We support cloud projects from the selection of a provider through to ongoing operations. In doing so, we review contract structure, data protection, information security, outsourcing requirements, international data flows, and exit scenarios, and help integrate cloud usage into existing governance frameworks from both a legal and organizational perspective.
Unclear Data Locations
Cloud services often distribute data and support services across multiple countries. We review data locations, international data transfers, and the role of subcontractors, and help ensure transparency and contractual safeguards.
Standard Terms and Conditions for Providers
Major cloud providers offer only limited flexibility in negotiating contract terms. This makes it all the more important to identify the risks that are actually relevant and to manage them through configuration, supplemental agreements, organizational measures, or deliberate risk acceptance.
Regulatory Outsourcing
For regulated companies, the use of cloud services may trigger outsourcing requirements. We assess criticality, governance, audit and information rights, sub-outsourcing, business continuity, and exit strategies.
Dependency and Exit
Cloud architectures can lead to significant vendor lock-in. We help address data portability, migration support, data deletion, contract termination, and realistic exit scenarios early on.
We support companies and regulated organizations that are migrating applications, data, or infrastructure to public, private, or hybrid cloud environments, or that are adopting new cloud services, in their cloud projects. Our consulting services combine legal analysis with a pragmatic understanding of technology, data, contracts, and internal processes. Depending on the project, we conduct individual reviews or provide support throughout multiple project phases.
We assess the cloud model, data types, criticality, provider structure, and regulatory context. Based on this, we determine the relevant contractual, data protection, and governance requirements for the project.
We review cloud and SaaS contracts, DPAs, SLAs, and security addenda. Our focus is on liability, availability, data access, audits, subprocessors, changes, support, termination, and exit.
We review roles in accordance with the DSG and GDPR, data transfers abroad, subcontractors, and technical and organizational measures. If necessary, we assist with transfer assessments or supplementary safeguards.
For regulated or particularly critical functions, we develop governance frameworks, control rights, monitoring mechanisms, and internal responsibilities. This ensures that cloud usage is integrated into existing compliance and risk management processes.
We review exit rights, data export, transition services, data deletion plans, and business continuity considerations. The goal is to develop a realistic scenario for switching providers, service disruptions, or the end of a contract.
We quickly map out digital products, data flows, and technical dependencies, which allows us to tailor our legal recommendations specifically to the project.
We take into account data protection, financial market law, and other regulatory requirements where they are actually relevant to the specific project.
Our recommendations are intended not only to be legally sound, but also to be practical and implementable for the product, IT, and management teams.
We work directly with senior management, Legal, Compliance, Product, IT, and external vendors, thereby avoiding unnecessary translation loops.
Not every digital project requires the same level of scrutiny. We prioritize based on criticality and focus our consulting on the key risks.
We integrate contracts, data protection, governance, and regulatory issues, and—when needed—support projects from the initial concept through to ongoing operations.
