Pascal Schumacher
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Partner
Pascal Schumacher advises industry flagships as well as some of the most successful tech start-ups in Europe and overseas on data, AI & tech projects as well as cyber security. He has particular expertise in regulated industries like the telecoms, financial services and life sciences sectors. Pascal heads Noerr's market-leading (Juve, Legal 500) Data, Tech & Telecoms practice.
Projects
- SpaceX: regulatory compliance advice for Starlink operations in Germany
- Microsoft: regulatory and ePrivacy advice on collaboration and cloud services (incl. Teams, Azure and Outlook)
- Various satellite operators (incl. SpaceX, SES and Viasat): advice on cyber risks/security and telecoms law
- Various FTTH investors (incl. DT, Meridiam, Colony Capital) on JVs, commercial deals and market entries
- Various fintechs and insurance companies (incl. Solaris, N26, HUK, ERGO): comprehensive advice on data law and AI compliance projects
- Various OEMs (incl. Audi, Mercedes and GM): advice on data and AI law for Smart Cars and InCar Apps; implementation and roll-out of payment system
- Various companies: legal representation in private enforcement proceedings for data protection damages
- Various health tech start-ups (incl. Ada Health, Dr Smile, Sunshine Smile): comprehensive data protection advice at the interlinks with medical device regulation, including worldwide rollout of digital medical products and cooperation with pharmaceutical companies
- LVM: data protection advice on carve-out transaction for the sale of the fund business and takeover of other business units (construction financing) of Augsburger Aktienbank
- Inmarsat on the provision of high-speed inflight WiFi services onboard Lufthansa’s European continental fleet
Distinctions
- Leading expert in technology law and telecommunications law (Best Lawyers / Handelsblatt 2024/2025) and recognized as a next-generation partner in data law and telecommunications (Legal 500, 2025). Noerr's data law practice (Legal 500) and telecommunications practice (JUVE, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers) are each listed in the first band.
- 'Pascal Schumacher is the outstanding advisor in this team. He is a very smart guy with great expertise and experience. Negotiations and complex discussions may not be a piece of cake with him, but they are much more manageable.' - Legal 500, 2025
- 'We greatly appreciate his in-depth knowledge and practical, actionable advice based on that knowledge' - Legal 500, 2025
- 'The team around Pascal Schumacher is characterized by excellent knowledge and expertise in IT and data protection law and in related legal areas. It is very responsive, delivers reliably high quality and works in a very structured and solution-oriented manner, even in challenging situations.' – Legal 500, 2025
- 'Pascal Schumacher is an excellent legal advisor in every respect, absolutely familiar with the subject matter, has many years of experience (including dealing with the authorities) and has the ability to provide his clients with clear guidance and professional expertise in a goal-oriented manner, even in complex situations. He manages to make difficult things look easy.' – Legal 500, 2025
- 'Pascal Schumacher is a top lawyer for digital companies because he not only understands his subject, but also the technology behind it.' – Legal 500, 2025
- 'Because of his experience, he is very good at bringing the risks, if any, common practice and possible reaction of the authorities into the decision-making of the company, which actually makes it easier for complex projects.' Legal 500 2022
Insights
Career
Legal studies and traineeship in Berlin, Paris, Muenster and Düsseldorf
European Commission expert in the EU-China InfoSoc Project, Beijing (telecoms working group)
Head of the regulatory research group at the institute for IT, telecommunication and media law
Lawyer with a boutique for regulatory law
With Noerr since 2013
Admitted to the Berlin Chamber of Lawyers
Memberships
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik e.V. (DGRI)
- Internet & Gesellschaft Collaboratory e.V.
- Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht
Lectures
- Regular presentations on Data Act, AI Act and GDPR-compliance
- BDEW-conference Energy Metrology 2017, lecture on „Data and Data Privacy / How may the data be used?“
- Annual Meeting 2017 of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS), lecture on „Doing business under Cybersecurity Regulations in Germany and Europe“
- Lecture on „Internet platforms and networks under scrutiny in antitrust law“ (Noerr Competition Day 2017), with Oliver Vahrenholt
- Panel lecture at the BMWi/DIHK Forum "Synergies in broadband expansion", 2013
Publications
- Datenschutzrechtliche Zulässigkeit der Kontrolle von Führungszeugnissen und Vorstrafen am Beispiel von Franchiseverträgen, ZVertriebsR 2024, 3. (with Steffen Sundermann)
- Klagebefugnis bei Verbandsklagen nach der DSGVO: Reicht eine Verletzung von Informationspflichten aus?, DB 2024, 445. (with Steffen Sundermann)
- Gegenwart und Zukunft kollektiver Rechtsdurchsetzung im Datenschutzrecht (with Tobias Lühmann and Lea Stegemann), in: ZD 2023, p. 131 et seqq.
