Demir Kanurić

Demir Kanurić is a lawyer, co-founder and Managing Director of MAINLY Rechtsanwalts-GmbH, based in Stuttgart. He advises companies and public authorities on all matters of digital business law. The focus of his work lies in the legal structuring of contracts and digital business models as well as supporting digital transformation processes. His core competencies include cybersecurity law, data protection, IT law and AI law. He regularly gives specialist lectures and works as a lecturer at the GARP Bildungszentrum.

-- Professional career --

Since 2025, Demir Kanurić has been founder and Managing Director of MAINLY Rechtsanwalts-GmbH in Stuttgart. There, he advises companies and public-law institutions on all matters of digital law. Previously, from 2023 to 2025, he worked as Senior Associate at Grant Thornton in Cologne, focusing on IT and data protection law as well as advising medium-sized companies and public institutions. From 2021 to 2023, he worked as an Associate in the Digital Law practice at Deloitte Legal in Cologne, where he supported corporations and authorities in the legal structuring of digital transformation processes.

-- Academic career --

His legal studies took him to the University of Tübingen, the Université de Lausanne and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where he ultimately passed the First State Examination in 2019. The Second State Examination followed in 2021 at the Regional Court of Stuttgart.

-- Lectures and specialist events --

Demir Kanurić regularly appears as a speaker at specialist events and conferences on digital law and cybersecurity. Most recently, he spoke at the following events:

- Zentrum für Digitalisierung im Landkreis Böblingen (ZD.BB) // “Digital Breakfast on the Cyber Resilience Act”

- IHK Region Stuttgart // “Digital Law in Brief - Status Quo, Outlook, Need for Action”

- GARP Bildungszentrum // “Cyber Resilience Act - New Requirements for Digital Products”

- Bundesverband IT-Mittelstand e.V. (BITMi) // “Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) - Countdown to Compliance”

- WirtschaftsClub Stuttgart e.V. // “Digital Law 2026 - Legal Update”

- IHK Region Stuttgart // “Cyber Resilience Act - New Obligations for Companies”

- IT-SA 365 // “Cyber Resilience Act and EU Machinery Regulation - Compliance Challenges for Industrial Companies from 2027”

- IHK Stuttgart // “Cyber Resilience Act - New Obligations for Companies”

- Allianz Industrie 4.0 BW at VDMA e.V. // “Cyber Resilience Act - Requirements, Opportunities and Recommendations for Action”

-- Networks and memberships --

Demir Kanurić is active in professional and business networks, including:

- Anwaltverein Stuttgart e.V.

- Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft IT-Recht im Deutschen Anwaltverein (davit)

- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik e.V. (DGRI)

- Bundesverband IT-Mittelstand e.V. (BITMi)

- Startupverein Stuttgart

- WirtschaftsClub Stuttgart e.V.

- Rotary Club Sarajevo-Ilidža