Dr. Katharina Scheja

Digital Business, IT/IP & Outsourcing Lawyer

Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area

About

Proud to be amongst the leading Information Technology and Outsourcing lawyers in Germany with + 25 years of experience in IT and IP Law (tech transactions and tech litigation). Special areas of expertise: Digital Business, Information Technology, IT and Outsourcing Transactions, Cybercrime and Datasecurity, Compliance (copyright, data protection, ethical rules), IT Carve Out, IT Post Closing Claim Management, IT Litigation and Arbitration (ICC, WIPO, DIS) in commercial and high-tech IP and IT disputes. Ranked amongst the top lawyers in Germany in three legal areas: IT, IP and Outsourcing by WirtschaftsWoche and Handelsblatt, Juve, Chambers, Legal 500, PLC, Best Lawyers, Who-is-who Legal, European Experts, Handelsblatt and other guides. Frequent Speaker on legal topics (legal developments in the IT sector, outsourcing, Intellectual Property and anti-piracy topics).

Experience

  • Of Counsel - Digital Business, Information Technology & Outsourcing at Deloitte Legal
    Oct 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

    Information Technology & Outsourcing Transactions: outsourcing post closing support, IT-projects and general advise. IT carve-outs. Data protection implementation projects. Litigation: IT and intellectual property, project mal-performance, licensing and commercial disputes (ordinary courts and arbitration: WIPO, ICC, DIS). Anti-Piracy and cybercrime enforcement.

  • Mitglied des Wissenschaftlichen Beirates des IT Forum Göttingen at IT Forum Göttingen
    Oct 2019 - Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Dozentin (Lecturer) at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
    2017 - Mar 2022 · 5 yrs 3 mos

    LLM Programme "European and Transnational Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law" - Lectures on Transnational IT Projects

  • Partner at Dentons
    Jan 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Partner, Information Technology & Intellectual Property at Heymann & Partners Rechtsanwälte
    Jan 2007 - Dec 2015 · 9 yrs

    Activity: Information Technology, Outsourcing Projects,. Software and Telecoms Projects . Litigation and Intellectual Property Enforcement, Corporate Transactions: structuring in consideration of IT and IP aspects. Software and Copyright Law. Licensing negotiations and disputes.