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Astrid Ackermann, LL.M.
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection, IT, business, intellectual property law and media law
- Many years of professional experience as a lawyer specializing in IT law and data protection
- LL.M. – Master of Laws, media law, Media Institute Mainz
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law) specialising in IT Law, Intellectual Property Law, Copyright and Media Law
- Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Chief Information Security Officer (cert)
- IT-Information-Security-Practitioner (ISACA)
- Project manager (IHK)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Astrid L.M. Bauer
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT law
- Legal clerkship at the Independent Centre for Data Protection in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and at the Berlin Commissioner for Data Security and Freedom of Information
- Work in a consultancy agency focusing on data protection and quality management
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), French (very good)
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Christian Dürschmied
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT law
- Legal clerkship at district court of Starnberg (Baveria, Germany) and at the at the public prosecutor’s office of Munich
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Legal clerkship at the administrative court of Munich and at the government of upper Bavaria
- Doctoral training in the field of international and European data protection law
- Experience as a lawyer in an international law firm
- Experience as a lawyer in the field of IT law, data protection and contract law
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), French (elementary)
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Shobha Fitzke
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection law
- Experience as a lawyer in a large international law firm in the field of capital investment and insurance law
- Legal clerkship at the Danish Institute for Human Rights
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), Danish (business fluent), Spanish (elementary)
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Dr. Nils Christian Haag
Qualified lawyer, Member of the Executive Board
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT law
- Long-standing staff member at the Institute for Legal Informatics, Leibniz Universität Hannover
- Academic year in Rome at the “Universitá LUISS Guido Carli”
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Dissertation on the marketing of personal data in bonus systems (awarded the GDD German Association for Data Protection and Data Security academic prize)
- Co-author of the C.H. Beck publications “Münchener Anwaltshandbuch IT-Recht” (second edition) and “Betrieblicher Datenschutz” (forthcoming)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), Italian (fluent)
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Daniela Herdes
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection law
- Legal clerkship at the Regional Court and at the public prosecutor’s office in Berlin
- Legal clerkship at the German Parliament (Bundestag)
- Legal clerkship at the Legal Departments of an international pharmaceutical company
- Studies at the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Languages: German (native speaker), Portuguese (native speaker), English (business fluent), Spanish (advanced)
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Guillaume Hersemeyer
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT-security
- First state examination in Mainz, Second state examination in Wiesbaden
- Attorney-at-law specializing in general civil and contractual law, labor, corporate and data protection law
- Specialized legal course in labor law
- Legal clerkship at the district court of and with the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Wiesbaden, Germany
- Legal clerkship at a corporate law firm in Mainz, Germany
- Experience as a trainee lawyer at the Department of Research and Transfer of the Darmstadt University of Technology
- Experience as a trainee lawyer at Squire Patton Boggs in Los Angeles, USA
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Dr. Klaus zu Hoene
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT law, corporate criminal law and intellectual property law
- Many years of experience as a lawyer in a large international law firm in the field of intellectual property law/information technology as well as in a law firm specialising in intellectual property law
- Dissertation on moral rights in international private law with specific reference to the legal framework of the Internet
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Anti-money laundering officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Felix Hudy
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection, IT, copyright and media law
- Legal clerkship at the State Commissioner for Data Security and Freedom of Information Berlin
- Legal clerkship at a law firm specialised i.a. in privacy law
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Many years of professional experience as a lawyer specializing in copyright, media and IT law
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Marcus Kirsch, M.B.L., MSc.
Qualified lawyer, CISA, GCFE, GCFA, GNFA
- Key areas of practice in business, IT, data protection, employment and tax law
- Many years of work as a lawyer in the fields of business and IT law
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law) specialising in IT Law
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (ISACA)
- GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
- GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
- GIAC Network Forensic Analyst (GNFA)
- Project experience as a data protection auditor (De-Mail accreditation)
- Master of Business Law (M.B.L.) for Technological Enterprises, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus
- Master of Science (MSc.) Digital Forensics, Albstadt Sigmaringen University
- Author of the book „Datenschutz in Unternehmen“ and „Praxishandbuch Kundendatenschutz”, published by intersoft consulting services AG
- Co-author of the book „Rechtsmanagement im Unternehmen: Praxishandbuch Compliance”
- Several publications in professional journals on the subject of data protection
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Rebecca Kirsch
Qualified lawyer, GCFE
- Key areas of practice in data protection, IT and business law
- Many years as a lawyer in the fields of business and IT law
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law) specialising in intellectual property law
- GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
- Master’s degree programme (M.Sc. Digital Forensics) at Albstadt Sigmaringen University
- IT compliance manager, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, ISACA Germany Chapter e.V.
