Carsten Alexander Kociok > Greenberg Traurig Germany > Berlin, Germany > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

IP - IT

Position

Rechtsanwalt/Counsel

Career

Carsten Kociok focuses his practice on the technology industry. He has broad experience in the areas of Internet, information technology, electronic and mobile payments and new media, as well as regulatory and data protection law issues.

Carsten advises national and international companies from the Internet, payments and technology industries on the commercial and regulatory side of their business, in particular in the areas of e-commerce and e-business, electronic and mobile payments, service distribution, franchising, outsourcing and technology transactions. This includes all aspects of e-money and payments law, financial services law, data protection and data security regulations, money laundering obligations as well as marketing, unfair competition, consumer protection and general contract law.

Prior to joining the firm, Carsten worked at Olswang for eight years and in the Capital Transaction Practice Group of an international law firm in New York.

Concentrations
FinTech
Payment services
Data protection and IT security
eCommerce
Media and technology

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

Admission to Practice
Germany
New York

Languages

German
English
Swedish

Education

  • Second Legal State Exam, Berlin/Germany, 2006
  • LL.M. in American Law, Boston University School of Law/USA, 2002
  • First Legal State Exam, Humboldt-University Berlin/Germany, 2001