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Sue is a partner in Baker McKenzie's IP, Data and Technology team based in London. Sue advises on complex technology and commercial deals and projects.
Sue has advised on technology projects for over 24 years. She advises on strategic technology deals including cloud, outsourcing, digital transformation and development and licensing. She also advises on a range of legal and regulatory issues relating to the development and roll-out of new technologies including AI, blockchain/DLT and crypto-assets. Sue is a key member of our global AI practice and leads on responsible AI governance and AI related transactional projects at the firm.
Sue co-leads our Commercial practice in London. On the commercial side, Sue's practice involves advising on a range of strategic commercial agreements including supply and distribution agreements, manufacturing agreements, warehousing and logistics agreements, IP licensing and assignment agreements, joint development agreements, collaboration agreements and franchising agreements. She also supports clients in preparing terms of business and related documentation for new offerings and coordinating global roll-outs.
Sue also co-leads our transactional practice in London supporting our Corporate teams and providing strategic support on the commercial, technology and intellectual property aspects of M&A transactions, including advising on complex and strategic ancillary commercial, IP and transitional agreements related to acquisitions, disposals, carve-outs and JVs.
Sue is ranked as a leading lawyer in Chambers for Information Technology & Outsourcing and Fintech Legal and in Legal500 for IT & Telecoms, TMT, Commercial Contracts and Fintech. Clients say of Sue: "She is pragmatic and focused on getting a sensible deal done" and "She quickly builds relationships with ease and leverages her network to gain valuable insight. Her knowledge of technology and the impact of existing and upcoming laws is evident. Her professionalism builds trust and we have been grateful for her responsiveness on urgent matters".

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Patricia Perez is a Team Leader in Baker McKenzie, Madrid office.

Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl is co-head of the German Information Technology Group and is based in Baker McKenzie's Munich office. He is an honorary professor at the University of Augsburg and specialist lawyer for information technology law (Fachanwalt für IT-Recht). He advises in all areas of contentious and non-contentious information technology law, including internet, computer/software, data privacy and media law. Michael also has a general commercial law background and has profound experience in the drafting and negotiation of outsourcing contracts and in carrying out compliance projects.

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Florian Tannen is a partner in the Munich office of Baker McKenzie with more than 10 years of experience. He advises on all areas of contentious and non-contentious information technology law, including internet, computer/software and in particular data privacy law. Before joining the Firm, Florian worked for two major law firms and a large US-based technology company.

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Julia is Of Counsel in the Intellectual Property department of Baker McKenzie London. She joined Baker McKenzie as a trainee in 2003. She qualified into the IP Group in March 2005, after completing a secondment in the IP Group at Baker McKenzie’s Sydney office.

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Tanvi is a Senior Associate and Solicitor-Advocate in Baker McKenzie's London Intellectual Property team, having joined the firm in August 2016. She has particular expertise in patents and is recognised by the Legal 500 as a key lawyer in the UK for Patents (Contentious and Non-Contentious). During her career Tanvi has also gained in-house experience having been seconded for a year to the in-house R&D legal team of a global pharmaceutical company, focused on providing legal support for clinical trials across Europe, and for three months (on a pro bono basis) to Cancer Research UK's legal team. Prior to becoming a solicitor Tanvi obtained an MSc degree in Chemistry from Imperial College London and carried out research in the field of biophysical chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich (Germany).

Eva-Maria Strobel is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Zurich office. She is a member in the Firm's global IPTech Practice Group, chairs the EMEA IPTech Practice Group and heads the Swiss IPTech team. Eva-Maria is admitted to the bars in Switzerland and Germany, and worked in the Firm's Frankfurt office prior to relocating to Zurich. Legal 500, Chambers, WIPR, Managing IP and WTR 1000 praise Eva-Maria as one of the leading trademark lawyers in Switzerland.

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Dr. Lukas Feiler, SSCP, CIPP/E, is specialized in technology litigations, focusing on regulatory and civil disputes in the areas of data protection, AI, and platform regulation. Building on his litigation expertise, Lukas advises clients on strategic compliance issues in the areas of cyber security, data protection, and AI.
He heads the Firm’s Commercial, Data, IPTech and Trade practice in Vienna. Lukas also leads the AI Desk in Vienna and is a member of the Firm’s EMEA Data Privacy & Security leadership team. Lukas regularly represents clients before the Austrian Supreme Court, the Austrian Administrative Supreme Court, the European Commission, and the EU’s General Court and the CJEU.
Lukas has published best-selling books on data protection, AI, and cybersecurity law. He also holds teaching positions for data protection law and AI law at the University of Vienna and the Sigmund Freud University Vienna.
Before his legal career, he worked as a software developer and system administrator in New York, Vienna, and Leeds and holds a certification as a Systems Security Certified Practitioner.

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