GEISTWERT’s data protection practice handles both contentious and non-contentious matters tied to GDPR, including those concerning international data transfers, while also advising clients on the data protection aspects of new customer portals, ensuring they meet the requisite standards under EU and Austrian law. The team, which consists of ‘phenomenal lawyer’ Juliane Messner, Max Mosing, Alexander Schnider, Rainer Schultes and Constantin Kletzer, acts for clients in regard to data processing and storage challenges and in conjunction with IT outsourcing and customer-facing projects. The practice is also able to advise clients in the event of a data breach, including handling the relevant liaisons with the Data Protection Authority and ensuing enforcement proceedings.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'In data privacy and data protection matters, GEISTWERT is the go-to firm in Austria. Depending on the project, several GEISTWERT partners work on one data protection project, which works extremely well and raises the result to the next level.'
- 'Juliane Messner is a phenomenal lawyer. She always manages to find the best solutions with ingenious ideas. Clients love her for it.'
Key clients
- Red Bull Media House
- Red Bull
Work highlights
- Advised Red Bull Media House on international data transfer matters and regarding the launches of new services.
- Represented several clients before the Austrian Data Protection Authority and courts in proceedings initiated by NOYB regarding international data transfers.