Arnold J. F. Lukas

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IT Law, Banking & Finance, Data Protection

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Expertise

Arnold J. F. Lukas, LL.M. is a lawyer specialising in digitalisation for companies, in particular IT contract law, data (protection) & privacy law, software development, artificial intelligence, distributed ledger technologies (blockchain), Industry 4.0 as well as banking & finance. His clients benefit from his more than 25 years of management experience in corporate banking. His advice thus always combines the legal and commercial aspects of his clients.

He has extensive experience in the leadership of business units in the areas of consulting, transaction banking, IT and product development (payment transactions, trade finance), in branch management  and head office.

Arnold Advises

  • Technology Start-ups & Scale-ups,
  • Mid-Cap & Global Companies/Organisations with needs in IT, DLT and  Privacy.

Experience Highlights

  • Obtained provisional crypto registrar licence from Bafin for a crypto platform, including MaRisk & BAIT assessments
  • Negotiates comprehensive contracts on use of Artificial Intelligence, incl. licences & copyright, for media companies
  • Created comprehensive privacy impact assessment for German-American start-up in the Web3/DeFi/Crypto/AI space
  • Interim GC for mid-cap technology company
  • Drafted full set of contracts incl. GTC/AGB for both crypto companies and cloud/SaaS providers
  • Negotiates contracts for IT suppliers with global corporations & public sector
  • Out-of-court dispute resolution in software projects, e.g. development & implementation of ERP systems

Career History

Previous Positions

  • Arnold established his own law firm in 2019 after holding various management positions in corporate banking at a leading global bank since 1989.

Education

  • Johannes-Gutenberg-University, Mainz
  • University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer
  • Executive education at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France), Ashridge and Henley Business Schools  (UK)

Other

  • Numerous scientific publications on legal aspects of Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Internet of Things, data protection, blockchain etc.
  • For a full list of publications please see https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8149-3764
  • Regular lecturer at conferences and for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in IT & banking law

 

 

 

 

Arnold is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

Expertise

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Arnold J. F. Lukas, LL.M. is a lawyer specialising in digitalisation for companies, in particular IT contract law, data (protection) & privacy law, software development, artificial intelligence, distributed ledger technologies (blockchain), Industry 4.0 as well as banking & finance. His clients benefit from his more than 25 years of management experience in corporate banking. His advice thus always combines the legal and commercial aspects of his clients.

He has extensive experience in the leadership of business units in the areas of consulting, transaction banking, IT and product development (payment transactions, trade finance), in branch management  and head office.

Arnold Advises

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  • Technology Start-ups & Scale-ups,
  • Mid-Cap & Global Companies/Organisations with needs in IT, DLT and  Privacy.

Experience Highlights

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  • Obtained provisional crypto registrar licence from Bafin for a crypto platform, including MaRisk & BAIT assessments
  • Negotiates comprehensive contracts on use of Artificial Intelligence, incl. licences & copyright, for media companies
  • Created comprehensive privacy impact assessment for German-American start-up in the Web3/DeFi/Crypto/AI space
  • Interim GC for mid-cap technology company
  • Drafted full set of contracts incl. GTC/AGB for both crypto companies and cloud/SaaS providers
  • Negotiates contracts for IT suppliers with global corporations & public sector
  • Out-of-court dispute resolution in software projects, e.g. development & implementation of ERP systems

Career History

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Previous Positions

  • Arnold established his own law firm in 2019 after holding various management positions in corporate banking at a leading global bank since 1989.

Education

  • Johannes-Gutenberg-University, Mainz
  • University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer
  • Executive education at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France), Ashridge and Henley Business Schools  (UK)

Other

  • Numerous scientific publications on legal aspects of Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Internet of Things, data protection, blockchain etc.
  • For a full list of publications please see https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8149-3764
  • Regular lecturer at conferences and for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in IT & banking law

 

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Arnold is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

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