Thies Schmitte

Thies’ experience includes advising: 

Litigation and Proceedings

• International clients on mass GDPR damage claims, e.g., following cyber incidents
• International clients (including global AdTech providers) on cease-and-desist claims and complaints by privacy activists*
• International clients on data protection authority investigations regarding their international data transfers and consent validity
• SCHUFA Holding, the leading German credit information bureau, on numerous data protection litigations regarding financial information

Strategic Advice

• Crypto currency market participants on GDPR requirements, such as data security, intra-group data transfers, and data subject requests
• Several global clients on their cross-border cyber incident responses*
• Several German banks on IT outsourcing agreements*
• Various global consumer electronics and car manufacturers on all GDPR compliance measures for their products and market entry in the European Union*

Private Equity and Company Transactions

• Carlyle Group on IT, IP, and privacy in the acquisition of Phrase, a leading German cloud-based localization platform* 
• Demant on the acquisition of OHRWERK Group
• Different target companies in the healthcare sector on data protection compliant integration
• Main Capital Partners on the sale of software company Perbility to Rivean Capital
• Panasonic on the acquisition of Blue Yonder, a global supply chain management software provider with a valuation of US$8.5 billion*
• Summa Equity on IT, IP, and privacy in the acquisition of myneva, a leading European software provider for the digitization of workflows in the social care sector*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham