Led by Andreas Lober, ADVANT Beiten offers combined expertise in IP, data protection, IT, media and employment law and comprehensively advises clients across the healthcare, financial and gaming sectors. The most recent instructions pertain to legal opinions on individual topics such as joint responsibility under section §26 GDPR or the effects of the ECJ's 2023 adequacy decision regarding data transfers to the US. Ariane Loof left the team in February 2024 for an in-house position.
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Testimonials
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- 'Andreas Lober is extremely knowledgeable about the customs, challenges and peculiarities of the video game industry and is an outstanding lawyer and strategist.'
- 'Susanne Klein is an outstanding lawyer in the field of data protection with a very good understanding of the needs of a commercial enterprise.'
- 'A very flexible team that is always very pleasant to work with. A consistently very high level of legal quality and excellent accessibility.'
- 'Susanne Klein's support during a cyber attack was reliable and technically excellent.'
- 'Susanne Klein stands out due to her impressive professional expertise, but also due to her friendly, approachable manner. She is highly accessible, reacts quickly and is always looking for solutions.'
- 'The practice provides us with excellent advice on all issues of international data law and stands out above all through its practical relevance and pragmatic approach.'
- 'Very high level of technical expertise and performance orientation – deadlines are always met, pragmatic approach and easily understandable results.'
- 'All team members have great technical expertise, are very responsive and offer pragmatic and practical solutions to the mandates.'
Key clients
- Deutsch-Amerikanische Fulbright-Kommission
- finstreet GmbH
- QUANTYOO GmbH & Co. KG
Work highlights
- Advice to the Fulbright Commission, an intergovernmental organization sponsored by the US and Germany, including declarations of commitment and consent and joint controller agreements.
- Advising finstreet GmbH on the implementation of a software solution for document categorization based on AI.
- Advising QUANTYOO on the implementation of GDPR-compliant processes.