Comparative Guide
Franchise & Licensing
Germany
Dr. Christiane Berr & Sarah Liomin
Dentons supports national and international companies in critical situations such as cyberattacks or data protection incidents, representing them before supervisory authorities and assisting with internal investigations and immediate remedial measures. Team head Christian Schefold focuses on the development of compliance management systems and procedures for international data transfers. Jan Pohle joined the practice from DLA Piper in June 2025.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Always in a good and collaborative mood, solution-oriented, patient and curious.'
- ‘Dentons has global reach, and can apply a high level overview for advice making it more practical, especially given the client base.’
- ‘Sebastian Von Haldenwang is our DPO for Europe. He has knowledgeable and practical approach whilst applying requirements as per the law.’
Key clients
- BNP Paribas S.A.
- Europlasma
- Meta
- Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environment Agency)
- Deutscher Caritasverband e.V.
- WebMD
- Volkswagen AG
- Shutterstock
- JetBrains s.r.o.
- Harting Stiftung GmbH & Co.KGaA
- TLI Steuerberatungsgesellschaft
- Analog Devices, Inc
Work highlights
Advising a retail chain on the Supply Chain Act and data protection issues in day-to-day business.
Advising Deutscher Caritasverband e.V. on data protection in the development and operation of a joint platform for social counselling, including data protection advice on individual issues in day-to-day business.
Advising Meta on data protection issues worldwide as well as in Germany and provides significant advice and support on a range of data protection issues.
Practice head
Christian Schefold
Other key lawyers
Jan Pohle; Sebastian von Haldenwang; Philipp Byers