Pierre is manager in our Legal Tech Center, which develops digitalization strategies and manages projects. In this role, he oversees digitalization projects from the exploratory stage through procurement and rollout.                        

Furthermore, he is an experienced project manager who supports our deal teams in all phases of the projects, creates transparent reporting tools and implements steering tools. Pierre Zickert introduced the in-house project management platform "HM Connect" and continues to oversee its expansion and application for a variety of mandates.

In addition, Pierre Zickert, as a Senior Associate, advises on legal matters related to digital transformation, as well as cloud and AI technologies.

He is a lecturer for Legal Tech and AI Governance at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, an examiner in the Second State Examination in Law of the Free State of Bavaria for the elective subject IT Law and Legal Tech, and regularly publishes and lectures.

Previously, he advised as an Associate with a focus on M&A and Financing on a variety of major transactional mandates, which forms the basis of his experience in the application of legal tech, legal project management and digital transformation.

Practice Areas:

  • Legal Tech
  • Digital Economy
  • Compliance
  • Data Protection

Career

  • Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel
  • Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (Dr. iur.)
  • Université Robert Schuman Strasbourg

Publications

  • Digitale Transformation bei Hengeler Mueller, in: Thomas Wegerich/Markus Hartung (Hrsg.), Wirtschaftskanzleien in Deutschland - Mandanten, Digitalisierung, Herausforderungen, Chancen. Frankfurt: German Law Publishers, 2024 (im Erscheinen) (mit Dirk Uwer)
  • Ohrloff/Zickert, Die Relevanz von Legal Tech in internen Untersuchungen, ZdiW 2021, 232
  • Regulierung des Hochfrequenzhandels in US- und EU-Aktienmärkten (2016)
  • German Legal Protection Against the European Patent Organisation and other International Organizations, German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 53 (2010), S. 999