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Morrison Foerster has been shortlisted for the Tech and Media Team of the Year and Christoph Wagner has been shortlisted for Tech and Media Lawyer of the Year at The Legal 500 Germany Awards 2025. The award series is set to recognize the leading lawyers, law firms, and in-house legal departments in Germany, based on The Legal 500’s independent research.Christoph, a partner and co-chair of MoFo’s Global Media Group, has provided M&A and regulatory guidance to the technology, media, and telecommunications industries for more than 25 years. He focuses on complex transactions as well as the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and providing strategic regulatory advice to media and communications companies.Christoph is an honorary professor at the University of Potsdam and lectures on European media law and digital platforms. He frequently writes and speaks on topics of interest to the industry. He was recently named the 2025 Lawyer of the Year for Media Law in Best Lawyers in Germany.Winners will be announced at the awards event at Frankfurt Marriott Hotel in Frankfurt on February 21, 2025. To view the full shortlist, please visit The Legal 500’s <a href="https://www.legal500.com/events/germany-awards/shortlist/" target="_blank">website</a>.

MoFo Tech and Media Team Recognized at The Legal 500 Germany Awards 2025

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Christoph has more than 25 years of experience as an M&A and regulatory lawyer in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) industries. He has a particular focus on complex transactions as well as the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and providing strategic regulatory advice to media and communications companies. Christoph has handled the acquisition of TV providers (ProSiebenSat.1, Sky Deutschland, N24, and Das Vierte); large TV-rights packages (UEFA Champions League, NFL, Bundesliga, and ﬁlm and TV-series packages); and cable network operators (Unitymedia, Tele Columbus, PrimaCom, and pepcom). He also structured joint ventures in the TMT industry (Visoon and netID).Christoph is an honorary professor at the University of Potsdam and lectures on European media law and digital platforms. He is a frequent speaker on media and communications issues and has published numerous articles and monographies on digitization, anti-piracy, cable consolidation, and net neutrality, among other topics.Christoph is co-chair of the firm’s Global Media Group.He has been a notary public with an official residence in Berlin since 2000.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li dir="ltr">Deutsche Bahn on the Data Factory AI project regarding autonomous train control.</li></ul><ul><li>Deutsche Bahn on the conception of an AI-controlled large language model.</li><li>1&1/United Internet on its initiative of funding a European netID foundation together with ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL.</li><li dir="ltr">SoundCloud on the acquisition of AI platform Musiio.</li><li dir="ltr">NFL on all aspects relating to matches and broadcasting rights in Germany.</li></ul><ul dir="ltr"><li>Viacom on the TV and video ad sales marketing joint venture Visoon with Axel Springer.</li><li>Axel Springer SE, the leading German publishing company, on the acquisition of N24 Media GmbH, Germany’s largest independent news TV channel.</li><li dir="ltr">Representation in a number of large media and telecom transactions, including Haim Saban’s acquisition of ProSiebenSat.1; NewsCorp’s acquisition and re-ﬁnancing of Premiere/Sky Deutschland; NewsCorp’s acquisition of the TV stations Vox and Tm3 as well as the TV rights to the UEFA Champions League; STUDIOCANAL’s acquisition of Kinowelt and Tandem; the privatization of the Babelsberg Film Studios; and NBCU’s disposition of TV channel Das Vierte and the subsequent sale to Disney.</li></ul>

Er betreute den Erwerb und die Veräußerung von TV-Anbietern (ProSiebenSat.1, Sky Deutschland, N24, Vox, TM3, Das Vierte), großen TV-Rechtepaketen (UEFA Champions League, NFL, Bundesliga, Film- und Serien-Pakete) sowie von Kabelnetzbetreibern (Unitymedia, Tele Columbus, PrimaCom, pepcom) und Mobilfunk-Spektrum (3G, 5G). Er unterstützte Mandanten bei der Strukturierung von Joint Ventures (z. B. „Visoon“), einer Daten-Single-Sign-On-Allianz („netID“) und begleitet den Marktzugang von führenden VoD-Anbietern.Christoph Wagner ist Honorarprofessor an der Universität Potsdam und lehrt zu digitalen Plattformen und KI. Er referiert regelmäßig zu Medien- und Kommunikationsthemen und hat zahlreiche Artikel sowie Monographien veröffentlicht, u. a. zu Medienkonzentration, Digitalisierung, Anti-Piraterie, Kabelkonsolidierung und Netzneutralität.Christoph Wagner leitet die globale Medienpraxis von Morrison Foerster.Seit 2000 ist er Notar mit Amtssitz in Berlin.<h4 dir="ltr">Referenzen</h4><ul><li>Beratung der Deutschen Bahn beim KI-Projekt Data Factory bzgl. autonomer Zugsteuerung</li><li>Beratung der Deutschen Bahn bei der Konzeption eines KI-gesteuerten Large Language Modells</li><li>Beratung von SoundCloud beim Erwerb der KI-Plattform Musiio</li><li dir="ltr">Beratung der NFL und einzelner NFL-Clubs im Zusammenhang mit den Pflichtspielen in Deutschland</li></ul><ul><li dir="ltr">Beratung von 1&1/United Internet bei der Initiierung und Gründung der „European netID Foundation“ mit ProSiebenSat.1 und RTL</li><li>Beratung von Viacom beim Joint Venture „Visoon“ für TV- und Videovermarktung mit der Axel Springer SE</li></ul><ul dir="ltr"><li>Beratung von Axel Springer beim Erwerb von N24 Media und im Verfahren bezüglich der Zulassungspflicht von Bild.de</li><li>Betreuung diverser Transaktionen im Bereich Medien und Telekommunikation, u. a. beim Erwerb von ProSiebenSat.1 durch Haim Saban, dem Erwerb und der Reﬁnanzierung von Premiere/Sky Deutschland durch NewsCorp., dem Erwerb der Fernsehsender Vox und Tm3 durch NewsCorp. sowie dem Erwerb von Fernsehrechten an der UEFA Champions League, dem Erwerb von Kinowelt und Tandem durch StudioCanal, der Privatisierung der Filmstudios Babelsberg, der Veräußerung des Fernsehsenders „Das Vierte“ durch NBCU und dem anschließenden Verkauf an Disney</li><li dir="ltr">Beratung bei einer Reihe von Transaktionen im Bereich Kabel, u. a. Tele Columbus beim Kauf der Wettbewerber PrimaCom und pepcom sowie im Zusammenhang mit dem Zusammenschluss von Vodafone und Liberty</li></ul>