HanoverKai Korte
CEO
Kai Korte is CEO of LexICT and a lawyer specializing in IT and data protection law.
He is also co-founder of the law firm lexICT legal and the Health & Law Networks in Hanover. He is doing his doctorate at the Institute for Legal Informatics in the field of data protection law, is part of the Kompetenzzentrums eSport der Universität Hannover (Ke§H) – eSport in Recht und Gesellschaft as well as a lecturer for IT and data protection law at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover.
Areas of Interest
Software & Games
AI, Industry 4.0, data mining and IoT are data-intensive software applications. We accompany you in the purchase, management and development of software by means of privacy by design, audits and creation/verification of the necessary legal documentation.
Digital Health
Privacy and ethics play an important role for research and data-based approaches in medicine.
Employees
Data protection compliant processing of employee data in companies.
Corporations and Transactions
Data privacy management in corporate groups. IT and data protection consulting for transactions. Acquisition and sale of data.
Career
since 04/2021
CEO at LexICT
since 04/2021
Partner and co-founder of the law firm lexICT legal
since 01/2021
Lecturer for IT and data protection law
02/2020
Associate in an international business law firm in Hamburg
since 01/2018
Senior Consultant at lexICT
since 01/2018
General Counsel of Frozen Donkey GmbH (Software & Gaming)
05/2017
Associate in an international business law firm in Frankfurt am Main
since 04/2015
Research Assistant at the Institute for Legal Informatics
07/2015
First State Examination in Law
2014
Specialized studies in IT & IP law
2012
International Summer School in IT-Law
10/2010
Law studies in Hanover
2009 - 2016
Police officer in higher service
2006
Studies in administration and law with focus on police in Oldenburg
Publications, talks and teaching
2020
Die Verknüpfung von Datenbanken, eine Analyse aus datenschutzrechtlicher Sicht
mit Delventhal, Gerjets, Korte und Schlee, in Taeger (Hrsg.), Den Wandel begleiten. IT-rechtliche Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung, Olwir, Oldenburg 2020
2025
AI and data protection, a panel discussion with Barbara Thiel
Panel discussion with Barbara Thiel, former State Commissioner for Data Protection of Lower Saxony, chaired by Kai Korte, 25 November 2025. Recording on YouTube