- Co-author of Art. 10-12, in: Paschke/Rücker (Hrsg.), Data Governance Act, C.H. Beck (in preparation)
- Kein immaterieller Schadensersatz bei bloßem Ärger über Datenschutzverstoß, Comments on Opinion of the Advocate General of 6.10.2022 – C-300/21 (with Lea Stegemann), in: ZD 2023, p. 34 et seqq.
- Der immaterielle Schadensersatzanspruch nach der DS-GVO (with Lea Stegemann), in: RDi 8/2023, p. 390 ff.
- EuGH: Keine Bagatellgrenze für immateriellen Schadensersatzanspruch bei Datenschutzverletzungen (with Lea Stegemann and Katharina Trenkler), in: ZD-Aktuell, 2023, 01208
- Market Intelligence - Privacy and Cybersecurity 2023 - Country Chapter Germany, Lexology Getting the Deal Through, 2022 (with Daniel Rücker, Sebastian Dienst and David Bomhard)
- The International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) Data Protection 2023 - Germany Chapter (with Daniel Rücker, Julian Monschke and Korbinian Hartl)
- Das Datenrecht als neues Rechtsgebiet?, Guest article in Legal Tribune Online of 21 March 2022 (with Max von Schönfeld and Marvin Bartels)
- Market Intelligence - Privacy and Cybersecurity 2022 - Country Chapter Germany, Lexology Getting the Deal Through, 2022 (with Daniel Rücker, Sebastian Dienst and David Bomhard)
- The International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) Data Protection 2022 - Germany Chapter (with Daniel Rücker, Julian Monschke and Korbinian Hartl)
- Cookie Compliance, quo vadis?, in: MMR 2021, p. 603 et seq. (with Max von Schoenfeld and Lennart Sydow)
- Review of the judgement of the European Court of Justice of 13 June 2019 (C-193/18) on whether Gmail qualifies as a telecommunication service under European telecom regulation, K&R 2019, 490-491.
- Part 5 - Data Protection, in: Bräutigam, IT-Outsourcing und Cloud-Computing, ESV, 4. ed. 2019
- Co-author of chapters B and D, in: von Rücker/Kugler, New European General Data Protection Regulation - A practitioner`s Guide, Nomos 2017.
- OTT-Dienste und Telekommunikationsrecht – Einordnung der neuen Dienste im Kontext der TK-Regulierung, in: K&R 12/2015, pp. 771-776
- Ein Abgesang auf den Routerzwang? – Plädoyer für eine funktional differenzierende Auslegung der einschlägigen Regelungen (with Michael Bergmann), in: MMR 2015, pp. 13 et seq.
- Beck’scher TKG-Kommentar (co-author §§ 77a-77e TKG), C.H. Beck, 4. ed. 2013
- Incentive regulation law, Energy - Railway (co-aothor), C.H. Beck, 2. ed. 2019
- EU-Vorstoß zum infrastrukturübergreifenden Breitbandausbau – Kommissionsvorschlag für eine Verordnung zum zügigen Ausbau von Hochgeschwindigkeitsnetzen (with Marc Schramm), in: MMR 2013, pp. 571 et seq.
- Netzpolitik ist nicht Medienpolitik – Wie man zwei gegensätzliche Welten neu ausbalancieren könnte, in: Hachmeister/Anschlag (ed.), Rundfunkpolitik und Netzpolitik – Strukturwandel der Medienpolitik in Deutschland (with Bernd Holznagel), Köln 2013, pp. 99 et seq.
- Energienetze für ein schnelles Internet, in: RdE 2013, pp. 213 et seq.
- Jurisdictional Requirements for the Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Against Defendants and their Ownership Interest in Subsidiaries – a Comparative Review, International Arbitration Law Review (with Jarred Pinkston, Zhong Guan, Genevieve Poirier und Wesley Pydiamah), 3/2012, pp. 97 et seq.
- Breitband-Universaldienst: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen deutscher Politik – Funktionales Internet endlich für alle?, in: MMR 2011, pp. 711 et seq.