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent
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Dr. jur. Thomas Langer
Qualified lawyer, Graduate social scientists
- Key areas of practice in IT, data protection and media law
- Many years of professional experience as attorney-at-law focusing on data protection and IT law
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Extensive work experience as scientific head of a private legal research institute affiliated to the Ruhr University Bochum
- Dissertation about the visualization of law in schoolbooks
- Supervision of several research projects in the area of communication science, constitutional, European and international law
- Author of several monographs and publications in professional journals
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Matthias Lindner
Qualified lawyer, Commercial IT specialist, Authorised representative for intersoft consulting services
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT law
- Many years of work in independent legal practice
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- State examined business computing specialist, b.i.b. in Paderborn
- Finals project: Programming of an authorisation test in the framework of a role-based authorisation concept in Java for the IHK Gesellschaft für Informationsverarbeitung mbH (team work)
- Manager of recognised auditors ULD Gütesiegel (law and technology)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Melanie Ludolph
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT-security
- Legal clerkship at the ‘Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig Holstein’
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Legal clerkship at a law office with focus on intellectual property and copyright, right of free speech and general right of privacy
- Legal clerkship at a large international law firm with focus in IT-security and data protection
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Sara Maier
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in IT, data protection, intellectual property, competition and media law
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Legal clerkship in the legal department of an internationally active media and mail-order company in the field of e-commerce
- Legal clerkship at the government of Lower Bavaria, Germany
- Experience in an international commercial law firm with focus on corporate law
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), Italian (elementary)
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Maximilian Mertin
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT security
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Legal clerkship at the public prosecution office at regional courts of Flensburg and of Kiel
- Professional experience as a legal adviser at an international provider for e-learning and coaching
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Cyber Security Practitioner (ISACA)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Christian Mommers
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection, IT, telecommunications, copyright and media law
- Assistant over several years to Prof. Dr Thomas Hoeren at the Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law, Münster
- Responsibility for several research projects in the field of IT law, Internet law, telecommunications law
- Bachellor’s degree program in information technology (Bachelor of Science), FOM University of Applied Science, Essen
- Complementary studies in the fields of media law, e-government and data protection law, German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Philipp Nastansky
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT law
- Experience in an international commercial law firm in the areas data protection law, IT law and in the field of intellectual and industrial property rights
- Legal clerkship at district court of Frankfurt a.M. (Germany) and at the public prosecutor’s office of Frankfurt a.M.
- Legal clerkship in an international commercial law firm in the area IT law
- Legal clerkship at a law firm specialised in privacy law in Capetown, South Africa
- Participation in the publication „comparative handbook: robotic technologies law“ (published by Larcier)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Bastian Oberst
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in IT and data protection law
- Legal clerkship in the legal department of a leading international IT and software company
- Professional experience at a law firm specialized in IT law and data protection
- Studies in Norway at the University of Oslo Faculty of Law
- Legal clerkship at the public prosecutor’s office and the local court in Stuttgart
- Specialized legal course in IT and data protection law
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Johann Rabbow
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in international law, EU-law, international private law, data protection and IT-security
- Legal clerkship in the department legal & compliance at a leading international pharmaceutical company
- Legal clerkship in the Senate Chancellery Hamburg
- Freelancer at an international American law firm
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), French (elementary)
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Katrin Rammo
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection, communications and IT law
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Legal clerkship at the State Commission for the Protection of Data and Freedom of Information, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
- Experience in project management, Marketing Services Eesti, Tallinn (Estonia)
- Academic year studying information science at the University of Tallinn
- Degree in jurisprudence from the University of Rostock in Germany
- Publications: “Police investigations of Facebook” and “Private use of the telephone, Internet and email at the workplace”, conference volume for the 2011 and 2012 autumn academy
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: Estonian (native speaker), German (fluent), English (business fluent), Russian (elementary)
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Christian Regnery, LL.M.
