Dr Helmut Liebel > E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile

E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH
VIENNA TWIN TOWER, WIENERBERGSTRASSE 11
1100 VIENNA
Austria

Work Department

IP/IT Law

Position

Helmut Liebel advises on IT and data protection law, intellectual property law (copyright, trademark, design, and patent law), unfair competition (UWG), and distribution law.

Languages

German and English

Memberships

Austrian Bar Association

Education

Helmut Liebel graduated from the HTL Wiener Neustadt for computer science, and subsequently studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna and at the Santa Clara University School of Law, California, USA.

Lawyer Rankings

Austria > Intellectual property

E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH‘s ‘highly diligent and effective’ IP team often collaborates with the firm’s competition and data protection specialists to assist clients with the management of their IP portfolios and IP-heavy transactions. The group is also known for acting in contentious matters, handling infringement proceedings before the Austrian courts. Andreas Zellhofer leads the team, advising clients at the intersection of unfair competition and trade mark, copyright or patent law, while Helmut Liebel assists with matters touching on IP, IT and data protection issues.

Austria > Data privacy and data protection

Compliance advice, data transfers linked to transactions and data privacy litigation all fall under the remit of E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH‘s data protection team, which acts for household names in the automotive and IT sectors, among others. Leading the team is Andreas Zellhofer, who specialises in matters covering aspects of data protection, IT and IP law, with further expertise in unfair competition issues. Helmut Liebel ‘brings a unique technical understanding’ of data protection to the practice, and also advises on IP and IT matters.

Austria > TMT

Occupying a strong niche in the automotive market and also advising notable retail and internet clients, E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH advises on IP and data protection matters in addition to handling transactions and associated competition matters. Heading the team is Andreas Zellhofer, who focuses primarily on matters of IT and IP law, with further expertise in unfair competition and antitrust proceedings. Helmut Liebel leverages his background in the IT industry to assist clients with IT projects and data protection law, while Florian Sagmeister is noted for handling competition matters for technology clients.