Felix Hilgert
Felix is a technology and video games lawyer with a focus on helping North American companies expand and succeed abroad. His practice centers on IP/IT agreements, e-commerce, as well as specific issues of the interactive entertainment industry.
Felix advises innovative software and technology companies as well as online retailers and digital platforms on license, development and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) contracts, AR/VR, as well as standard terms for B2B and B2C transactions, manages international expansion projects and complex contract negotiations, and advises on e-commerce and consumer protection. He is also regularly involved in technology driven transactions.
Clients in the entertainment industry particularly benefit from his industry experience. He provides comprehensive legal advice regarding the content and distribution of entertainment products for the German market.
Felix joined Osborne Clarke’ Cologne office as a lawyer in 2011 after studying in Cologne and Paris and training with a German federal youth protection authority, as well as an international law firm in Vancouver. He has also worked at a Toronto law firm specializing in cross-border advice. In 2021, he relocated to Osborne Clarke’s San Francisco office.
Leonie Schneider
Leonie Schneider advises national and international companies in the digital media and software sector on IT law, including e-commerce and m-commerce.
Her focus lies on digital regulation, platform regulation and consumer laws where she advises clients from big tech companies to start-ups. This also regularly includes game developers and publishers.
Leonie studied law in Muenster and Zaragoza and spent some time in Washington D.C. During her legal traineeship, she also worked for the Senate for computer and IT law of the Higher Regional Court in Cologne.
FREE LIVE CLE CREDIT IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL (FRACTIONAL GCs, GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS, & ALSP ATTORNEYS INCLUDED) AND SUBSCRIBERS TO IN-HOUSE CONNECT ON-DEMAND.
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This program is approved for CLE credit in the following states: New York, Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Texas.
This program is pending CLE credit in the following states: Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming and Wisconsin.
This program is pending CLE and CPD credit for self-application by the attorney or for reciprocal CLE credit in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Québec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington.
We do NOT provide CLE for: Mississippi or Arkansas.
This program is appropriate for newly admitted attorneys and experienced attorneys.
EU Digital Compliance for US Companies: What In-House Counsel Need to Know
Event Description
The EU keeps rewriting the digital rulebook—and it reaches well beyond Europe. Even U.S.-based products, purchase flows, and B2B sales are touched by EU requirements for accessibility, transparency, pricing, and consumer withdrawals. Miss the details and you risk rework, complaints, or enforcement.
Join us on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET as Felix Hilgert and Leonie Schneider of Osborne Clarke break down what’s new, what’s coming, and the concrete fixes in product and legal workflows that hold up with EU regulators.
What you’ll learn:
- Map EU obligations to U.S. products and sites
- Fix purchase flows (disclosures, consent, dark-pattern traps)
- Draft clear, compliant transparency and pricing notices
- Build accessibility into design, not post-QA
- Operationalize withdrawal rights and post-sale comms
- Prepare for near-term enforcement and audits
Who should attend: In-house counsel (product, privacy, commercial), legal ops, and compliance leaders partnering with product and growth.
There is NO COST to attend this program!
This program is FREE thanks to our gracious sponsor, Osborne Clarke— Intelligent Contracting! If you can’t make it to the live program, the recording will be available for viewing via our paid CLE library, In-House Connect On-Demand!
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