Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

• Since 2014, Prof. Dr. Georg Borges has held the Chair of Civil Law, Legal Informatics, German and International Business Law and Legal Theory at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany. He is also managing director of the Institute of Legal Informatics.

• Prof. Dr. Borges practiced as a lawyer before having been appointed professor in 2004. For several years, he was also practicing as a judge at the Oberlandesgericht Hamm (functioning nearly exclusively as a Court of Appeal), where he was dealing with numerous corporate and commercial civil law matters.

• Current research focuses on topics related to autonomous systems, the Internet of Things, cloud computing and German and European data protection law.

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São Paolo, Brazil

• Rafael Campedelli Andrade has been a judge at the São Paulo State Court since 2021 and is a PhD candidate at the University of São Paulo. 
• His research focuses on the use of generative AI in the drafting of judicial decisions.

• He also holds a Certificate in German Law from LMU Munich. Before joining the judiciary, he worked at Felsberg Advogados, where his practice included work with the firm’s German Desk.

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Wiesbaden, Germany

• Legal Data Scientist at SINC GmbH with an Msc in Computer Science (2001) and Cognitive Science (2006). 
• PhD in Engineering (2012, emphasis on Machine Learning & Natural Language Processing), combining deep research expertise with industrial experience.

• Experienced in building and optimizing high-performance, scalable systems for large-scale data and advanced document processing workflows with machine learning components, delivering reliable throughput and efficient processing in production environments.

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• Ulrich Suess is a Software Developer and ML Engineer at Sinc GmbH. His works focuses on applied AI, machine learning and the development of LLM-based systems for document analysis.
• He holds an M.Sc. in Practical Computer Science from FernUniversität in Hagen and a B.Sc. in Cognitive Science from Osnabrück University.

• His master’s thesis, written in 2024 in cooperation with the German Federal Office for Information Security, focused on audio deepfake detection using a combination of features from self-supervised learning models, prosody, emotion recognition, and speaker identification.

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Frankfurt am Main, Germany

• Tamara Marx advises national and international companies on general corporate law, M&A transactions and the negotiation and conclusion of contracts at Ashurst Perkins Coie.
• She studied at the Justus-Liebig-University in Gießen and completed her traineeship (Referendariat) there as well. The final stage of her traineeship was undertaken at Ashurst Perkins Coie, where she has continued to work since passing her second state examination in October 2023.

• Tamara Marx is a key contact for AI-related matters within the German Corporate Transactions department at Ashurst Perkins Coie.

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