KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH oversees GDPR and broader data protection compliance matters for several clients active across Europe and further afield, with particular expertise in assisting such groups manage employee data. The team is led jointly by Anna Mertinz and Barbara Kuchar. Mertinz is an expert in employment-related data matters, both on a day-to-day data management basis, including contentious matters, and in relation to cross-border projects and transactions, with Kuchar taking the lead on data protection matters with an IP angle.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Testimonials
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- 'Highly specialised, to the point.'
- 'Very practical and client focused.'
- 'Always available and highly dedicated.'
- 'Highest level of expertise, solution-oriented, pragmatic and creative approaches, keen sense of clients' needs, goes the extra mile, quick and well-founded responses, always available.'
- 'Anna Mertinz offers the highest level of competence.'
- 'Practical orientation, good knowledge.'
Key clients
- WIEHAG
- Coca-Cola HBC Austria GmbH
- Ryanair
- CBRE GWS Austria
- Lyreco SE
- goldgas GmbH
- Lowell Financial Services GmbH
- Forbo Management SA
Practice head
Anna Mertinz; Barbara Kuchar