Dr. jur. Dierk Schindler
As a certified lawyer, Dierk is a co-founder of the Liquid Legal Institute e.V. (www.liquid-legal-institute.com) and serves as its Co-CEO. He co-edited three books on the transformation of the legal ecosystem, “Liquid Legal – Transforming Legal” (2017), and “Liquid Legal – towards a Common Legal Platform”, (2020) and “Humanization & the Law” (2022).
In 2019, Dierk joined Robert BOSCH GmbH as Vice President Corporate Legal Services, Mobility Solutions, Supply Chain and Logistics. His team advises on all legal matters related to central purchasing and logistics. In his role, he drives the adoption of digitally supported Agile practices and, jointly with the leadership team, the digital transformation of the legal team.
Prior to BOSCH, Dierk has been partner in a law firm and has then spent more than 14 years with a US-based IT company, where he built and led the EMEA Legal Team, established the international Deal Management function and implemented the Global Legal Shared Services Team. His teams have been awarded IACCM “Global Innovation Awards” in 2014 and 2015.
Dierk teaches at the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) on Innovation Management, Digital Business Law and Compliance. He took his doctorate degree from Augsburg University, Germany, and his Master of International Law from Lund University, Sweden.