Kathrin Schürmann

SCHÜRMANN ROSENTHAL DREYER specializes in the areas of digital business, technology and media. Based in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Munich, the law firm advises both national and international companies and organizations especially on IT and data protection law, intellectual property, copyright and media law. Its clients are from different fields such as e-commerce, pharma, aircraft, CRM, loyalty, publishing, startups, insurance as well as banking. Together with their clients, Schürmann Rosenthal Dreyer provides legally compliant solutions for the increasing amount of digital business models.

Kathrin Schürmann has been a partner at Schürmann Rosenthal Dreyer since 2007. She specializes in IT and data protection law as well as competition law. A special focus of her work is consulting companies in the areas of digital business, technology and media. In her role as a privacy expert, Kathrin Schürmann supervises both national and international clients in the implementation and development of new (digital) business models. Additionally, she advises on data protection and IT law, as well as competition law, e.g. in the development of Big Data concepts, cross-media communications, AI-based technologies, mobile / online marketing, omnichannel projects, business intelligence concepts and the legal support of new technologies. In addition, Kathrin Schürmann provides companies with her expertise when it comes to classic themes such as: the structuring of international data flows, outsourcing, drafting and negotiating privacy and IT-law contracts and of group-wide data protection concepts, binding corporate rules or IT and data protection audits.

Kathrin Schürmann is a trusted and respected advisor due to long-standing and cooperative work with clients over the years. Her deep-seated knowledge of various industries benefits the practice as a whole. Kathrin Schürmann has extensive experience in the fields of internet/e-commerce, customer loyalty systems, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, publishing and the automotive industry. 

Kathrin Schürmann has been recommended several times by The Legal500, Best Lawyers and kanzleimonitor in the areas of data protection, information technology and intellectual property rights for her excellent legal and technical understanding.