AI Magazine Issue 10 2018

Acquisition International - Issue 10 2018 25 Jan Morgenstern is founder and Managing Partner of MORGENSTERN, a German law firm which is highly specialised on Information Technology and Data Protection. MORGENSTERN´s clients are companies of any size: from Start-Ups to international enterprises. Following Jan’s success in the Acquisition Intl.’s 2018 Legal Excellence Awards as the Most Influential Information Technology Lawyer 2018 – Germany, we profiled the firm to discover more about the exceptional services the team provides. ince inception, MORGENSTERN’s overall mission has been to face the new and upcoming legal questions and to support their clients by managing the period of digitisation. One of the greatest challenge is to integrate innovation in our and our client`s work by realising and valuating the risks – especially with regard to Data Protection and IT-Security. MORGENSTERN is not an impersonal acting global law firm. The firm’s clients appreciate their personal and businessman approach. Which is why, the team talk face to face with their clients on the same level. As a whole, the team at MORGENSTERN are highly specialised on Information Technology which means we are understanding what our clients are talking about. MORGENSTERN`s overwhelming success was and still is the biggest challenge. The growing number of employees and MORGENSTERN`s different locations need more and more internal management. As for the internal culture at MORGENSTERN, the firm are learning from their clients and their clients are learning from them. This is a very important understanding of MORGENSTERN’s work – especially in a high technology environment. The firm’s internal culture is based upon mutual respect and the understanding that they have a privilege to live in a peaceful and democratic environment which they should never forget. Looking ahead to what the future holds, the importance old data protection and IT-Security will Company: MORGENSTERN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Address: Große Himmelsgasse 1 Speyer, 67346, Germany Telephone: 0049 6232 1001 190 Web Address: www.m-kanzlei.de Your Lawyers for IT Law S 1807AI15 increase and increase. MORGENSTERN have highlighted this point of view very early on, which means that they are currently in the position to support and create solutions. Being compliant with legal provisions with regard to data protection and IT-security, is no longer only a formal aspect. From the company`s point of view, it is simply necessary and a mandatory act of self-defence. Moving forward, the team at MORGENSTERN are planning to step more and more beyond countries frontiers as well as Information Technology does. “The firm’s internal culture is based upon mutual respect and the understanding that they have a privilege to live in a peaceful and democratic environment which they should never forget.”