Raphael Kneer is an attorney and founder with his own law firm in Berlin.
You run a startup and need legal advice?
Raphael consults startups in matters of corporate law, labor law 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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