Dr. Christoph M. Giebel
Christoph represents companies, primarily in the technology and real estate sectors, in complex litigation and out-of-court dispute resolution. He also advises on contracts and compliance matters – with the aim of preventing disputes from arising at all.
As a certified lawyer for IT law as well as for copyright and media law, he has worked for many years in the areas of data use, software and telecommunications. His particular areas of focus are AI, cloud services and data centers. In real estate law, he advises companies and investors, particularly on commercial leases, and landlords on residential tenancies. He also supports athletes and sports clubs in sports law on an ongoing basis.
His extensive professional experience includes roles at a leading international law firm and as lead counsel at a global IT and telecommunications company. He therefore knows the in-house perspective first-hand.
Christoph speaks German and French (native) as well as English.
Dr. Christoph M. Giebel, D.E.S.S.
Rechtsanwalt · Partner
Fachanwalt für Informationstechnologierecht
Fachanwalt für Urheber- und Medienrecht
T +49-89-81300561
E christoph.giebel@juricity.com
Helene-Weber-Allee 13
80637 München
| 2017 | Founding partner of JURICITY Rechtsanwälte |
| 2014 | Certified lawyer for copyright and media law |
| 2012 | Certified lawyer for information technology law |
| 2008 | British Telecommunications (Germany), since 2012 as Lead Counsel Major Transactions |
| 2008 - 2017 | Lawyer in own law firm, Kanzlei Dr. Giebel |
| 2008 | Successful capability exam for the profession of lawyer in France, EFB Paris |
| 2005 - 2008 | Dr. Ouart & Collegen, Partner |
| 2002 - 2005 | Allen & Overy LLP, Associate in the firm's TMT practice (technology, media, telecommunications) |
| 2002 | Second State Exam |
| 2000 - 2002 | Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, Referendar |
| 2000 | Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main (Ph. D.) |
| 1999 | University Robert Schuman Strasbourg III, French Master Degree |
| 1997 - 1998 | Graduate Academic Assistant / Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main |
| 1997 | First State Exam |
| 1992 - 1996 | Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Law School |
IT and telecommunications law
- Legal assessment: data access and data protection in digital service systems, in: Thomas Schulz (ed.), Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke mit digitalisierten Dienstleistungen, 2021 (co-author).
- Civil law remedies against cyberbullying in social networks, NJW 2017, p. 977 et seq.
- Objections of the subscriber arising out of or in connection with Section 45i para. 4 of the German Telecommunications Act: legal particularities in the intercarrier relationship, CR 2016, p. 263 et seq. (co-author)
- Damage claims in case of telecommunications network outages – Liability of the service provider towards corporate customers, MMR 2014, p. 302 et seq. (co-author)
- Securitization of loans to telecommunications companies, MMR 2005, p. 217 et seq. (co-author)
- Private rights of way in the new German Telecommunications Act, ZfIR 2004, p. 661 et seq. (co-author)
- The interpretation of Sec. 57 of the German Telecommunications Act by the new case law, ZfIR 2003, p. 49 et seq. (co-author)
- Invalidity of charging the customer for objections to a telecommunications service provider's invoice after eight weeks: Commentary on Federal Supreme Court, Judg. dated 24 June 2004 (III ZR 104/03), EWiR 2004, p. 1151 et seq. (co-author)
- Compensation claim of the real estate property owner for use through a telecommunications line even without encroachment on the property: Commentary on Federal Supreme Court, Judg. dated 14 May 2004 (V ZR 292/03), EWiR 2004, p. 991 et seq. (co-author)
- No end-user tariff for telecommunications service providers for connection to the Telekom network: Commentary on Federal Supreme Court, Judg. dated 10 February 2004 (KZR 7/02), EWiR 2004, p. 725 et seq. (co-author)
- Obligation of the operator of a telecommunications line to bear the costs of relocation due to construction of a new intersecting highway: Commentary on Federal Supreme Court, Judg. dated 27 February 2003 (V ZR 229/02), EWiR 2003, p. 725 et seq. (co-author)
- No obligation of the real property owner to tolerate buildings pursuant to Section 57 para. 1 of the German Telecommunications Act: Commentary on Higher Regional Court of Naumburg, Judg. dated 23 January 2003 (7 U (Hs) 18/02), ZfIR 2003, p. 818 et seq. (co-author)
Sports law
- Video assistant referees: a view of the Bundesliga trial, World Sports Advocate 2018, Vol. 16, Issue 1, p. 17 et seq.
- Promising Start for the no "single buyer" rule in Germany, WSLR 2016, Vol. 14, Issue 6, p. 11 et seq.
- The UEFA Club Monitoring – a tiger with incomplete dentition?, SpuRt 2011, p. 188 et seq.
- Criminal law protection for the integrity of sport in Germany, Causa Sport 2011, p. 254 et seq.
- The release of national players under the FIFA regulations in conflict with competition law, WRP 2006, p. 857 et seq.
- The prohibition to go public in French professional sport – An infringement of the free movement of capital?, Causa Sport 2006, p. 13 et seq.
- Early warning systems in sports betting under the perspective of data protection law, SpuRt 2006, p. 7 et seq.
- The betting scandal and its legal consequences, Causa Sport 2005, p. 293 et seq.
Litigation / International civil procedure law
- Recognition and enforcement of a decision imposing a contempt fine: Commentary regarding the decision of the European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber), dated 18 October 2011 - C-406/09 (Realchemie Nederland BV/Bayer CropScience AG), NJW 2011, p. 3570
- Five years of European Enforcement Order in German court practice – Interim results and persisting need for clarification, IPRax 2011, p. 529 et seq.
- The enforcement of contempt fines according to Section 890 of the German Act on Civil Procedure in other EU Member States, IPRax 2009, p. 324 et seq.