Dr. Braun advises on a broad range of information technology, data privacy and artificial intelligence topics.

In data privacy, he has been advising German and multinational companies on all aspects of data protection law compliance, including cross border data flows, breach response, online marketing and data security. He has particular experience in online services, social networks and the life sciences industry. The WilmerHale team has also litigated a significant number of leading data protection law cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union and before the German courts, including Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein v Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein (C-210/16), Fashion ID v Verbraucherzentrale NRW (C-40/17), Google Inc. v Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) (C-507/17), and Meta Inc. and Others v Bundeskartellamt (C-252/21). Dr. Braun is qualified as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He is a frequent contributor to the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Blog.

Dr. Braun assists clients in complying with all aspects of the new European framework for artificial intelligence, IT security, data spaces, and the new data and platform laws, such as the EU AI Act, the EU Data Act, the EU Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS-2), the European Health Data Space Regulation, the EU Cyber Resilience Act, the EU Digital Services Act, the EU eIDAS Regulation and the European Electronic Communications Code.

In information technology law, Dr. Braun focuses his practice on outsourcing projects, and software licensing, including open source software.  His experience includes advising companies regarding their general strategy for the use of open source software, and providing advice regarding possible business cases based on open source licenses. 

He joined the firm in 2009.

Professional Activities

Dr. Braun is a member of the Centre of European Law at the University of Passau (CEP). He has taught IP law at the University of Oldenburg from 2013 to 2023.

Dr. Braun is also a member of the German-American Lawyers' Association (DAJV), the German-Japanese Law Association, the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw), the German Association for Data Protection and Data Security (GDD), the German Association for Law and Information Technology (DGRI), and the Gesellschaft der Freunde Universität Heidelberg e.V.