DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH‘s data protection team ’combines legal excellence and business drive’ to advise clients in the event of Data Protection Authority investigations concerning the handling of employee and customer data, including where data breaches and ransomware attacks have occurred. Heading the team is Sabine Fehringer, whose expertise encompasses technology transfer and IP licensing matters in addition to corporate transactions. Stefan Panic handles regulatory issues, including data breach notifications and subject access requests.
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- 'DLA Piper has a unique, business-driven approach – it combines legal excellence and business drive in an outstanding way.'
- 'Sabine Fehringer: our favourite IPT lawyer - business-driven, highly experienced and really amazing to work with.'
Key clients
- Pfizer
- Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH
Work highlights
Advised an Austria-based international company which suffered a data breach following a ransomware attack.
Practice head
Sabine Fehringer
Other key lawyers
Stefan Panic