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+49 211 600 55-165 +49 172 21 35 270 +49 211 600 55-160 m.schmittmann@heuking.de
+49 89 540 31-0 +49 172 21 35 270 +49 89 540 31-540 m.schmittmann@heuking.de
- Gaming & Betting Law
- Information Technology (IT)
- Media Law
- Telecommunications Law
- Copyright and Publishing Law
- Antitrust Law
- Art Law
- Cyber Security
Vita
- Admitted to the Bar since 1989
- Education and former activities
- Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Düsseldorf since 2004
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Airweb AG, Mönchengladbach and Paris/France 2002-2015
- Lecturer at the Law Faculty of the University of Hanover, regular lectures on European communications law in the framework of the EULISP LL.M. programme, www.eulisp.de 2001-2016
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Veltins, e-business Network Leader of Landwell 2000-2004
- Brussels Office 1996
- Partner, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, in Dusseldorf 1991
- Lawyer, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, in Dusseldorf 1989
- Consultant of the European Commission, DG III - Internal Market, Brussels 1988-1989
- International Law Institute, Georgetown University, Washington D.C./U.S.A. 1988
- Legal Trainee (Referendar) in Konstanz and Brussels/Belgium 1985-1987
- British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London/United Kingdom 1980
- Universities of Cologne and Geneva/Switzerland 1977-1983
Qualifications/current topics
- Senator h.c. in Bundeswirtschaftssenat of the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft (BVMW)
Affiliations
- International Technology Law Association (ITech Law),
- International Bar Association (IBA) (former Chair of Interactive Entertainment and Media Committee), now Newsletter Editor of the Communications Law Committee
- Study Circle for Press Law and Press Freedom
Michael Schmittmann's Distinctions
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JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023/2024
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Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023
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Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2020
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JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2019/2020
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2019
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Who's Who Legal Data 2019
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Thought Leaders Data 2019
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Media Law International 2019
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Events
- New Forms of Digital Content Transmission: How Does Media and Copyright Law Answer to This? (webinar): Michael Schmittmann as speaker at ITech Law, June 11, 2021
- Digitisation and legal guidelines: Michael Schmittmann as speaker at the German ict + medienakademie (GiMi), 8 August 2017 (Experts Roundtable Digital Real Estate: Wird alles smart im WoWi, Buildings and Homes?) in Düsseldorf. You can find the presentation here.
- „Rettungsschirm für die Vielfalt?“, Trimediale in Stuttgart, 16. Juni 2015. You can find the presentation here.
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