Düsseldorf
+49 211 600 55-165 +49 172 21 35 270 +49 211 600 55-160 m.schmittmann@heuking.de
Languages
German, English, French
Practice groups/Expertise
Consulting focuses
- 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, Dusseldorf since 2004
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Veltins, e-business Network Leader of Landwell 2000-2004
- Brussels Office 1996
- Partner, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, in Dusseldorf 1991
- 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
Supervisory Board Memberships/Further Functions
- 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)
- Senator h.c. in Bundeswirtschaftssenat of the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft (BVMW)
- Vice Chair, Interactive Entertainment and Media Committee, International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw)
Affiliations
- International Technology Law Association ( ITech Law)
- International Bar Association (IBA) (former Chair of SGP Committee 7 - Public Law), now Newsletter Editor of the Communications Law Committee
- International Bar Association (IBA), European Regional Forum Liaison Officer of the Communications Law Committee
- Study Circle for Press Law and Press Freedom
Michael Schmittmann's Distinctions
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
Chambers Europe 2019
Legal 500 Germany 2019
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2018/2019
Media Law International
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2018
Best Lawyers 2019
Legal 500 EMEA 2018
Who's Who Legal 2018
Chambers Europe 2018
Legal 500 Germany 2018
Who's Who Legal 2018
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2017/2018
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.
Latest news
Publications
2022
2021
2020
Wider jede Attacke auf § 2 Nr. 15 b BetrKV
Zeitschrift für Miet- und Wohnungsrecht NZM 12/2020
The Future of German Legislation
Gambling.de, June 2020, p. 12-13
Ist es überhaupt legal, im Online-Casino zu spielen?
BILDplus, February 21, 2020
Der Radschläger - überall zu finden
Rheinische Post Düsseldorf, February 19, 2020
2019
Aus der Hüfte geschossen? Wie der Gesetzgeber versucht, gegen den strategischen Überbau vorzugehen
MediaLABcom, issue 72 • September 2019
Medien- und Persönlichkeitsrecht
Teamsport Management 2019, Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, S. 377
Lectures
2019
Moderation ANGA Urheberrechtspanel 2019
ANGA COM Kongress für Breitband, Fernsehen & Online, June 4-6, 2019, Cologne
2017
Rechtliche Leitplanken
Digital Real Estate: Wird alles Smart in WoWi, Buildings und Homes?, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, August 8, 2017, Düsseldorf
2015
Rettungsschirm für die Vielfalt?
Europäische Reglulierungsansätze 3.0-Copright & Co: Rechte und ihre Grenzen - Aktuelle "Urheberrechtsfragen", Trimediale, Forum der Medienregulierer Deutschland - Österreich - Schweiz, Stuttgart, June 16, 2015
2010
Secrets of the Cloud-Licensing and Data Protection – Particularities and Pitfalls
International Technology Law Association 2010 Annual European Conference, October 29, 2010 in Berlin
2009
The Implementation of the EU Directive on Audivisual Media Services in Europe
International Technology Law Association 2009 Annual European Conference, November 6, 2009 in Brüssels
2008
Verbreitung audiovisueller Inhalte über Peer to Peer
Medien und Urheberrechtliche Einordnung, 20. Medienforum NRW, June 11, 2008, Cologne