Ulrich Bäumer

Ulrich Bäumer is a partner in the digital business and technology group of Osborne Clarke in Cologne. He advises the clients of the firm mainly in the areas information technology and (offshore) outsourcing and complex licensing issues (inter alia ERP, XaaS, Cloud, etc) in addition to all other IT related matters.

He drafts and negotiates complex international IT projects (especially outsourcing and licensing), contracts, and assists the technology clients of the firm in M&A transactions. He also advises in all other aspects of technology, data protection and licensing law. Ulrich has successfully worked on and finalised 400 + global IT projects in the last 22 years.

• German business newspaper Handelsblatt sees him as the lawyer of the year (June/2020)
• WHO’s WHO Legal also recognizes Ulrich as one the leading tech lawyers in Germany (2020)
• Finally Best Lawyers also recognize Ulrich as the lawyer of the year in tech lawyers (2020)

Chambers & Partners and the India Business Law Journal rank him as one of the leading Corporate M&A lawyers in Germany with regard to India. Ulrich is a guest lecturer for IT law and the National Law School University in India (Bangalore), the WHU- Otto Beisheim School of Management (Vallendar, Germany), the University of Cologne and at Columbia University (NY/Paris). He is the inhouse lawyer (Justiziar) for VOICE e.V.

Education

• Attorney-at-Law American Bar Association (1997 — 1997)
• The George Washington University Law School (1996 — 1997)
• Staatsexamen Universität zu Köln (1992 — 1996)

Companies

• Justiziar VOICE - Bundesverband der IT-Anwender e.V. (2019)
• Lecturer (IT law and licensing law) Columbia University in the City of New York (2016)
• Lecturer (IT law and Civil law) Universität zu Köln (2016)
• Lecturer (IT law and general Civil Law) WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (2015)
• Independent Director Expleo Solutions Ltd (2014)
• Lecturer (Civil Law and IT) National Law School of India University (2012)
• Member of the Board of Trustees CIO Stiftung (2011)
• Ambassador CIO Move (2010)
• Owner Osborne Clarke (2006)