Team Dr. Andreas Engel, LL.M. (Yale)
Academic Councillor (non-permanent)
Room No..: 104
Friedrich-Ebert-Platz 2
D-69117 Heidelberg
E-Mail: andreas.engel@igw.uni-heidelberg.de
Consultation by prior arrangement
Research Interests
- Civil Law
- Law of Digitalization, with particular emphasis on Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Data Protection Law
- Private International Law
- Intellectual Property Law
Biographical stations
- Since 12/2020 – Lecturer (Akademischer Rat a.Z.) with Prof. Dr. Christian Heinze, LL.M. (Cambridge), Chair of Civil Law, Commercial Law, European Law and Comparative Law, Heidelberg University
- 6/2025 – Fellow, Weizenbaum Institute
- 5/2025 – Fellow, European New School of Digital Studies, Europa-Universität Viadrina
Publications (Selection)
Monograph
- Internationales Kapitalmarktdeliktsrecht [International Capital Market Tort Law], Tübingen 2019 (XXXI + 371 pages) (reviewed by Thomale, RdW 2020, 391).
Editorships
- Oxford Handbook of the Foundations and Regulation of Generative AI (Oxford University Press, 2025).
– joint work with Philipp Hacker, Sarah Hammer and Brent Mittelstadt – - Die Achtung des Fremden – Leerformel oder Leitprinzip im Internationalen Privatrecht? [Deference to the foreign – empty phrase or guiding principle of private international law?] (Proceedings of the 4th German Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law), Tübingen 2024.
– joint work with Florian Heindler, Martina Melcher, Katharina Kaesling, Ben Köhler, Bettina Rentsch, Susanna Roßbach and Johannes Ungerer –
Commentaries
- Art. 46–48 UPC (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court)
[Legal capacity, Parties, Representation]
in: Christian Heinze, Mary-Rose McGuire and Christian Osterrieth (eds.), Einheitspatentrecht (C.H. Beck, forthcoming). - Art. 15–32 Rom II-VO [Art. 15–32 Rome II Regulation]
in: juris PraxisKommentar BGB (7th-10th edition, 2015-2023).
Journal Articles and Contributions to edited volumes
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Introduction to the Foundations and Regulation of Generative AI
in: Hacker/Engel/Hammer/Mittelstadt (eds), Oxford Handbook of the Foundations and Regulation of Generative AI (Oxford University Press, 2025),
– joint work with Philipp Hacker, Sarah Hammer and Brent Mittelstadt –- Die Haftung nach Art. 82 DSGVO bei unzureichender Cybersicherheit – Die EuGH-Entscheidung Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite zur Beweislast als Wendepunkt für private Schadensersatzklagen? [Liability under Article 82 GDPR for inadequate cybersecurity – The ECJ decision Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite on the burden of proof as a turning point for private damages actions?]
in: Gesellschaft für Informatik (ed.), Tagungsband der Informatik 2024, 213–229
- Die Haftung nach Art. 82 DSGVO bei unzureichender Cybersicherheit – Die EuGH-Entscheidung Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite zur Beweislast als Wendepunkt für private Schadensersatzklagen? [Liability under Article 82 GDPR for inadequate cybersecurity – The ECJ decision Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite on the burden of proof as a turning point for private damages actions?]
Presentations (Selection)
- Cybersecurity via liability law, Université de Lausanne – CEDIDAC, Gastvorlesung im Rahmen der Vorlesung droit pénal informatique (Prof. Sylvain Métille), 15.05.2025
- Cybersicherheit durch Haftungsrecht, Max-Planck-Institut für internationales und ausländisches Privatrecht, Hamburg, Habilitand*innenkolloquium, 28.04.2025
Courses currently taught at Heidelberg University
Summer semester 2025
Information Technology Law (lecture)
Winter semester 2024/25
Exam Tutorial Civil Law - HeidelPräp!
Summer semester 2024
Exam Tutorial Civil Law - HeidelPräp!