Dr. Jana Jentzsch has been a specialist lawyer for information technology law (IT law) since 2011. She advises and represents well-known German and foreign companies and authorities on legal and strategic issues in the field of software use, in particular in connection with risk assessments in the area of technology use (software licenses, AI applications, data use, information security) and the legal implications of digitization strategies (e.g., in the context of cloud transformation and AI implementation). From September 2021 to March 2022, she successfully completed the “Technology Leadership Program” at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Jentzsch has particular experience with SAP software contracts and works for the German SAP User Group (DSAG) as a speaker in seminars on SAP contract law, among others.

Dr. Jentzsch studied law at the universities of Bonn, Milan, and Cologne and worked as a freelan-ce journalist for a publishing house in the Federal Press House during her studies. After passing her first state examination, she earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in international air and space law at Leiden University (Netherlands). As part of her LL.M. studies, she completed internships at the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague and the European Space Agency in Paris. Dr. Jentzsch (née Hettling) wrote her doctoral thesis in English under Prof. Dr. Stephan Hobe at the University of Cologne on legal issues relating to the use of data from satellite-based Earth observa-tion (“Satellite Imagery for Verification and Enforcement of Public International Law”).

During her legal training, Dr. Jentzsch worked in the economic and press departments of the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., and at an international commercial law firm in Cologne in the field of information technology/intellectual property. After passing her second state law exam in 2005, she was admitted to the bar. Dr. Jentzsch initially worked as a lawyer in an international commercial law firm in Frankfurt am Main in the “Technology, Media, Telecommunications” prac-tice group.

She then worked for two and a half years at a renowned media law firm in Hamburg before founding her own IT law firm in Hamburg in 2009. Since December 2011, Dr. Jentzsch has been certified by the Hamburg Bar Association as a specialist lawyer for information technology law. Dr. Jentzsch advises in particular on software licenses, AI applications, and data transfers.

2024
• Co-author in Weitnauer/Mueller-Stöfen “Beck’s Form Book on IT Law,” here chapter “IT Service Agreement,” (original: “Beck’sches Formularbuch IT-Recht”, hier Kapitel „IT-Dienstleistungsvertrag“) Beck Verlag, 6th edition, 2025.
• “AI & Copyright – What You Need to Know,” (original: “AI & Urheberrecht – Was man wissen muss“), AI.SUMMIT 2024, Hamburg, December 5, 2024.
• „JAVA Licensing – OracleJava and OpenJava – explained comprehensively and clearly”, (original: “JAVA Lizenzierung – OracleJava und OpenJava – umfassend und verständlich erklärt”) presentation together with Michael Paege, DOAG Nuremberg, November 19, 2024.
• “Negotiating SAP RISE Contracts Correctly”, (original: “SAP RISE Verträge richtig verhandeln”), presentation together with Guido Schneider/SLC License Consulting, IG SAP Switzerland, Zurich, November 14, 2024.
• “SAP License Management: Experience reports from legal practice” (original: “SAP-Lizenzmanagement: Erfahrungsberichte aus der Legal-Praxis”), presentation together with Timur Saltan/USU, DSAG Leipzig, October 15, 2024.
• ““Well equipped for RISE with SAP S/4 Hana”(original: “Gut gerüstet für RISE with SAP S/4 Hana”), presentation together with Guido Schneider, Competence Center Summit of E-3 Magazine, Salzburg, June 5, 2024.

2023

• “(Cloud) Software and Export Control Law – Why This Topic Is Becoming Increasingly Important,” (original “(Cloud)-Software und Exportkontrollrecht – Warum dieses Thema immer wichtiger wird”), SACS Congress, Leipzig, September 23, 2023.
• “Legally Well Prepared for the SAP S/4 HANA Conversion,” (original: “Rechtlich gut gerüstet in die SAP S/4 HANA Conversion”), USU SAP User Meeting at DSAG, Bremen, September 18, 2023.
• “Legally well prepared for the S/4 HANA conversion,” (original: “Rechtlich gut gerüstet in die S/4 HANA Conversion”), Competence Center Summit of E-3 Magazine, Salzburg, June 1, 2023.

2022

• “Specific legal challenges of cloud software licensing,” (original: “Spezifische rechtliche Herausforderungen der Lizenzierung von Cloud Software”), SACS Congress, Frankfurt, September 21, 2022.

