Vittorio De Vecchi Lajolo

Attorney-at-Law (Germany) / avvocato (Italy)
Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)

The main focus of Vittorio De Vecchi Lajolo’s practice is advising on data protection law, employment law, and German-Italian business law.

He has been working with Thomas Rechtsanwälte since 2012 and is admitted to practice as an avvocato / attorney-at-law in both Italy and Germany. He is a member of the Bar Associations of Milan and Berlin. Since 2018, he has also been a TÜV-certified Data Protection Officer.

Vittorio De Vecchi Lajolo studied law and completed his legal traineeship in Milan, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, and Beijing.

In addition, he studied film directing at FAMU in Prague, works as a musician, and has composed stage music for, among others, the Burgtheater (Vienna) and the Schauspielhaus Zürich.

Further academic and professional experience:

Guest lectures at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) on “Copyright Law, Data Protection, and the New EU Copyright Directive”

Lecturer for the course “Basics of Law” at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences in Berlin (2019)

Guest lectures at the University of Osnabrück within the “Innovation Management” program on the role of intellectual property in innovation

Lecturer for the courses “Foundations of Politics and Law” and “Media Law” at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences in Berlin (Winter 2015–16, Summer 2016)

Composer for film and stage music, including works for Burgtheater (Vienna), Schauspielhaus Zürich, Schauspielhaus Wuppertal, and the Wangen im Allgäu Festival

2005–2007: Film directing studies at the New York Film Academy (London) and FAMU (Prague)

R&D Department, film production company Filmmaster s.r.l., Milan

Publications:

Il ritratto tra GDPR e legge sul diritto d’autore (Il diritto industriale, 2018, VI, 532).

Guerra al cattivo gusto, Osservatorio21.it, 11. Januar 2018.Commerciale o non commerciale? Creative Commons in Italia e Germania (Il diritto industriale, 2016, V).

Licenze Creative Commons: libere e sicure (Il diritto industriale, 2014, V, 433)

Torpedo e diritti della personalità: diffamazione in torpedo (Il diritto industriale, 2013, I, 52)

"Torpedoklagen" bei Persönlichkeitsrechtsverletzungen im Internet (MMR 2013, 422)

Alea ACTA est? (Il diritto industriale, 2012, IV, 301)