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Dr Lucas Blum

Senior Associate
Munich
About

Lucas Blum specializes in advising on and providing ongoing support for strategic and innovative digital transformation projects and data-driven applications.

With extensive experience in guiding digitalization projects, he is a trusted advisor on all aspects of digital transformation. His focus is on ensuring legally compliant data usage, addressing both data protection requirements and the obligations set forth under EU data regulations, particularly the EU Data Act.

As co-lead of DLA Piper's international EU Digital Decade Task Force, he tackles the challenges posed by the EU’s data and cybersecurity strategy for clients.

His deep expertise in data and cybersecurity law is particularly valued by clients when navigating complex issues related to IoT, data analytics, AI, and ensuring robust cybersecurity measures.

Areas of FocusConsumer Goods, Food and RetailIndustrialsInfrastructure, Construction and TransportTechnology

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a client in the automotive industry on the introduction of a new business model (services ‘on-demand’) and the associated data processing.
  • Ongoing data protection advice to a global market leader in the field of tools manufacturing on the digital transformation and introduction of networked products and digital applications (including apps), in particular on the requirements of data protection law and the Data Act.
  • Advising on the data protection-compliant implementation of test drives in the field of autonomous driving and coordinating the audit in 30+ countries.
  • Advising on cyber incidents/data protection incidents and communicating with authorities.
  • Advising on the introduction of fleet management systems in the EU and the transfer of data to third countries.
  • Advising on the data protection-compliant processing of customer data (using AI) and the introduction of AI tools.
  • Advising a global real estate company on the introduction and contractual design of services related to connected buildings (Smart Buildings), in particular concerning the Data Act, data protection requirements and cybersecurity.
Education

    Awards

    • Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers 2024/2025: Recognised as “one to watch” for data security and privacy law

    Publications

    • BGH: Non-pecuniary damages also for loss of control over data, 20 November 2024
    • The transposition period of the second EU Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS-2) has expired, 17 October 2024
    • A turning point in cybersecurity compliance: How management can avoid liability, CB 05/2024; Cyber incident – Crisis response, CB 08/2024; Security risk acquired – Cybersecurity compliance in the supply chain, CB 12/2024 – each with Philipp Adelberg.
    • Is the EU on target to achieve its digital transformation ambitions?, 30 July 2024
    • The ‘Bavarian Way’ in Data Protection Supervision – The ‘Separation Model’ as a Basis for a Centralisation of Data Protection Supervision in the Non-Public Sector, 2022
    • The Transfer of Personal Data from Connected Vehicles Faced with New Challenges, DSRITB 2021

    Seminars

    • EU AI Act comes into force: kick-off for legally compliant AI in the company, 8 July 2024
    • NIS-2: Restart of cyber regulation for companies, 21 June 2024

    Prior Experience

    Before joining DLA Piper in 2020, Lucas Blum worked for a law firm in the field of data protection and it law in Berlin (2018-2020). Prior to that, he gained professional experience in the Innovation Lab of a German automotive manufacturer in Silicon Valley, California (2018). During his legal traineeship (2015-2017) Lucas worked inter alia for an international law firm in Berlin (Intellectual Property and Technology practice group) and the German Embassy Canberra, Australia.

    My latest insights

    Publication

    Is the EU on target to achieve its digital transformation ambitions?

    30 July 2024 .7 minute read

    News

    Best Lawyers / Handelsblatt recommends a total of 98 lawyers from DLA Piper in Germany

    16 June 2023 .2 minute read

    News

    DLA Piper advises JUMP House on acquisition of Superfly Group

    9 January 2023 .4 minute read

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    +49 162 24 12 977
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