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

Greenberg Traurig Germany‘s multidisciplinary advice offering covers banking and regulatory issues as well as payment services law matters, practice head Carsten Kociok is a key contact here, which includes e-money products and blockchain technology. The client roster consists of credit, financial services and e-money institutions as well as startups, which the team advises on licensing, blockchain and token-related matters as well as payment products, takeovers and digital platforms. Head of the technology team, co-head of the global FinTech task force and co-head of the global IP & technology practice Viola Bensinger is another key contact and advises on digital payment services and software licensing as well as on e-commerce and data protection issues.

Greenberg Traurig Germany regularly assists with GDPR compliance, data protection fine proceedings and transactions as well as the structuring of international data transfers and exchanges. Cross-border matters are covered thanks to the international network and frequently advised on in close cooperation with the locations in the US. This approach is also mirrored in Viola Bensinger‘s dual role as head of the German data protection practice and as co-head of the global data privacy & cyber ​​security practice. Carsten Kociok is another key contact, he comprehensively advises on data protection law and primarily assists clients across the financial services, media, real estate and healthcare sectors.