+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)
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With Professor Dirk Uwer Founder of the symposium on gambling law
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Editor of the Legal Series on European Gambling Law, Verlag Medien und Recht, Vienna/Munich
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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: Germany – Data 2026
Best Lawyers 2026
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2025
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
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.
