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
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.
Affiliations
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Publications
2024
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