Düsseldorf
+ 49 211 600 55-166 + 49 211 600 55-160 g.thomas@heuking.de
Languages
German, English
Practice groups/Expertise
Consulting focuses
- Data Protection Law
- Information Technology (IT)
- Internet Law
- Cyber Security
- Artificial Intelligence
Vita
- Admitted to the bar since 2024
- Education and former activities
- Specialist lawyer course in information technology law 2024
- Research assistant at HEUKING in IT and data protection law 2023
- Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf, legal clerkship with stations at the Administrative Court Düsseldorf, Gleiss Lutz PartmbB and the Research Services of the German Parliament in Berlin 2021-2023
- Research assistant at Gleiss Lutz PartmbB in the Dispute Resolution department 2020-2021
- LL.M. (Intellectual Property & the Digital Economy) at the University of Glasgow, Scotland 2019-2020
- Research assistant in the International Legal Studies (FFA) at the University of Trier 2013-2015
- Specialized foreign language training in Anglo-American law 2011-2013
- Law studies at the University of Trier 2011-2018
Professional career
Georg Thomas is a lawyer in Düsseldorf. He advises national and international clients, in particular from technology-related industries, on all areas of IT and data protection law. In 2020, he obtained an LL.M. from the University of Glasgow with a focus on the digital economy. Georg Thomas worked as a research assistant and trainee lawyer at a leading commercial law firm in Düsseldorf and at the Scientific Services of the German Bundestag in Berlin.
He has contributed to several publications, including on data protection issues. He has contributed to numerous publications, including on data protection issues and on the topic of artificial intelligence.
Affiliations
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Publications
2024
News from the Federal Court of Justice on damages in the case of scraping – a lose/lose situation for companies and consumers?
Update Data Protection No. 195,
together with Dr. Philip Kempermann, LL.M. Definition von KI in der KI-VO: Abgrenzung zu herkömmlicher Software in der Praxis
ITRB 2024, pp. 320-324,
together with Dr. Lutz Martin Keppeler EuGH stärkt die Stellung des Datenschutzbeauftragten
WPg 2024, p. 115,
together with Dr. Philip Kempermann, LL.M.2023
Der EuGH und Meta-Anwendung und Reichweite von datenschutzrechtlichen Bestimmungen in der Prüfung von nationalen Wettbewerbsbehörden
Der Betrieb, Issue 38, September 18, 2023, pp. 2227-2231,
together with Dr. Philip Kempermann, LL.M. Einzelfragen zu „Racial Profiling“ und zur Ausländerkriminalität
Jahrbuch Öffentliche Sicherheit 2022/23, p. 449 ff., together with Hanno Menke, Davy Wang
Lectures
2024
Juristisch konforme Realisierung im Rahmen des EU AI Acts
Data & Analytics Fokustag 2024, November 26, 2024,
together with Dr. Lutz Martin Keppeler Das neue EU Digitalrecht: AI Act, DORA, NIS-2 und mehr... Neue Anforderungen für die Finanz- und Investmentfondsindustrie?
27. Investment Forum, June 20, 2024, Frankfurt,
together with Dr. Lutz Martin Keppeler