+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
- Head of HEUKING Practice Group IP, Media & Technology 2004-2021
- 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 1991-2000
- 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)
With Professor Dirk Uwer Founder of the symposium on gambling law
Editor of the Legal Series on European Gambling Law, Verlag Medien und Recht, Vienna/Munich
Political mandate for the CDU in District Council 04 of the state capital Düsseldorf (2020-2025)
Affiliations
- International Technology Law Association (ITech Law), Senior Chairman of Interactive Entertainment and Media Committee (former Vice-Chairman Cyber Crime Committee)
- International Bar Association (IBA) (former Chairman of SGP Committee 7 - Public Law), various positions in the Communications Law Committee
- Study Circle for Press Law and Press Freedom
Michael Schmittmann's Distinctions
Lexology Index 2025
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2024/2025
Leaders League 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024
Best Lawyers 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2024
Legal 500 Germany 2024
WWL Germany 2024
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023/2024
Best Lawyers 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023
Who´s Who Legal Thought Leaders 2023
Leaders League 2023
Legal 500 Germany 2023
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2022/2023
WWL Thought Leaders - Data 2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2022
Best Lawyers 2023
Legal 500 EMEA 2022
WWL Germany 2022
Legal 500 Germany 2022
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2021/2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2021
Best Lawyers 2022
Legal 500 EMEA 2021
Legal 500 Germany 2021
WWL Germany 2021
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2020/2021
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2020
Best Lawyers 2021
Legal 500 EMEA 2020
Legal 500 Germany 2020
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2019/2020
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2019
Best Lawyers 2020
Who's Who Legal Data 2019
Thought Leaders Data 2019
Media Law International 2019
Legal 500 EMEA 2019
Who's Who Legal 2019
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.
