Marc Hilber is specialised in advising companies on technology related transactions, and in particular on joint ventures as well as outsourcing and software development projects. He advises on contract drafting in the areas aerospace & defence, outsourcing and cloud computing, in software projects, e-commerce matters and on digitisation law, including AI, data privacy law and cybersecurity.
According to the “Kanzleimonitor” law firm survey conducted by the Federal Association of Corporate Lawyers [Bundesverband für Unternehmensjuristen, BUJ], Marc ranks among the most recommended German IT lawyers in Germany. He is also recommended by name in the JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms. The US-American publishing company Best Lawyers named him “Lawyer of the Year”, the German economic journal WirtschaftsWoche voted him for the fourth time to be one of the best lawyers in Germany for IT-Law.
Marc Hilber is editor of the guide to Cloud Computing published by Otto Schmidt and co-editor of Beck's Online Commentary in IT Law.
Marc is a partner of Oppenhoff. He was an associate and managing associate at Oppenhoff & Rädler / Linklaters LLP from 2002 to 2007. He studied law at the Universities of Passau, Angers, Illinois (LL.M.) and Cologne (Dr. iur.). As part of his legal training he worked for the US law firm Allegaert Berger & Vogel LLP in New York.
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Das DGVFM-Datenbankprojekt – eine zukunftsweisende Kooperation zwischen Versicherungsindustrie und Wissenschaft [The DGVFM database project – a forward-looking cooperation between the insurance sector and science]
DAV Journal dated January 2024, pp. 12-17 (in collaboration with Marco Degginger, Dr. Axel Grätz, Kai Hoff, Dr. Verena Reiter and Prof. Dr. Matthias Scherer)
Internationale Datentransfers im Fokus [Focus on international data transfers]
Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Issue 19, p. 3-5 dated 15 September 2021 (in collaboration with Dr. Angela Busche)
Anmerkung zu BGH Urteil vom 4.3.2010 , Az. II ZR 79/09 [Annotation of the decision of the Federal Court of Justice dated 4 March 2010, docket no. VI ZR 79/09]
Computer & Recht dated 2010, p. 331, (in collaboration with Dr. Johannes Rabus)
Wer ist urheberrechtlicher Nutzer von Software bei Outsourcing-Vorhaben [Who is the software user pursuant to copyright law in case of outsourcing projects?]
ZUM dated 2009, p. 730 (in collaboration with Niels Litzka)
Anmerkung zu OLG Frankfurt Beschluss vom 12.5.2009, Az 11 W 15/09 [Annotation of the decision of the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court dated 12 May 2009, docket no. 11 W 15/09]
Computer & Recht dated 2009, p. 423 (in collaboration with Dr. Johannes Rabus)
Anmerkung zu BGH Urteil vom 9.12.2008 , Az. VI ZR 173/07 [Annotation of the decision of the Federal Court of Justice dated 9 December 2008, docket no. VI ZR 173/97]
Computer & Recht dated 2009, p. 283 (in collaboration with Angela Busche)
Vertragssicherheit - Wenn der Preis klettert [Contract certainty – when the price climbs]
Wirtschaftswoche online and Handelsblatt online dated December 9, 2008
Die Übertragbarkeit von Softwarerechten im Kontext einer Outsourcingtransaktion [The transferability of software rights within the context of an outsourcing transaction]
CR dated 2008, p. 749
Die datenschutzrechtliche Zulässigkeit intranet-basierter Datenbanken internationaler Konzerne [The admissibility of intranet-based databases amongst international groups pursuant to data protection law]
RDV dated 2005, p. 143
Unzufriedenheit mit Outsourcing [Dissatisfied with outsourcing]
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung dated July 20, 2005, p. 23
Germany: The Admissibility of Intranet-based Employee Databases Amongst International Groups
World Data Protection Report dated June 2005, p. 17
M&A und Datenschutz [M&A and data protection]
Finance magazine dated April 2005, p. 24
Auswirkungen des Sarbanes-Oxley Act auf deutsche WP-Gesellschaften: Konflikte mit der Verschwiegenheitspflicht der Wirtschaftsprüfer und dem Datenschutzrecht [Implications of the Sarbanes Oxley Act for German accounting firms with respect to conflicts between their secrecy obligation and data protection laws]
Betriebs-Berater dated 2003, p. 1054 (in collaboration with Dr. Jürgen Hartung)
Implications of the Sarbanes Oxley Act for German Accounting Firms with Respect to Data Protection Laws
World Data Protection Report dated May 2003, p. 12 (in collaboration with Dr. Jürgen Hartung),
Internationale Datentransfers im Fokus
Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Ausgabe 19, S. 3-5 v. 15.09.2021 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Angela Busche)
Beck’scher Online-Kommentar IT-Recht [Beck’s online commentary of IT law]
publisher (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Georg Borges)
Deutsche Tochter im internationalen Konzern – Rechtshandbuch für die Praxis [German subsidiaries of international groups – a practical legal handbook]
Munich dated 2019 (publisher)
Handbuch Cloud Computing - Systematische und praxisorientierte Darstellung des Cloud Computing [Handbook of cloud computing – a systematic and practical presentation of cloud computing]
dated 2014, published by Marc Hilber
Die Gestaltung von Preisanpassungklauseln in der Zwangsjacke des AGB-Rechts - zugleich Plädoyer für selbsttätige Preisanpassungsklauseln auf der Grundlage öffentlicher Indizes [Configuration of price adjustment clauses within the straightjacket of the German provisions governing general business terms and conditions – simultaneous plea for automatic price adjustment clauses on the basis of public indices]
Nomos-Sammelband, 201
Guidelines Cloud Computing - Recht, Datenschutz & Compliance [Cloud computing – law, data protection & compliance]
Guidelines Cloud Computing, ed. by Competence Group Legal of EuroCloud Deutschland_eco e.V. dated November 2010
Business Laws of Germany
IT law and data protection dated 2010, 2nd edition
Mediation im Zivilrecht, insbesondere im Wirtschaftsrecht [Mediation in civil law, in particular in commercial law]
Mediation in der Anwaltspraxis [mediation as a legal service] dated 2004, 2nd edition, Cologne (in collaboration with Dr. Klaus Günther)
Automotive and MobilityReal Estate Law / Employment Law04.12.2020Cologne News
The independent commercial law firm Oppenhoff advised Ford on the complex cooperation agreements with Marelli.