Jesper Løffler Nielsen
Associate Partner, Ph.D., Cert. IT Lawyer and Head of Focus Advokater’s Tech Team

Bio
Jesper Løffler Nielsen is Certified IT Lawyer and Head of the Tech Team at Focus Advokater.
Jesper Løffler Nielsen’s primary practice area is legal issues related to modern technologies such as software, cloud, IoT, robots, drones and AI, including advice on IT contracts, personal data, cyber security, rights issues, disputes, etc. As digital technologies and data become increasingly regulated by law, he also increasingly advises on current and future regulations and the interaction between them.
Education
- Marketing Management, IBA, 2006
- Master of Laws, University of Southern Denmark, 2010
- Boot Camp in IT law, Danish IT Lawyers, 2012
- Legal authorisation at Focus Advokater P/S, 2014
- Ph.D. in IT law, SDU, 2016
- Certified IT lawyer, 2017.
Positions and memberships
- Board member of Danish IT Lawyers
- Leader of the network “Innovation & Compliance” facilitated by Technology Denmark
- Appointed to the EDPB “Pool of Experts” on digital technologies
- Member of the Danish Standards AI Committee S-855.
Publications
Jesper Løffler Nielsen is the author/co-author of a number of books and articles including:
- “Cookies and internet marketing – regulation and (lack of) enforcement”, published in U2010B319
- “From “advertising” to “commercial communication” – on the development and interpretation of the concept of advertising in relation to the Internet”, published in U.2011B.153
- “Registration and/or maintenance of a domain for the purpose of resale”, printed in U.2014.109
- “Use of IT in the administration of justice”, printed in U.2016B.129 (co-author)
- “The legal definitions of data protection law – Data controller, data processor, personal data, processing, etc.”, published in U.2019B.69 (co-author)
- “The increasing regulation of data – with special focus on “data ownership””, published in U.2021B.129 (co-author)
- “Artificial Intelligence as a Legal Phenomenon”, published in U.2024B.142 (co-author)
- Interview with Karnov about the aforementioned article, and AI’s importance for the law in a broader sense: AI as a Legal Phenomenon.
Teaching
Jesper Løffler Nielsen is:
- External lecturer at the University of Southern Denmark
Subjects: “IT Law” and “Technology & Law” - Lecturer at IT Vest’s “Master IT” programme in digital regulation for practitioners
- Danish IT Lawyers’ “Boot camp in IT law” (digital regulation).
Languages
- Danish
- English.