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Markus Kaulartz specialises in all topics related to crypto and artificial intelligence (AI), as well as IT law in general. The focus of his work is on contract negotiations, compliant AI applications (e.g., privacy compliant model trainings), the structure of token-based business models, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs), Decentralised Finance (DeFi), crypto exchanges (including DEXes), the metaverse and legal audits of small contracts. Besides, he focuses on challenges arising from the increasing digitalisation (FinTech, machine learning, generative AI, IoT, Smart Contracts, SaaS, etc.). He has gained a lot of experience in advising on legal issues regarding future technologies and new business models. As a former software engineer and now lawyer, Markus has particular tech expertise and insights that contribute to his legal advisory practice. His input is often sought where issues emerge at the interface of technology and law. Due to his technical background and experience, he knows the typical legal challenges tech companies face, is able to speak their language and has profound sector knowledge. Clients value his pragmatic approach, which is in high demand when companies create innovations. 

Markus is editor of the legal handbook "Smart Contracts" (2019, 26 authors) and the legal handbook "Artificial Intelligence und Machine Learning" (2020, 49 authors), both published by Verlag C.H. Beck.

Markus joined CMS in 2014 and has been a partner since 2022.

Dóra is a partner and CEE Managing Director at CMS and Co-Head of the Technology, Media and Communications Group (TMC). She also heads the TMC, Data Protection and Intellectual property (IP) practices, and is a partner in the Antitrust, Competition and Trade practice in the Budapest office.

She is expert in all three sectors of TMC (Technology, Media and Communications) with a special focus on communications, media and all types of regulatory matters, having been general counsel for the largest telecommunications provider in the region. 

Her major clients are TMT and pharma companies, foreign-owned commercial banks, and major joint ventures. Her areas of specialisation include AI, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, data protection, GDPR, competition law, IP law, general commercial contracts, corporate restructuring and M&A. 

She has established and leads our managed legal services delivery centre from Budapest. As part of this project, a team including UK, German, Italian, Spanish, US, and PRC lawyers provided support to a company, undertaking and managing its procurement support on a global scale. In addition, she has in-depth experience managing and coordinating multi-jurisdictional projects in over 20 countries.

Dóra is the Co-Chairman of the Regulatory & Ethics Committee of the Hungarian AI Coalition. She is also a member of the Digital Civil Code Review Working Group, being the only outside counsel in the team. She is the first and only lawyer to be a member of the co-regulatory committee between the local telecommunications’ regulatory authority and the Association of Hungarian Content Providers. Dóra is a member of the International Board at Global Telecom Women's Network (GTWN). She is also a member of the Board of Directors of UNICEF Hungary. 

Dóra is the co-author of a number of sector specific publications and is a regular speaker at key international conferences, including the World Economic Forum (Davos), the Mobile World Congress and ECTA.

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Ian is a partner in our Technology & Sourcing team, leads our Fintech group and is a leader of our global AI focus group.  He has deep expertise in the regulation, procurement and supply of cloud services, artificial intelligence and other disruptive and enabling information and communication technologies, services and infrastructure.

Ian advises extensively on the regulation, procurement, exploitation and supply of technology, networks and data, including digital transformation, new operating models and platforms; data centre and communications infrastructure (including satellite broadband); the deployment of open banking, payments, machine learning, robotics, automation and blockchain solutions; data governance and commercialisation, cyber security, operational resilience and data protection.  He also specialises in outsourcing, offshoring and shared services (both ITO and BPO), procurement, logistics and other strategic or complex commercial contracts, ventures and arrangements.

Ian is independently recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers as a leading IT and Outsourcing expert and is ranked as a “Star Lawyer” in Information Technology by Acritas.  He has extensive experience advising customers and suppliers across a wide range of sectors, with a focus on those operating in regulated sectors including Technology, Media and Communications, Financial Services and Energy and Utilities.  His clients include some of the largest global suppliers of technology and services and major financial services, energy and utilities firms and a wide range of scale-up and start-up businesses, including members of the firm’s equIP incubator programme.

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Glen is a Partner in our Restructuring & Insolvency team. He co-heads CMS’s restructuring & insolvency group. He qualified in 2003 and became a partner in the business in 2007.

Glen advises boards of directors, debtors, creditors, insolvency practitioners, investors in distressed assets, and a variety of other stakeholders, at all stages of the decline and recovery curves.

This includes advising on directors' duties, restructuring plans, contingency planning, security package enhancements and enforcement, distressed asset sales and acquisitions, non-performing loan acquisitions and work-outs, loan-to-own strategies, solvent reconstructions, counterparty insolvency issues, mitigation of insolvency risk in transactions, insolvency investigations and insolvency related claims.

During his career, Glen has guided many boards and helped multiple clients to structure and implement successful business rescues. Among a wide spectrum of cases, he has led complex debtor-side restructuring projects for British Steel, Harland & Wolff, Costcutter, Hoover and UK Coal.

Glen has also led many major international and cross-border mandates, involving use of the European Insolvency Regulation, the UNCITRAL model law on insolvency and other cross-border tools. He often helps overseas clients to resolve UK and cross-border conflict of law issues. Past cases include Gazprom, Hydrodec, Lowcosttravelgroup, Stanford International Bank, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander, Lehman Brothers, the Niton Fund, Eurodis and Crisscross/Dynegy.

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Alexandra Schluck-Amend specialises in corporate and insolvency law. She advises on reorganisations and restructurings, with a focus on the preparation and implementation of reorganisation concepts both in out-of-court restructurings (including pre-insolvency restructuring proceedings according to the German Corporate Stabilisation and Restructuring Act) and during insolvency proceedings. She advises corporate groups on internal and external financing and reorganisations as well as on distressed M&A. This often involves avoiding liability risks for the parent company, other group companies and their management teams and boards in the event of a subsequent insolvency or sale of a participating group company. Alexandra also advises creditors of insolvent companies or companies in crisis on the best possible enforcement of their interests and the appropriate strategies in crisis and insolvency situations. Her practice also covers avoidance matters, risk-reducing behaviour and ESG advice, with a focus on corporate governance and risk compliance. Alexandra has special automotive as well as energy sector expertise.

Alexandra joined CMS in 2002 after her business administration and law studies and after having worked at Deutsche Bundesbank as well as in insolvency administration and academia. She was made partner in 2008 and has been heading the firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency practice since 2018.

Alexandra also teaches at the University of Heidelberg (since 2002), at Andrassy University Budapest (since 2005), where she was appointed honorary professor in 2013, and at the University of Nuertingen-Geislingen (since 2012).

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