Raphael Kneer is a lawyer, legal engineer and founder with the aim of making the law accessible and enforceable for everyone in the digital space.
Raphael consults startups in matters of corporate law, digital rights and (alternative) dispute resolution. He is an expert in advising early-stage startups in all relevant corporate, legal and staffing topics.
Additionally, Raphael has co-founded different tech startups with the latest being the first certified out-of-court dispute settlement body for Social Media platforms in Europe. As a speaker and expert in digital and human rights enforcement, he regularly speaks at international conferences about the challenges and opportunities of the DSA.
Consulting focus:
Consulting of early-stage startups
Social Media law; Fundamental rights and freedom of speech
Digital Services Act and platform regulation
Criminal law
Tech based dispute resolution and Legal Tech
History
Born in Würzburg, grew up in Giengen/Brenz on the Swabian Alb.
Exchange year in Minnesota/USA; Abitur/graduate degree at Werkgymnasium Heidenheim, then advanced training as a commercial specialist at Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf (degree in retail sales; award from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce).
Then Raphael studied law at the universities of Heidelberg (focus on tax law) and Madrid (European law) on a European scholarship. Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt/Main with stations with the Federal Foreign Office (European Staff and Brexit) and the German Embassy in Lima.
Internships and scientific activities in the German Bundestag, SGP Schneider Geiwitz (Frankfurt/Main) and the Joint Drug Investigation Group (Customs Investigation & State Criminal Police Office).
Started his career as a (late) co-founder and general counsel at Swarm Market Research AI GmbH, a tech-startup focused on predictive analytics. Then founder and CEO of Laboraid GmbH, a legal tech-startup building tools for works councils.
Since 2024, Raphael is the CEO and co-founder of User Rights, the first organization in Europe certified as an out-of-court dispute settlement body under Art. 21 DSA für Social Media-platforms.
Attorney with own law firm since 2019.
Internships
We offer highly interesting, flexible and varied activities in the law firm at above-average pay at all times. We expect a high degree of practical understanding, clever minds and an interest in LegalTech.
Contact
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