Fieldfisher

Information Technology

Lea Köttering is an Associate at Fieldfisher’s Hamburg office, advising clients on Media law, Data Protection and IT law, as well as on the regulation of Artificial Intelligence.

She has many years of experience in digital law, particularly in the regulation of Artificial Intelligence and data protection law, and has in-depth knowledge of data protection and AI regulatory issues in the development and use of artificial intelligence.

Her advisory work primarily focuses on technology-driven companies.

She advises our clients in both German and English.

Lea Köttering studied law at the University of Hamburg and KU Leuven in Belgium. She then worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Public Law, Media and Telecommunications Law under Professor Dr Hans-Heinrich Trute, where she also completed her doctoral thesis on data protection frameworks for Artificial Intelligence in radiology.

She completed her legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, with placements at the European Commission (DG CNECT, Unit A2 Artificial Intelligence, Brussels), the Data Protection Officer of Charité University Hospital in Berlin, and a leading European AI startup.