Tim Wybitul > Latham & Watkins LLP > Frankfurt, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Latham & Watkins LLP‘s compliance team closely cooperates with its transaction practice and is experienced in transaction-related compliance due diligence, as well as supporting DAX and MDAX companies in matters pertaining to whistleblower systems, corporate governance and supply chain management. Thomas Grützner (white-collar criminal law and investigations), Tim Wybitul (data protection and administrative procedures) and Tobias Larisch (corporate law and corporate governance) jointly head the practice. Wolf-Tassilo Böhm (data protection) was appointed to counsel in January 2023.

Latham & Watkins LLP routinely advises on due diligence matters in the transaction sphere and is also instructed by German and international companies on internal investigations pertaining to antitrust law, sanctions and embargoes, banking supervisory and employment law as well as data protection, this also includes cross-border investigations. Thomas Grützner (human rights and misconduct investigations), Tobias Larisch (corporate law and corporate governance) and Tim Wybitul (data protection and whistleblower systems) jointly head the practice. Wolf-Tassilo Böhm, who was appointed to counsel in January 2023, advises on data protection and cybersecurity.

Latham & Watkins LLP‘s data protection practice is among the top German players for data privacy litigation, which the team routinely demonstrates in major disputes as well as fines and civil proceedings, including GDPR fines, before the ECJ. Tim Wybitul is a key contact here, he is among Germany’s leading data protection experts. Further focus areas include the advice on transactions, financing and IPOs as well as the support to companies in connection with possible data breaches and subsequent official proceedings. The practice routinely cooperates with locations in the US, the United Kingdom, France, Hong Kong, Singapore and Korea, thereby covering cross-border matters. This expertise is a strength of Ulrich Wuermeling, who advises on European, English and German data protection law.

Latham & Watkins LLP‘s IT competencies include the support in transactions and outsourcing projects as well as regulatory and data protection issues. In the latter area, a recent focus was on litigation, where Tim Wybitul‘s team assisted with numerous GDPR fine proceedings before the authorities and the ECJ.