Baker McKenzie LLP

Dr. Lukas Feiler, SSCP, CIPP/E, is specialized in technology litigations, focusing on regulatory and civil disputes in the areas of data protection, AI, and platform regulation. Building on his litigation expertise, Lukas advises clients on strategic compliance issues in the areas of cyber security, data protection, and AI.

He heads the Firm’s Commercial, Data, IPTech and Trade practice in Vienna. Lukas also leads the AI Desk in Vienna and is a member of the Firm’s EMEA Data Privacy & Security leadership team. Lukas regularly represents clients before the Austrian Supreme Court, the Austrian Administrative Supreme Court, the European Commission, and the EU’s General Court and the CJEU.

Lukas has published best-selling books on data protection, AI, and cybersecurity law. He also holds teaching positions for data protection law and AI law at the University of Vienna and the Sigmund Freud University Vienna.

Before his legal career, he worked as a software developer and system administrator in New York, Vienna, and Leeds and holds a certification as a Systems Security Certified Practitioner.

Lukas’ practice is focused on representing clients in complex regulatory and civil technology litigations in the areas of data protection, AI, and platform regulation and regularly handles high-profile cases for market-leading technology companies. In particular, he has represented clients from various industries in more than 25 high-profile litigations against the data protection activist Max Schrems and his NGO noyb. Lukas is also known in the market as a strategic advisor in the areas of data protection, AI, cyber security, and digital copyright.