Dr. Daniel Pauly

Daniel has knowledgeable experience in all areas of protected information including data protection law, professional secrets such as banking secrecy, exchange secrecy and the protection of business and trade secrets. In addition to his position as German Head of TMT, he is Global Head of the Automotive and Global Co-Head of the Mobility sector.

Furthermore, he has specialised experience in the field of digitalization – also in the automotive industry – including Big Data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, blockchain, software development, licensing and maintenance as well as the various forms of nearshoring and offshoring. He also advises on issues relating to the set-up and implementation of compliance and data protection management systems.

Daniel is co-publisher and co-author of Paal / Pauly, commentary on the General Data Protection Regulation and the German Federal Data Protection Act, issued by Verlag C.H.Beck.

Daniel Pauly is listed as one of the “most renowned lawyers for compliance” in Germany, one of the “most renowned lawyers for data protection” in Germany (WirtschaftsWoche 2019) as well as for technology (Handelsblatt 2019).

Work highlights

Daniel has led on many of the German market’s most significant data protection, IT, outsourcing and automotive transactions. These include advising:

• various corporations from different sectors on the global implementation of the requirements of the GDPR
• Bayer on separation of its entire IT landscape and transitional service agreements on the occasion of the divestiture of its material science business (Covestro)
• a leading OEM on the legal framework of driverless cars 
• a leading automotive supplier on the reorganisation of its general terms of business and supply agreements in Europe
• one of the Big Four Accounting Firms on the global implementation of a Workday cloud solution (sec. 203 StGB-relevant)
• the association of German damage insurance companies on all aspects of telematics and autonomous driving

Daniel is a member of the German Association for Law and Information Technology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik).

Daniel studied law and political science at the University of Bonn, the Institute of Political Sciences of Aix-en-Provence (France) and the University of Constance, before completing a doctorate in law at the University of Oldenburg.

Daniel speaks German, English and French.