Marieke Merkle

Rechtsanwältin (Lawyer), Associated Partner


Marieke Merkle

Marieke Merkle specialises in providing legal advice in the field of IT, data and AI law. Ms Merkle's expertise includes both the regulatory framework (in particular the AI Act and Data Act) and the drafting of contracts under civil law. Marieke Merkle also provides comprehensive advice on AI governance within companies. Another focus of her work is advising international clients on large IT projects such as IT outsourcing and cloud (transformation) projects.

Distinctions

  • Top lawyer for IT law 2024 honoured by Wirtschaftswoche

Career

Law studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and University of Salamanca
Research asisstant at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
With Noerr since 2019
Admitted to the Munich Chamber of Lawyers
Marieke Merkle is a lecturer in IT-law at the LMU Munich.
Marieke Merkle is a member of the management team of the Noerr Data Competence Center

Memberships

Publications

  • Transparency under the AI Regulation - from black box to open book?, RDi 2024, 414
  • Business Insider - "We are already more or less all nerds":
    At 32, Marieke Merkle became a partner at the major law firm Noerr
  • Börstenzeitung from 02 February 2023
    New rules for artificial intelligence
  • Outbound-Compliance:
    Active Participation in Open Source Projects, MMR 2022, 251
  • The Draft of the Data Act, Law Digital RDi 2022, 168 (with Dr. David Bomhard)
  • Regulation of Artificial Intelligence:
    The EU Commission’s proposal of an AI Act, EuCML 2021, 257 (with Dr. David Bomhard)
  • European AI Regulation:
    The current Commission draft and practical implications, Recht Digital RDI 2021, 276-283 (with Dr. David Bomhard)