Claudia Lechner has worked for many years on my team on German, English and French contracts for our EMEA customers. Her excellent legal expertise in the areas of software licensing, maintenance and professional services as well as her structured approach, her fine sense for negotiations and excellent language skills have distinguished her and fully justified me sending her without hesitation and complete trust into any negotiation EMEA wide.
Eric Nicodeme, Associate General Counsel, Polycom SARL
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Since 2014
2025 Rebranding IT Verträge – Claudia Lechner in
IT Verträge - Claudia Bowman | Hamburg
working as freelance legal advisor and commercial negotiator.
Mediator (DAA) since 7/2104
Legal Services provided amongst others to:
- Google Germany GmbH, Google Cloud as seconded external Counsel
- Capgemini Deutschland GmbH
- Tiba Management Beratung GmbH, Fast-Detect GmbH, Medientools Solutions GmbH
- Cisco International Ltd., BearingPoint Solutions GmbH
2011-2013
Pegasystems GmbH Reading | United Kingdom
Senior Business Officer, EMEA & APAC
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- Drafting and negotiating of commercial offers and legal contracts for Software, Maintenance und Consultancy services including pricing calculations for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom and other EMEA and APAC countries
- Drafting and negotiating of partner related contracts within the indirect sales model
- part of the sales team in strategic discussions on customer strategy
- Lead for localisation of any legal contracts in German
- Training for sales personnel in pricing and license metric related questions
2007-2010
Serena Software GmbH | Munich
Senior Legal Counsel EMEA & APAC
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- Drafting and negotiating of all kind of licensing, services and maintenance contracts for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and various other EMEA and APAC countries
- Contact person for legal related HR and employment matters in Germany inclusive handling of release of personnel
- Legal contact in compliance team responsible for observance of license terms and their enforcement
2006-2007
TIBCO Software GmbH | Munich
Legal Counsel EMEA
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- Responsible for drafting and negotiating licenses, services and maintenance contracts for Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands and Benelux and Eastern countries
- Negotiating and handling of all kinds of contracts for various departments such as Finance, Facilities etc.
2000-2005
Siebel Systems GmbH | Munich, Frankfurt
Associate Corporate Counsel
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- Responsible for drafting and negotiating licenses, services and maintenance contracts in Germany, United Kingdom and other countries
- Leading expert for localizing and negotiating services contracts in Germany
1999-2000
Siebel Systems GmbH | Munich
Assistenz Professional Services Consulting
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- Handling of all administrative tasks for the consulting and training department.
Education
2013
training „Negotiations: Power, Process, London Principles“ at ICN Inc. | London
1996-1998
Legal internship ("Rechtsreferendariat") | Traunstein
1992-1995
Continuing studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians- Munich University; 1st and 2nd Law degree. | Munich
1989-1992
Law studies of law at University Passau Passau with law specific education in English and French | Passau