Nils Schmid (born 11 July 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

He worked as a lawyer, and in 2006 he received his doctorate (summa cum laude) (under the supervision of Ferdinand Kirchhof) from Tübingen University.

In 2009, Schmid succeeded Ute Vogt and became the leader of his party in Baden-Württemberg after winning an internal poll among its members.

Together with Barbara Hendricks, Hannelore Kraft, Heiko Maas and Manuela Schwesig, he co-chaired the SPD's 2010 national convention in Berlin.

In the negotiations to form a grand coalition following the 2013 federal elections, Schmid was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on economic policy, led by Ilse Aigner and Hubertus Heil.