Dr iur Anna Mertinz > KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH > Vienna, Austria > Lawyer Profile
KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH Offices
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1010
VIENNA
Austria
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Dr iur Anna Mertinz
Work Department
Employment Law, Data Protection Law, Contract Law, Corporate and Company Law, Compliance, European Law
Position
Partner
Career
Anna Mertinz has been an attorney since 2013 and became a managing partner at KWR in 2017. She gained valuable professional experience during her studies (e.g., at Bank Austria Creditanstalt Vienna, 2001) and worked as a legal assistant at two renowned Viennese law firms during her studies (2001 to 2005). After completing her year at court as a candidate for employment, Anna Mertinz joined KWR in January 2007 as an associate. She completed her doctorate while working and training at KWR. After successfully passing the bar exam, Anna Mertinz joined the firm as an in-house lawyer and worked as Legal Counsel Austria & Slovenia at Coca-Cola HBC Austria GmbH from 2010-2013.
Languages
German, English, French, Spanish
Education
Universität Wien (Mag. iur. 2005, Dr. iur. 2008), Université de Franche-Comté Besancon (Erasmusstipendium 2005), Bar exam (2009), Postgraduate Diploma EU Competition Law (King’s College London)
Lawyer Rankings
Austria > Employment
(Leading individuals)Providing ‘an outstanding service on HR topics’, Anna Mertinz leads KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH‘s team, with her multifaceted practice encompassing advice on cross-border staff deployments, employment contracts, assistance with company acquisitions, employee data protection, and compliance. Jennifer Held left the firm in February 2023, while Martin Lanner, whose workload includes employee participation schemes, joined in September 2023 from Schindler Attorneys.
Austria > Data privacy and data protection
KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH strengthened its data protection practice with the December 2022 arrival of Beatrice Blümel from the Austrian data protection authority, who heads the firm’s new technology and digitalisation group and assists clients in the event of data breaches. The team advises on trade secrets and e-privacy matters, handling ongoing IT projects and GDPR compliance. The team is jointly led by Anna Mertinz, who has extensive experience at the intersection of data protection and employment law, and Barbara Kuchar, who represents clients in the wake of data breaches and is also noted for her work on trade secrets.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Austria > Employment
- Data privacy and data protection Austria
- Employment Austria