Dr Viola Bensinger > Greenberg Traurig Germany > Berlin, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Greenberg Traurig Germany
The Westlight
Budapester Str. 35
10787 Berlin
Germany

Work Department

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Position

Partner/Rechtsanwältin

Career

Viola Bensinger co-chairs the firm’s Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice and also chairs the Technology Practice as well as the Litigation Practice in Germany. She advises clients from the technology, media, health care and other industries.

Within the technology sector, Viola advises international internet, technology and healthcare companies in the areas digitisation projects, IT outsourcing, cloud computing, e-commerce, electronic payment, data protection, software licensing as well as digital media.

She has wide-ranging experience in advising media and entertainment clients such as distributors, producers, broadcasters, digital platforms, publishers and their contracting partners on licensing and distribution, as well as the legal set-up of digital platforms. Viola also advises clients on regulatory issues, especially with regard to broadcasting law and data protection law.

In her litigation practice, Viola represents clients at courts or arbitration panels in contract disputes, copyright and other litigation. For many years, Viola has also gained broad experience in the areas of insolvency and restructuring relating to IP assets and licensing agreements and has advised numerous clients in large-scale insolvency proceedings relating to their German business partners.

Prior to joining the firm, Viola was a partner at Olswang in Germany and spent more than 10 years working for Linklaters in London and Berlin.

Concentrations
IT and outsourcing
Litigation
Fintech
Cyber security
Media and technology

Capabilities
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Intellectual Property & Technology
Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity
Financial Regulatory & Compliance
Litigation
IT & Business Process Outsourcing
IP Technology Licensing & Transactions
Finance
Banking & Financial Services
Emerging Technology

Admission to Practice
Germany
England & Wales

Languages

German
English
Spanish

Education

  • Ph.D., Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster/Germany, 1998
  • Second Legal State Exam, Berlin/Germany, 1996
  • LL.M., University of Exeter/UK, 1994
  • First Legal State Exam, Universität zu Köln/Germany, 1993

Lawyer Rankings

Deutschland > Informationstechnologie > Informationstechnologie und Digitalisierung

Greenberg Traurig Germany verfolgt einen auf multidisziplinärer Beratung und Kooperation mit Experten aus dem internationalen Netzwerk der Kanzlei beruhenden Full-Service-Ansatz, der zu Mandatierungen von Start-ups bis hin zu international agierenden Tech-Unternehmern führt. Dabei besitzt die Kanzlei Expertise in der IT-rechtlichen Unterstützung von Transaktionen sowie Erfahrung in der Prüfung regulatorischer Rahmenbedingungen für die Einführung neuer Produkte und ist oftmals in der Vertretung von Mandanten in streitigen Auseinandersetzungen aktiv. Das facettenreiche Tätigkeitsfeld von Praxisgruppenleiterin Viola Bensinger erstreckt sich auf Technologietransaktionen und die Beratung zu Digitalisierungs- und Softwareentwicklungsprojekten.

Deutschland > Informationstechnologie > Datenrecht

Greenberg Traurig Germany betreut ein facettenreiches Themenfeld, welches Fokusgebiete wie die Begleitung internationaler Datentransfers und datengetriebener Geschäftsmodelle ebenso enthält wie Expertise in Vertragsgestaltung und der rechtlichen Bewertung von Datenverwertungsmodellen. Praxisgruppenleiterin Viola Bensinger verfügt über Expertise entlang des gesamten datenrechtlichen Spektrums mit besonderer Erfahrung in der Beratung zu Datenverwertung, Compliance und Datenschutz bei Unternehmenstransaktionen.

Deutschland > Bank- und Finanzrecht > FinTech

Greenberg Traurig Germany besticht neben Expertise zu Lizenzierungen, Produktentwicklungen, digitalen Zahlungsdienstleistungen und deren Strukturierung, Kryptowährung sowie Blockchain ebenfalls durch grenzüberschreitende Kapazitäten, die man als Teil der globalen FinTech-Praxis häufig für europäische und US-amerikanische Unternehmen und FinTechs einsetzt. Praxisleiter Carsten Kociok wurde während des Berichtszeitraums zum Co-Chair dieser ernannt und fokussiert seine Beratung unter anderem auf E-Geld, Zahlungsregulierung, Krypto, Datenschutz und Digitalinvestments. Die Praxis wird zudem regelmäßig bei regulatorischen Aspekten von Markterweiterungen zu Rate gezogen sowie im Rahmen von Transaktionen, die insbesondere von Viola Bensinger betreut werden.

Germany > Banking and finance > Fintech

Greenberg Traurig Germany acts integrated into the international fintech practice and boasts expertise in licensing, product development, digital payment services and their structuring, cryptocurrencies and blockchain, including cross-border matters; these competencies are regularly drawn on by European and US companies as well as fintechs. Practice head Carsten Kociok was recently appointed co-chair of the international fintech practice and focuses on e-money, payment regulation, crypto, data protection and digital investments. The practice also covers regulatory aspects of market expansions and transactions, here, Viola Bensinger is a key contact.

Germany > Information technology > Data protection

Greenberg Traurig Germany covers a wide range of topics, including focus areas such as the support in international data transfers and data-driven business models as well as contract design and the assessment of data analytics models. Practice head Viola Bensinger comprehensively covers data protection matters with a focus on the use of data, compliance and data protection in the context of corporate transactions.

Germany > Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation

Greenberg Traurig Germany offers a full-service approach, which is based on interdisciplinary advice and the cooperation with experts from the firm’s international network. Among the client roster are start-ups as well as international technology companies, which the team supports in IT-related transactions, the regulatory framework in connection with product launches as well as clients’ representation in litigation. Practice head Viola Bensinger covers various topics and is experienced in technology transactions, digitisation and software development projects.