Marc Strittmatter is well known in Germany as an IT lawyer. As Of Counsel to the firm, he advises companies undertaking technology implementation projects in the areas of ERP, cloud, outsourcing and AI, as well as on regulatory compliance, particularly in the fields of data protection and data law.
He combines many years of experience at one of the world’s largest IT companies, most recently as Head of Legal at IBM Germany, with his work as a lawyer at the IT law firm Bartsch und Partner and his international professional experience. He also combines this practical expertise with his work in applied research and academia. Since 2012, he has been a full professor of business law at HTWG Konstanz, with a particular focus on IT and data law, negotiation and legal management. His research focuses on the legal framework of digitalisation, negotiation theory, data law, technical approaches to data protection, Legal Tech, and AI and the law.
Marc Strittmatter is a member of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS e.V.), where he also serves as an arbitrator in arbitration proceedings.
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter works as an attorney in the IT Law and Data Protection department.
His main areas of practice are:
- German Association of Law and Informatics (DGRI) – Chair of the Legal Tech Committee
- bwcon (Baden-Württemberg: Connected e.V.) – Special Interest Group IT law
- German Institute for Arbitration (DIS)
- VEUK Alumni Association (Konstanz University)
- Design of RFP and ERP contracts in a selection process of a global medium-sized industrial goods manufacturer with 2 ERP vendors. Contract evaluation and drafting as well as support in the final negotiation of licensing, project, maintenance, and roll-out contracts for the implementation of S/4 HANA
- 2nd opinion on the valuation of a compensation claim of a listed system house against the general contractor of a failed banking IT project. Legal opinion as a basis for the board’s decision on ad hoc publicity
- Preparation of a legal opinion on the competition law and data protection compliance of a software tool for user tracking and lead generation for a leading web marketing company
- Professor for business law focusing on civil law, commercial law, IT law and related areas of the law at the University of Applied Sciences, Konstanz
Other activities:
- Data protection officer of the University
Lectures at HTWG Konstanz
You can find all lectures at HTWG Konstanz here.
University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Business, and Design, Konstanz (HTWG)
Computer Science Program (Master’s in Applied Computer Science and Bachelor’s in Applied AI)
- AI and Law
University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Business, and Design, Konstanz (HTWG)
Business Law Program (Master’s in Legal Management)
- Regulatory Affairs (Antitrust and Data Protection Law)
- Legal Risk Management
University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Business, and Design, Konstanz (HTWG)
Business Law (Bachelor’s program)
- Special Topics in Contract Law
- IT and Data Protection Law
- IT and Data Protection Law (exercise course)
- Contract Management & Negotiation (Specialization/Advanced Course)
University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Business, and Design, Konstanz (HTWG)
Business Law program
- Civil Procedure Law
- Specific Contract Law
- Commercial and Corporate Law (exercise course)
- German Civil Code (BGB) (exercise course)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Legal Issues in Cloud Computing
- Studied law in Constance, Hamburg and Montpellier (France)
- Doctorate (Dr. iur.) at the University of Constance (“Market Entry Barriers due to Lean Supplier Structures and Art. 85 EC Treaty”)
- Master “Droit du Marché” at the University of Montpellier (Competition and Antitrust Law, European Law)
- Attorney at law since 1997 (admission currently suspended)
- Attorney at law with Bartsch und Partner, Karlsruhe, from 1997 to 2002
- Attorney and in-house counsel at IBM Deutschland GmbH, transaction consulting, head of the legal department Global Technology Services and head of Legal Germany, from 2002 to 2011
- Full Professor at the University of Applied Sciences, Constance, Germany, 2011
Foreign Languages: English, French
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter, Prof. Dr. Rupert Vogel
Kommentar Auftrag und Geschäftsbesorgung, §§ 662 -675x BGB, in Schuster/Grützmacher, IT-Recht Kommentar 2026
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
Kommentar Auftrags- und Geschäftsbesorgungsrecht im Schuster/Grützmacher, IT-Recht Kommentar 2020
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
Neue Daten Risiken: Schadensersatz bei Datenschutzverletzungen
FAZ vom 19.12.2019
Rafael Harnos, Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter, Manuel Treiterer
Schadensbemessung bei Datenschutzrechtsverstößen am Beispiel von data leakage-Fällen, CR 2019, 789-797
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
Cloud Computing Verträge (PaaS, IaaS, SaaS)
in: Auer-Reinsdorff/ Conrad, Beck’sches Mandatshandbuch IT Recht
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
Interview mit der Züricher Weltwoche zu Rechtsfragen des »Internet of Things« und des Datenschutzes, unterer anderem im Bereich der Thematik »Connected Car«
Weltwoche 11.15, März 2015
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
»Cloud Contracting – Gestaltungsbedingungen für IT-Verträge bei Cloud-Leistungen«
in: Bräutigam/Hoppen, DGRI Jahrbuch 2013
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
Anwendbares Recht und Rechtsdurchsetzung bei Cloud Computing
in: Niemann/ Paul, Handbuch des Cloud Computing, Verlag de Gruyter, 11.07.2014
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter, Rafael Harnos
Kostenfalle Software-Audit – so können Sie sich wehren!
TEC CHANNEL – IT IM MITTELSTAND, 25.02.2014
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter, Rafael Harnos
Softwareaudits
Computer und Recht (CR) 2013, S. 621-627
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
Rechtsfragen bei Cloud Computing
Computerwoche, Heft 10/ 2012
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
Die Internet-Domain und ihr Schutz
in: Brumme/Weis (Hrsg.) Deutscher Sparkassenverlag Stuttgart 2001, S. 45 – 75, mittlw. in zweiter Auflage 2004 erschienen
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
EDV-Recht und Schuldrechtsmodernisierung
Bericht zu den »Kölner Tagen zum Informationsrecht« in Köln am 02. und 03.01.2002
Computer und Recht (CR) 2002, S. 76 f.
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
Aktuelle Rechtsprobleme im Internet
Bericht zum Drei-Länder-Treffen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik (DGRI) in Zürich am 08. und 09.06.2001
Computer und Recht (CR) 2001, S. 642 ff.
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
Gattungsbezeichnungen als Internet-Domains
MC (Management & Computer in der Anwaltskanzlei) Ausgabe 1/2001 S. 21 ff.
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
Urteilsanmerkung zu OLG München »Markenbenutzung in Metatags« (Urteil vom 06. April 2000 – 6 U 4123/99)
Computer und Recht (CR) 2000, S. 701 ff.
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
Rechtsprobleme des E-Commerce
Tagungsbericht zum Drei-Länder-Treffen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik (DGRI) 2000 in Salzburg (gemeinsam mit Herrn RA Dr. Anselm Brandi-Dohrn)
Computer und Recht (CR) 2000, S. 558 ff.
Prof. Dr. Marc Strittmatter
Patentierbarkeit von Software
Bericht zur Tagung des Arbeitskreises Softwareschutz der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik (DGRI) in München am 29.10.1999
Computer und Recht (CR) 2000, S. 328 f.