BOULEVARD LOUIS SCHMIDT 29, 1040 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Karin Retzer
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Technology Transactions.
Position
Karin Retzer is Of Counsel in the firm?s Brussels office and a member of the Technology Transactions Group. Her practice focuses on the legal aspects of electronic commerce and data protection, technology licensing, and intellectual property law. Ms. Retzer?s transactional experience includes software and biotechnology licensing, outsourcing arrangements, distribution and agency relationships, and various ISP contracts. She has developed template agreements and negotiated complex commercial agreements for many clients, counseling them not only with respect to legal ramifications, but also taking into account applicable business and technical considerations. In the area of intellectual property, Ms. Retzer has defended the positions of technology companies in various legislative initiatives at both European Community and national levels, and provided support in disputes and negotiations.
Career
Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Ms. Retzer worked at the European headquarters of Sterling Commerce in Paris, a U.S. supplier of e-commerce products. From 1997 to 1998, Ms. Retzer worked at the European Commission, where she was involved mainly with examining and monitoring Member States? implementation of European Community directives. She has published extensively on intellectual property, licensing, and data protection matters, and is a contributing author to the loose-leaf ?Employee Privacy: Guide to U.S. and International Law?, which was published by A S Pratt & Sons and Thompson in September 2007.
Languages
Ms. Retzer is fluent in German and English and has a working knowledge of French and Dutch.
Member
Ms. Retzer is a member of the German and the EU bar in Brussels. She is a member of the Licensing Executives Society (?LES?), the Association for Industrial Property and Copyright Law (?GRUR?), and the German Association for Data Protection and Data Security (?GDD?).
Education
She completed her legal education in 1997, after studies in Regensburg (Germany), Utrecht (The Netherlands), and Munich (Germany).