About us
activeMind.legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH supports corporations and companies from all over the world in implementing data protection law. With offices and partner firms in Germany, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, our law firm is consistently positioned on a European level.
Our legal experts
We are a team of specialised lawyers with many years of experience in data protection law and related areas of law such as information and IT security, competition law and compliance.
Together, we speak 10+ European languages and know the national data protection laws of the EU member states in detail in addition to the GDPR.
Our core values
Proven quality
Through internal and external training, we ensure that our knowledge is always up to date and at the highest level. All internal processes are based on the ISO 9001 quality management standard. We work consistently according to agile methods such as Objects and Key Results (OKRs).
Compliance in action
We live and breathe compliance and work to standards as part of our corporate culture: our office is certified to ISO 27001, a result to TISAX is available, and we are currently working towards certification to ISO 37301 (Compliance Management) and ISO 22301 (Business Continuity Management).
Genuine enablement
We see ourselves as enablers. Our goal is always to enable our clients’ business models and value chains in a legally compliant manner. This is how we create real added value and competitive advantages for our business partners.
Fairness and responsibility
We support employees, suppliers and clients by investing in knowledge, good working conditions and innovation. We live transparency about all company goals and support social issues according to the wishes of our employees.
Our history
2025
With our own compliance portal, activeMind.cloud, we are consistently advancing the digitalization of the legal sector. Our SaaS solution, which has already been in internal use for some time, is now available to all companies to optimise the management of compliance, data protection, information security, and whistleblowing.
2024
The activeMind AG now also provides consulting on the strategic implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) within companies and supports certification according to ISO 42001. In line with our values, we test everything internally ourselves and are increasingly integrating AI tools into our legal tech.
2023
activeMind.legal law firm now also offers a whistleblowing ombudsperson with their own reporting system, enabling our clients to achieve compliance with the German Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG).
2022
With activeMind.ch, we are expanding into Switzerland in order to be able to support companies there even better with all questions regarding Swiss and European data protection law.
2020
On our learning platform activeMind.academy, companies can now train their employees online on the GDPR and information security.
2019
We establish activeMind.legal UK Ltd. with an office in London. From now on, we help companies on both sides of the Channel prepare for Brexit in terms of data protection law and provide the necessary UK representatives for EU companies after the UK leaves the EU.
2017
With activeMind.jobs, our companies now have their own career portal. There, students and graduates can gain insights into working with data protection law and information security. Of course, there are also numerous job offers.
2016
In order to better serve the wishes of international clients and to be able to provide individual legal advice in the context of the upcoming DSGVO, the law firm activeMind.legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is established in Germany.
2015
activeMind AG opens the Berlin office to better meet the high demand for data protection in the capital.
2013
activeMind AG provides external information security officers for the first time, offering a flat rate for a successful certification audit according to ISO 27001.
2009
activeMind AG now also advises on data protection, making it one of the first ever professional providers of external data protection officers.
2008
We are significantly expanding our auditing services: audits in accordance with ISO 9001, ISO 27001, and ISO 27001 based on IT-Grundschutz (BSI Basic Protection) have become standard practice.
2005
Experts from activeMind AG now also regularly provide training at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Munich (IHK München). In addition, we are guiding companies for the first time to successful quality management certification (ISO 9001) at a fixed price.
2000
Klaus Foitzick founds activeMind AG Management- und Technologieberatung in Munich as a consulting and training company in the field of information security.
