Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte LLP & Co KG‘s advises an array of clients in the technology and digital spheres on matters of data protection and security, including defending against claims of customer data misuse under both Austrian and EU legislation. ’Excellent lawyer’ and practice head Lukas Feiler has a strong track record before Austria’s data protection authority and courts, including the ECJ, concerning clients’ use of their customers’ data, while also providing support in relation to projects that require data processing and storage. Maximilian Raschhofer handles administrative and criminal proceedings centred on data matters, including disputes around data protection and outsourcing for clients in the tech and health sectors.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Smart and outstanding people; high quality of legal advice, especially regarding data protection.'
- 'Lukas Feiler is an excellent lawyer regarding data protection and IT law; he has a huge amount of knowledge and offers highly professional legal solutions for even the most complicated tech issues.'
- 'The team has incredible subject matter expertise in our industry and with relevant up-to-date privacy litigation and decisions that may impact our services. They also have unique relationships with regulators which allows us to understand relevant interpretations.'
- 'Baker McKenzie has been advising us for many years and we appreciate its expertise. It acts as a one-stop-shop for us when it comes to our legal needs in Europe.'
- 'Lukas Feiler is a very approachable and commercially pragmatic lawyer with in-depth legal knowledge. He is keenly interested in our business and knows our organisation inside-out. This makes him an extremely valuable legal advisor.'
- 'Young, growing team with good leadership.'
Key clients
- CRIF GmbH
- GATX Rail Europe
- STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft
- Mondi AG
Work highlights
- Represented Google in two proceedings before the Austrian Data Protection Authority concerning the widely used analytics tool, Google Analytics.
- Acted for Google in administrative proceedings before the Austrian data protection authority related to the service Google Fonts.
- Represented CRIF in proceedings before the European Court of Justice in connection with the right to receive a copy under GDPR.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Lukas Feiler