The ‘absolutely outstanding GDPR litigation practice’ at Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte LLP & Co KG represents a number of high-profile clients in disputes concerning the use and storage of customer and user data, appearing for them before the Austrian courts and Data Protection Authority in proceedings revolving around international data transfers. Described by one client as ’hands-down the best GDPR litigator in Austria and beyond,’ practice head Lukas Feiler is well-versed in both contentious and non-contentious GDPR matters, platform regulation issues and challenges arising out of the integration of AI into clients’ operations. Beat König‘s practice encompasses both regulatory and civil data protection disputes.
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  • 'The team is very responsive and provides a wide scope of expertise. They are prompt with responses. They also are able to quickly coordinate across jurisdictions to ensure comprehensive reviews.'
  • 'They give extremely relevant and practical guidance.'
  • 'Understands the client's business needs.'
  • 'High level of responsiveness.'
  • 'They excel in understanding our needs and delivering commercially pragmatic advice that adds immense value to our business. Additionally, they have an absolutely outstanding GDPR litigation practice with more noyb litigation experience than any other firm in Europe – in high-stakes GDPR litigations, this allows them to see around the corner.'
  • 'Lukas Feiler is extremely responsive and cares deeply for his clients. As a former software engineer, he has an outstanding technical know-how allowing him to dig deep and find commercially pragmatic solutions where other would have long given up. Hands down the best GDPR litigator in Austria and beyond.'

Kernmandanten

  • Google
  • CRIF GmbH
  • GATX Rail Europe
  • STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft
  • Mondi AG

Highlight-Mandate

  • Represented Google in two proceedings before the Austrian Data Protection Authority regarding the analytics tool, Google Analytics.
  • Represented Google in administrative proceedings before the Austrian Data Protection Authority related to the service Google Fonts, and in civil proceedings initiated by an Austrian attorney who searched the internet for websites of Austrian companies that use Google Fonts.

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Lukas Feiler

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