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection, IT, business, intellectual property law and media law
- Many years of professional experience as a lawyer specialising in IT law and data protection
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law) specialising in IT, Intellectual Property Law, Copyright and Media Law
- LL.M. – Master of Laws, intellectual property law and media law, Humboldt University in Berlin
- Master of Business Law (M.B.L.) in business law for technology companies, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus
- Recognised expert for IT products at the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein (ULD)
- Specialist author on data protection and IT compliance
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Lisa Rehkugler
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in IT, data protection and media law
- Experience as a lawyer in an international law firm in Spain in the field of corporate and labour law
- Professional experience in a law firm specializing in IT law, data protection and data security
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), French (fluent), Spanish (elementary)
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Tim-Oliver Ritz
Qualified lawyer, IT specialist
- Key areas of practice in data protection, IT and media law
- Extensive experience as general counsel in a software company, consulting in legal and technical issues
- Many years of work in independent legal practice
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in information law from the Düsseldorf Law School
- Trained computer specialist for system integration
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Thomas Roeske
Data Protection Officer (TÜV)
- Key area of practice in data protection
- Many years of experience as a freelance data protection officer
- Specialist for organizational development
- Certified in project management ISO 21500
- Certified in quality management
- Certified Mediator
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Johannes Schmid
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT-security
- First state examination in Munich, Second state examination in Freiburg
- Legal clerkship at the district court and at the public prosecutor’s office of Freiburg
- Legal clerkship at a corporate law firm in Munich, legal field IT and Digital-Business
- Long-standing staff member at the Institute for Legal Informatics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Stephan Schmidbauer
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in IT and data protection
- Legal clerkship at the administrative and regional courts of Regensburg, Bavaria
- Legal clerkship at the public prosecutor’s office of Regensburg in the department of commercial criminal law
- Many years of professional experience as a lawyer specializing in civil, contract, commercial, and data protection law
- Many years of professional experience as data protection officer in a company for IT services
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), Indonesian (elementary)
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Johanna Soetbeer, LL.M. (Norwich)
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in international and national data protection law, IT and media law as well as intellectual property law
- Law firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, New York
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- New Media and IT Department of the Culture, Sport and Media Authority Hamburg
- Special Unit for Computer Crime at the Itzehoe State Prosecutor’s Office
- Studies in Spain at the Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
- IT compliance manager, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, ISACA Germany Chapter e.V.
- EuroPriSe Legal Expert, European Privacy Seal
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), Spanish (good)
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Martin Steger
Auditor and Authorised Expert, Managing Director greeneagle certification GmbH
- Lead Auditor ISO 27001 and ISO 27001 based on IT-Grundschutz, ISO 22301, De-Mail, RESISCAN, IS revisor, IT-Sicherheitskatalog BNetzA i.V.m. ISO 27019, Smart Meter Gateway Administration, Secure CA Operation
- ITIL Foundation certificated
- Current key areas of practice: auditing in the fields of information security
- Transmission Technology degree from the Moscow Technical University of communications and informatics
- Qualification as system engineer (UNIX) at Siemens Nixdorf
- Many years of work in network and system administration as well as database development
- Many years of work as IT security officer for an insurance company
- Auditing of the first De-Mail provider (Mentana Claimsoft, T-Systems, Telekom Deutschland)
- Lecturer at the TÜV NORD Academy
- Publications on issues relating to information security (information security management systems, biometric procedures, WLAN and VoIP security)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (good), Russian (good)
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Tino Tezel
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in IT, data protection and media law
- Legal clerkship at the regional court and the Administrative Court of Bavaria in Munich
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Experience as a lawyer in a large international law firm in the field of venture capital, litigation and compliance
- Many years of professional experience as head of customer support in an international software company
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), French (elementary)
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Simone Werth
IT Security Officer (TÜV),
Data Protection Officer (TÜV)
- Key areas of practice in IT, IT security and data protection
- Many years of work as chief information officer (CIO), software industry
- Specialist coordination of various software teams
- Project manager in the context of extensive software projects
- Training as software developer at the Siemens-Nixdorf Training Centre, Kiel
- Lotus Notes certification (CLP administration, PCLP development)
- Software development C++, Cobol, Java, Lotus Script
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (good)
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Tannaz Wiepert, LL.M. (Maastricht)
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in international and national data protection law, business and IT law
- Copyrights, Media and Press Law Division at the Lübeck Regional Court and in a law firm specialising in intellectual property law
- Experience in law firms in the fields of business and IT law
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.), European Law School, Maastricht University, Netherlands
- Publications: “A new chance for data protection? The EU data protection framework decision after the Treaty of Lisbon” (LL.M. dissertation); “Private use of the telephone, Internet and email at the workplace”, conference volume for the 2012 autumn academy of the German Foundation for Law and Computer Science (DSRI)
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Stefan Winkel
Qualified lawyer
- Key area of practice in data protection
- Legal clerkship at the Ministry of Energy, Agriculture, the Environment and Rural Areas Schleswig-Holstein
- Legal clerkship in the legal department of an international games developer and publisher in Cologne
- Professional experience as legal counsel for an international games company
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Yvonne Varl
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT law
- Legal clerkship at the public prosecutor’s office and the local court in Berlin
- Legal clerkship at a law firm specialised in data protection, IT-law, copyright and media law
- Experience in a law firm with focus on data protection capital markets law
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Ann-Karina Wrede, M.A.
Qualified lawyer, Master of Arts in IT management, Auditor, greeneagle certification GmbH
- Lead Auditor ISO 27001 and ISO 27001 auditor based on IT-Grundschutz, RESISCAN, IS revisor, IT-Sicherheitskatalog BNetzA i.V.m. ISO 27019, Smart Meter Gateway Administration
- Current key areas of practice: auditing in the fields of data protection and information security
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Master of Arts in IT management
- EuroPriSe Legal and technical Expert (European Privacy Seal)
- Head of Experts for the seal of approval from the ULD (legal/technical)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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