Christoph has more than 25 years of experience as an M&A and regulatory lawyer in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) industries. He has a particular focus on complex transactions as well as the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and providing strategic regulatory advice to media and communications companies. Christoph has handled the acquisition of TV providers (ProSiebenSat.1, Sky Deutschland, N24, and Das Vierte); large TV-rights packages (UEFA Champions League, NFL, Bundesliga, and film and TV-series packages); and cable network operators (Unitymedia, Tele Columbus, PrimaCom, and pepcom). He also structured joint ventures in the TMT industry (Visoon and netID).

Christoph is an honorary professor at the University of Potsdam and lectures on European media law and digital platforms. He is a frequent speaker on media and communications issues and has published numerous articles and monographies on digitization, anti-piracy, cable consolidation, and net neutrality, among other topics.

Christoph is co-chair of the firm’s Global Media Group.

He has been a notary public with an official residence in Berlin since 2000.

Representative Experience

• Deutsche Bahn on the Data Factory AI project regarding autonomous train control.

• Deutsche Bahn on the conception of an AI-controlled large language model.
• 1&1/United Internet on its initiative of funding a European netID foundation together with ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL.
• SoundCloud on the acquisition of AI platform Musiio.
• NFL on all aspects relating to matches and broadcasting rights in Germany.

• Viacom on the TV and video ad sales marketing joint venture Visoon with Axel Springer.
• Axel Springer SE, the leading German publishing company, on the acquisition of N24 Media GmbH, Germany’s largest independent news TV channel.
• Representation in a number of large media and telecom transactions, including Haim Saban’s acquisition of ProSiebenSat.1; NewsCorp’s acquisition and re-financing of Premiere/Sky Deutschland; NewsCorp’s acquisition of the TV stations Vox and Tm3 as well as the TV rights to the UEFA Champions League; STUDIOCANAL’s acquisition of Kinowelt and Tandem; the privatization of the Babelsberg Film Studios; and NBCU’s disposition of TV channel Das Vierte and the subsequent sale to Disney.