MARAIT is a European law firm and advises on all legal aspects of digitalization, in particular in connection with software projects, software licenses and data transfers in complex infrastructures. We focus in particular on advising on all legal issues relating to the licensing of SAP software and software from other manufacturers of enterprise software, as well as legal issues relating to the development, use and licensing of artificial intelligence. As part of our legal advice, we also cover the digital health sector, which is subject to numerous special regulations.
MARAIT was founded by lawyer and IT law specialist Dr. Jana Jentzsch in 2009, initially as a specialized IT legal consultancy, which was renamed Jentzsch IT Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in 2015. Since April 2024, the company has been called MARAIT Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH and is based at Neuer Wall in Hamburg’s city center.
We see ourselves as consultants who not only analyze the formal legal requirements and look for the best concrete legal solutions, but also take into account the company’s IT strategy from a compliance perspective and, if desired, help shape it. The intensive involvement of the infrastructure, the respective technical functionality and the economic framework conditions is a matter of course.
As a law firm, we are bound by the law governing the legal profession. This not only imposes strict rules on confidentiality, but also on the performance and support of the mandate as an organ of the administration of justice. Lawyers are instruments of the rule of law by virtue of the qualifications conferred on them by law and help to enforce the rule of law, if necessary by representing clients in court. For this reason, only lawyers and, to a limited extent, tax consultants and auditors are allowed to offer legal advice in Germany. Normal GmbHs or other non-lawyer companies are prohibited from doing so.
Dr. Jana Jentzsch, LL.M.
Founding Partner & Certified Lawyer for Information Technology Law
Jana is a certified lawyer for information technology law (Fachanwältin für Informationstechnologierecht). Her main area of expertise is legal consulting in technology-driven projects, including all software- and data-related matters. Jana’s Clients are large and medium-sized companies that use/buy software, as well as software companies and investor-driven start-ups.
Paul Füssel
Lawyer, Legal Counsel IT & Data
Following his legal clerkship, Paul Füssel worked as corporate counsel for a software and IT service provider in Halle, where he was responsible, among other things, for legal reviews in the context of SAP contracts. Paul Füssel has been working at MARAIT since 2022.
As legal counsel for IT & data, he advises clients in the areas of software licensing law, data protection law and IT compliance in German and English. Paul primarily advises on SAP projects. Since 2022, he has been advising numerous corporations, organizations and the public sector on S/4 HANA conversion projects, including RISE with SAP projects and issues related to AI/AI terms. He also advises on Oracle and Microsoft licensing and participates in the preparation of legal opinions, statements and legal memoranda.
Michelle Bonk
Lawyer & Certified Data Protection Officer (Bitkom Akademie)
Attorney Michelle Bonk studied law at the University of Bayreuth, specializing in markets in the digital world. She completed her seminar paper on the topic of quality requirements for the storage cloud. In 2017, she obtained the Certificate of Higher Education in English Law at the University of Birmingham.
Michelle Bonk, as a lawyer and certified data protection officer (Bitkom Akademie), advises clients primarily in the area of data protection law, in particular also on the topic of health data. She also works in an advisory capacity in the area of AI and is involved in the preparation of legal opinions, statements and legal memoranda. For example, she prepared an expert opinion on the question of the permissibility of a data processing model for processing patient data for research purposes without consent and played a leading role in conducting data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) for the public sector in the course of introducing cloud software solutions.
We are a team of highly specialized professionals and concentrate on the best legal and economic solutions for your business. If necessary, we profit from a strong network of lawyers, IT technical experts and business consultants. We work with:
- Technical tool providers to measure your standard software solutions in the areas of SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM;
- Management consulting in the area of SAP software license optimization, S/4 HANA conversion and preparation of the measurement;
- Specialized law firm in the field of intellectual property law, in particular trademark law, with office in Hamburg;
- Specialized commercial law firm with a focus on: Company acquisitions and sales; medical and healthcare law and restructuring and insolvency advice.
- Law firm in New York with German and US attorneys, specializing in start-ups, venture capital and corporate law;
- Technical service provider in the field of telecommunications, networks and security systems with ISO 27001 and BSI basic protection certification;
- Specialized law firm in the field of IP and IT law in Vienna.