2020

• “Successfully setting up and implementing software projects”, (original: “Software Projekte erfolgreich aufsetzen und durchführen”, together with Dr. Daniel Taraz, Software Asset Management Strategies (SAMS), Berlin, March 3, 2020.
• ““ “Legal challenges in migrating to SAP S/4 HANA,” (original: “Rechtliche Herausforderungen bei der Migration zu SAP S/4 HANA”), Snow for SAP Forum webinar, July 14, 2020.

2019

• “Legal challenges in the S/4 HANA migration process,” (original: “Rechtliche Herausforderungen im S/4 HANA Migrationsprozess”), Snow for SAP Forum, Hamburg, November 20, 2019.
• “Pitfalls in licensing Oracle via SAP,” (original: “Fallstricke bei der Lizenzierung von Oracle über SAP”), DOAG Conference Nuremberg, November 19, 2019.
• “Oracle Java: What’s new? And is Oracle allowed to do that?”, (original: “Oracle Java: Was ist neu? Und darf Oracle das?”), with Michael Paege, DOAG Conference Nuremberg, November 19, 2019.
• “Impact of the GDPR on Oracle Cloud offerings”(original: “Auswirkungen der DSGVO auf Oracle Cloud Angebote”), published in Red Stack Magazine, April 2019, pages 8-10.

2018

• “The new SAP licensing policy on digital access – legal considerations,” (original: “Die neue SAP Lizenzpolitik zum Digital Access – Rechtliche Erwägungen”), E-3 Magazine Forum, Heidelberg, September 18, 2018. .
• Co-author in Intveen/Gennen/Karger “Handbuch des Softwarerechts” (Handbook of Soft-ware Law), here § 2 Project Methodologies, Project Organization (with Sascha Kremer) and § 8 “Consulting Contracts for IT Projects” (with Dr. Mathias Schneider), (original: “Handbuch des Softwarerechts”, hier § 2 Projektvorgehensmethoden, Projektorganisation (with Sascha Kremer) und § 8 “Beraterverträge bei IT-Projekten” (with Dr. Mathias Schneider), Deutscher Anwaltverlag, 2018.

2017

• “Indirect use of SAP software from a legal perspective,” (original: “Indirekte Nutzung von SAP Software aus rechtlicher Sicht”), Snow for SAP Forum, Hamburg, June 16, 2017.

2016

• “Legal Foundations of License Optimization,” (original: “Rechtliche Grundlagen der Lizenzoptimierung”), VOICE, Baden-Baden, October 12, 2016.
• “Legal Implications of SAP Indirect Usage”, Stockholm, April 2016.

2015

• “Requirements for legally compliant cloud computing”, (original: “Anforderungen an rechtssicheres Cloud Computing”), Hamburg, April 2015.
• “Legal basis of a license audit”, (original: “Rechtliche Grundlagen eines Lizenz-Audits”), Stuttgart, March 2015.
• “The scope of SAP’s general terms and conditions” (original: “Der Geltungsbereich der AGB der SAP”), Cologne, March 2015.
• “SAP: Rechtliche Grundlagen der Vermessung und der indirekten Nutzung”, Berlin, February 2015.
• “Used licenses in audits,”, (original: “Gebrauchte Lizenzen im Audit”), Berlin, Februar 2015.

2014

• “Liability Pitfalls in Data Protection & Data Security,” (original: “Haftungsfalle Datenschutz & Datensicherheit”), Hamburg and Düsseldorf, November 2014.
• “License Optimization from a Legal Perspective”, Stockholm, Oktober 2014.
• “Legal basis of a license audit”, (original: “Rechtliche Grundlagen eines Lizenz-Audits”), Munich, May 2014.
• “Legal framework for used software following the ECJ ruling of July 3, 2012,” (original: “Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen für gebrauchte Software nach dem EuGH Urteil vom 03.07.2012”), Leverkusen, May 2014.
• “Current Legal Issues in Dealing with Used Software,” (original: “Aktuelle Rechtsfragen im Umgang mit Gebraucht-Software”), Berlin, February 2014.

2013

• “Legal framework for used software following the ECJ ruling of July 3, 2012,” (original: “Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen für gebrauchte Software nach dem EuGH Urteil vom 03.07.2012”), Hamburg and Cologne, November 2013.
• “Data protection – important issues for management,” (original: “Datenschutz – Wichtige Themen für die Geschäftsführung”), Hamburg, September 2013.
• “Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) – legal aspects,”, (original: “Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) – Rechtliche Aspekte”), Hamburg, September 2013.