Taylor Wessing‘s data protection and cyber security expertise is regularly called upon by international and national companies from various sectors as well as public sector clients. The team is particularly well versed in the automotive and healthcare sectors, where the team respectively advises on e-mobility, autonomous driving and cyber security matters as well as data collection, the development of data structures and cloud applications. The practice acts from five German locations and assists with the transformation of digital and global business models and the development of new products. Mareike Gehrmann routinely covers data protection and cyber security issues in connection with digitisation projects; she made partner in April 2023. Malek Barudi (data protection, IP and e-commerce) made partner at the same time. The team also represents clients in contentious proceedings, here, practice head Paul Voigt is regularly instructed by online gaming providers.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'TW is a very strong team (both professionally and personnel-wise) in the area of data protection and IT law. In addition to the legal expertise, there is in-depth and specific industry knowledge.'
- 'The partners are very practice-oriented. TW is very well connected and, in addition to specific mandates, is always a good sparring partner.'
- 'Very responsive, dynamic and always creative solutions.'
- 'Paul Voigt has enormous legal knowledge and understanding of data protection law. He is always able to find pragmatic and creative solutions.'
- 'Very fast response times; clear initial assessments that are sound; very good expertise .'
Key clients
- Adobe
- Momenta Europe
- Nintendo
- Novartis
- Vodafone GmbH
Work highlights
- Representation of Google in various proceedings in all instances (including BGH, BVerfG and ECJ) on the question of the liability of service providers for third-party legal violations with regard to various services.
- Ongoing advice to Novartis on data protection issues related to operations, including healthcare, IT and CRM systems; also carrying out studies and data collection.
