After studying and completing his legal clerkship in Münster (Westphalia), Oliver Meyer-van Raay worked as a research assistant at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute for Information Law, where he wrote his dissertation on the protection and distribution of software. After several years as an attorney at a major Stuttgart law firm and a subsequent stint at Bartsch und Partner in Karlsruhe, he was one of the founding partners of Vogel & Partner in 2011.
In addition to his work as an attorney, Oliver Meyer-van Raay acts as an external company data protection officer for several companies.