright law
  • Trademark law
  • Competition law
  • Media and press law
  • Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers 2025: "Ones to Watch" for data security law, IT law and IP law in Germany
  • Legal 500 Germany 2024: Recommended lawyer
  • Certified Specialist Lawyer for IT Law since 2024
  • Lecturer at the HSB Academy for Online Marketing Law since 2021
  • Lawyer at LUTZ | ABEL since 2020
  • Admission to the bar, 2020
  • Legal clerkship with stations in the legal department of the NDR, the Medienanstalt Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein and the legal department of Google Germany, 2017 – 2019
  • Research assistant in an international law firm with a focus on IP/IT/data protection law.
  • Co-founder of the Cyber Law Clinic, a student-run legal clinic for IT and media law at the University of Hamburg, 2012
  • Law studies at the University of Hamburg with a focus on media law

Ones to Watch for data security law, IT law and IP law in Germany.

Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers 2025

Articles

25.03.2026

IT-Law and Data Security

IT-related legal challenges for defense companies with dual-use products

The increasing focus of military procurement on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products raises the challenging question of whether, and to what extent, civilian regulations (e.g. under the AI Regulation) apply to dual-use products. This article demonstrates why the exemptions for the defense sector offer far less protection in practice than many defense companies assume, and what matters when it comes to drawing the line.

Recommended lawyer.

Legal 500 Germany 2024