Philipp Schmechel LL.M. (Sydney)
AssociateEXPERIENCE
- Advising of financial service providers on data protection topics, in particular in the context of a secondment at an open banking provider.
- Conducting data protection audits and advising on data protection compliance.
- Advising companies on the defense of claims for damages under GDPR (data privacy litigation).
- Coordinating of responses to complex data subject access requests.
- Supporting clients in the handling of personal data breaches.
- German
- English
- Spanish
Higher Regional Court of Celle, Second State Examination, 2022
The University of Sydney, LLM, 2019
University of Göttingen, First State Examination, 2015
Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE), Madrid, 2011
Publications and media
Seminars
- GDPR damages: risk management after the German Federal Court of Justice judgment on Facebook scraping, 21 January 2025, webinar
- Media Workshop: Media and PR Law (incl. GDPR) - Legal basics for print, Internet and social media: data protection law, 18 September 2024, seminar
- Media Workshop: Media Law in Digital Communication; data protection law, 20 November 2023, webinar
Prior Experience
Memberships and Affiliations