Our
data protection & data security experts

Qualifications

• Fully qualified lawyer
• Master’s degree in legal informatics [LL.M. Rechtsinformatik]
• Instructor at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Academy in Munich [IHK Akademie München] for data protection and data security

Certifications

• ISO IEC 27001 auditor TÜV [Technical Control Association]
• ITIL v3 manager

Professional experience

• Many years of experience as team leader / ISO 27001 auditor for audits based on IT baseline protection [IT Grundschutz] of the Federal Office for Information Security [Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik – BSI]
• Experience in the field of IT law since 2000
• Project experience in the IT sector since 2004
• Experience in the area of IT security since 2006
• Experience as a lawyer since 2008
• Experience in the area of data protection since 2000

Qualifications

• Fully qualified lawyer
• Instructor at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Academy in Munich [IHK Akademie München] for data protection and data security

Certifications

• Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)
• ISO IEC 27001 auditor TÜV [Technical Control Association]

Professional experience

• Experience in the area of data protection since 2009
• 6 years of experience as a lawyer (specialised in labour law)
• 2 years of project experience in the area of classified-information protection [Geheimschutz]

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business Law for Technology Companies [M.B.L.]
• Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies

Certifications

• ISO IEC 27001 auditor TÜV

Professional experience

• Experience in the field of data protection since 2013 (internationally active corporation in 2013; external consulting: 2014–present)
• Experience in data protection consulting for international organisations with operations outside of Germany
• Design and advertisement (2007-2013)
• Data protection research experience since 2015 (University of Oldenburg)

Qualifications

• Fully qualified lawyer, legal studies and apprenticeship in Bayreuth and Vancouver B.C., Canada
• Instructor of data protection at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Academy in Munich [IHK-Akademie München]

Certifications

• Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
• Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
• CompTIA A+
• ISO IEC 27001 auditor TÜV
• Certified Data Protection Officer (DSB TÜV South)
• EIPA – Certification Programme for Data Protection Officers (EIPA DPO)

Professional experience

• Attorney at law since 2009 (specialised in IT law and intellectual property rights)
• Data protection consultation since 2013 (legal departments advisor and external data protection officer)
• Active in the information security industry since 1999

Qualifications

• Fully qualified lawyer (specialised in information law)

Certifications

• Certified data protection officer (IHK)

Professional experience

• Active in the data protection industry since 2010
• Training at the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
• Two years as a research assistant in a supra-regional law firm
• One year in academic research

Qualifications

• Lawyer (specialised in Italian law, Austrian law and legal informatics)
• Computer scientist (specialised in IT security, cloud computing and software development)
• Degree in finance/banking [Bankkaufmann]

Professional experience

• Data protection lawyer since 2000 (specialised in Italian and Austrian data protection law)
• Scientific associate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security (specialized in cloud security and surveillance)
• Experience in information law since 1999
• Active in the field of information security since 1997
• Project experience: application development, cloud computing, surveillance and IP law

Qualifications

• Master of Science in EU Business and Law
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
• Business lawyer (core area: EU Law and Danish Law)
• PhD in Data Protection Law
• Instructor at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Academy in Munich [IHK Akademie München] for data protection and data security

Certifications

• EIPA – Certification Programme for Data Protection Officers (EIPA DPO)

Professional experience

• Data protection law since 2005
• 12 years of academic research
• Project experience in comparative data protection law

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in law
• Specialised in international, European and foreign-private as well as procedural law

Certifications

• Certified data protection officer (IHK)
• CompTIA A+

 Professional experience

• Data protection law since 2017
• Two years of experience in notary offices

Qualifications

• LL.M. Corporate and Financial Law (Glasgow)
• LL.M. International Economic Law
• LL.B. Law, human resources management and psychology

Certifications

• Certified data protection officer (IHK)

 Professional experience

• Data protection law since 2017
• Work experience in human resources (2015-2017)

Qualifications

• MA Social Development (Witwatersrand University)
• M.A. Applied Cultural Sciences (Leuphana University)

Certifications

• Human resource specialist (IHK)

 Professional experience

• Experience in human resource management since 2012
• Work experience since 2002