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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
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-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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Cornelius von Cramm
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection, intellectual property, copyright, media and press law
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Many years of professional experience as a lawyer in the fields of intellectual property, copyright, media and press 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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Stefan Friese
Qualified lawyer
- Study of Law at the University Hamburg
- First and Second Legal State Exam in Hamburg
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Legal Traineeship at the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, in a law firm specialising in data protection law and at the Hamburg District and Regional Court, among others
- Legal clerkship at the appellate court Hamburg
- Languages: German (native speaker), Serbian (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Lukas Grothues
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection
- Legal clerkship at the Local Court and the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Dortmund and at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Issues in Bonn
- Legal clerkship at the German Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Experience in a commercial law firm
- German (native speaker), English (business fluent), French (basic knowledge)
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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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Jana Heinze
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection law
- Legal clerkship at the regional court of Bielefeld and at the regional labour court Hamm (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)
- Experience in the area of data protection in a city administration
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (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
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- 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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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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Mandy Hrube, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Qualified lawyer
- Legal clerkship at the German Embassy in Malaysia and an international commercial law firm
- Legal clerkship at the public prosecutor’s office, city administration and regional court in Hildesheim, Germany
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Expert author for legal literature
- Many years‘ experience of teaching at universities
- Current doctorate in copyright law
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), French (basic knowledge)
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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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Adrian Kerler, LL.B.
Information Law
- Studied law at the University of Leipzig, specialising in European and international law
- Bachelor in Information Law at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
- Data Protection Certification of the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt
- Many years of professional experience in the field of data protection
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Adrian Klick-Strehl
Consultant IT Forensics and IT Security
- Studies Computer Science at the FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany
- Several years of business experience at the LKA Hamburg and as IT manager
- GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
- GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Productivity
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: Windows Server 2012
- LPIC-1: Linux Server Professional Certification
- Packet Analysis Power Workshop (Wireshark)
- Coachingcompetence for managers and consultants IHK
- Training as IT specialist system integration in the public sector
- Honorary training examiner at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Gunther Kohn
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law) specialising in Insurance law, social law
- Many years of professional experience as an self-employed lawyer
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), Turkish (elementary)
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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)
- 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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Ralf Lüneburg
Managing Consultant IT Security
- Graduate engineer
- Many years of business experience as IT security manager
- Lead Auditor ISO 27001 based on IT-Grundschutz (BSI-ZIG-0292-2018)
- Lead Auditor ISO 27001
- Lead Auditor ISO 22301
- VdS auditor for the VdS 34723
- IS Auditor (BSI-ZISR-0115-2016)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (good)
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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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Svenja Mischur
Consultant IT Forensics
- Master of Engineering in IT Security and Forensics at Wismar University of Applied SciencesGIAC
- GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
- GIAC Advanced Smartphone Forensics (GASF)
- FOR508: Advanced Digital Forensics, Incident Response, and Threat Hunting, SANS Institute
- Many years of professional experience as a police officer and criminal investigation officer
- Bachelor of Arts Criminal Investigation Department
- Diploma Graphic Design
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Dennis Mitra
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection
- Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law)
- Legal clerkship at the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Berlin and the Court of Appeal Legal clerkship at a renowned law firm specialising in criminal law
- Professional experience in the legal department of a federal authority
- Many years of experience as a lawyer in a law firm with personnel responsibility
- 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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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
- 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),
Data Protection Auditor (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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Lisa Rosenbaum, LL.M.
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT law
- Legal clerkship at the District Court and at the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Koblenz, a law firm specialising in civil law and the legal department of a large commercial company
- Professional experience as a lawyer in a large commercial company
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in IT/IP Law at Leibniz University in Hannover/ Queen Mary University in London
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), French (very good)
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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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Daniela Schott
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in in data protection, IT law, copyright and media law
- Rechtsanwältin (Attorney-at-law)
- Legal clerkship at the Marburg Regional Court and the Marburg Public Prosecutor’s Office
- Many years of business experience as an independent lawyer specialising in information technology and data protection law, general civil and contract law and copyright law
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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Christoph Schwan
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection and IT law
- Legal clerkship at law firms specialized in IT law and in commercial law in Freiburg and Kaiserslautern
- Many years of professional experience as legal counsel for an international payment provider and FinTech company with focus on contract and IT law as well as data protection while being part of the Global Privacy Team
- Specialist Law Course for IT Law
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent), Polish (business fluent)
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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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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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Katja Weberruß
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection law
- Legal clerkship in a law firm with focus on data protection, media and copyright law
- Data Protection Officer (TÜV-certified)
- Experience in an law firm with focus on data protection law
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (fluent)
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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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Philipp Wezel
Qualified lawyer
- Key areas of practice in data protection law
- Legal clerkship at the District Court of Hechingen and several law firms
- Professional experience as an official data protection officer
- Many years of professional experience as an manager in a law firm
- Languages: German (native speaker), English (business fluent)
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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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