Greenberg Traurig Germany

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Partner/Shareholder

Viola Bensinger is Global Co‑Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group and also chairs the Technology Practice in Germany. Viola advises clients from the technology, media, health care and other innovation-driven industries on digitisation projects, IT outsourcing, cloud computing, e‑commerce, electronic payment, data protection, and software licensing.

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, data protection, and AI regulation.

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 Artificial Intelligence Cyber security Media and technology

Capabilities

Technology, Media & Telecommunications | Intellectual Property & Technology | Data Privacy & Cybersecurity | Innovation & Artificial Intelligence | Financial Regulatory & Compliance | Litigation | IT & Business Process | Outsourcing | Technology Transactions | Finance | Banking & Financial Services | Venture Capital & Emerging Technology | Digital Infrastructure | Fintech | Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation

Admission to Practice Germany England & Wales

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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