Erik Martin Poetschke, LL.M. (UCT)

Attorney (Germany)
Of Counsel - Berlin

Erik Martin Poetschke, LL.M. (UCT), attorney at law with over twenty years of experience in private commercial law. His practice focuses on IT and data protection law, intellectual property law, and public procurement law.

His many years of experience in private commercial law include drafting and negotiating complex contracts for IT services and licenses, as well as providing out-of-court advice and legal representation in data protection law.

In addition to his freelance work, he also spent many years as a corporate lawyer in the legal departments of international construction and electronics companies.

Erik Martin Poetschke studied law at the Free University of Berlin with a stay in the USA, and obtained a Master of Laws degree from the University of Cape Town with a dissertation on the treatment of film financing in income tax law. 

He has been working for Andersen in Berlin since 2026.
 

“I am not one of those people who care about producing wood shavings when planing.“ Freely adapted from Karl Kraus

Education

  • Studied law at Freie Universität Berlin

  • Legal clerkship in the state of Berlin

  • Master of Laws, University of Cape Town

Languages: German, English

Memberships

  • Member of GRUR and the IT Law Working Group of the Mannheim Bar Association

Erik Martin Poetschke, LL.M. (UCT)

Attorney (Germany)
Of Counsel - Berlin