Technology & IT

We advise technology companies, investors, service providers, and end-users on a broad range of technology and IT matters across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Our expertise encompasses software and hardware licensing, data protection, cybersecurity, cloud computing, digital transformation, and IT outsourcing.

We provide strategic advice on contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection, and dispute resolution, including litigation and arbitration of technology-related claims. Our team combines deep sector knowledge with regional insight to help clients navigate rapidly evolving legal and commercial landscapes and protect their innovation and investments.

Team

Andreas Scherdel

Partner
Andreas Scherdel has extensive experience in advising on project contracts, corporate law, commercial contracts, claims and risk management. His practice focuses on the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors. He also has significant knowledge of accounting and tax issues relating to large-scale projects.

Petra Kuhn

Senior Counsel
Petra Kuhn is a French attorney registered in Lyon, with over two decades of experience. Based in Berlin, she provides expert legal advice to corporations on Franco-German business law and offers personalized services to private clients in the areas of cross-border real estate transactions, wealth and estate planning. She also specializes in the administration of estates under both Franco-German legal frameworks.

Isabelle Beaucamp

Counsel
Isabelle Beaucamp is an attorney qualified in both Germany and France, specialising in international commercial law, arbitration, and public international law. She has extensive experience within major international organisations, such as the UN and the ICC, where her work has focused on compliance, investigations, and governance.

Julia Mohamad

Counsel
Julia Mohamad is an intellectual property lawyer who primarily advises clients in the areas of copyright, trademark law, and IT law. A particular emphasis of her practice is providing legal counsel in the Arab world.

Dr. Aouni Shahoud Almousa

Of Counsel
Dr. Aouni Shahoud Almousa has extensive experience in international commercial arbitration and business law. He advises clients on cross-border transactions, foreign investment, and dispute resolution across the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Syria.

Jan Christoph Harder

Of Counsel
Jan Harder is specialized in international business ventures, mergers & acquisitions, and infrastructure projects with a focus on mobility and project/export finance as well as strategic legal advice and interim management.

Axel Heck

Of Counsel
Axel Heck specializes in complex transnational transactions, international private dispute resolution and strategic legal counseling, with a strong focus on the transatlantic and European-Indian market.

Jakob Kisser

Of Counsel
Jakob Kisser is Of-Counsel of Alexander & Partner and managing partner of our UAE partner law firm Strohal Legal Consultants. He has been practicing business law in Austria and the United Arab Emirates for 20 years.

Stella Muraguri

Of Counsel
Stella Muraguri is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya specializing in commercial litigation, fintech law, and anti-money laundering compliance. She advises multinational corporations and financial institutions and has extensive experience in enforcement matters.

Cephas Tettey Omenyo

Of Counsel
Cephas Tettey Omenyo is a lawyer from Ghana. He obtained his LL.B. from the University of London in 2014 and was admitted to the Ghana Bar Association in 2016. In addition to his legal training, he holds a BA. in Economics from the University of Ghana. His professional experience covers corporate law, civil litigation and taxation.