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Jennifer Maria Held

Senior Associate
About

Jennifer Held is a member of DLA Piper's Employment group in Vienna since February 2023.

She advises in all areas of collective and individual employment law, including employment-related data protection law, contract law and litigation. 

Her clients include companies in a range of sectors including health, trade, chemicals, banking, food and energy. 

Prior to joining DLA Piper, she worked for two reputable law firms in Vienna, where she gained additional experience in IT Law and Intellectual Property Law as well as Data Protection law and therefore is the “Go-to-person” in the Austrian employment team in all queries where employment law meets data protection law.

Areas of FocusEmployment
Professional QualificationsRechtsanwältin registered with Rechtsanwaltskammer Wien
Languages
  • German
  • English
Education
  • University of Vienna, Mag. iur., 2016

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Recommended for Employment in Austria, Legal 500 EMEA, 2024 and 2023

Publications

  • Held/Mertinz, When data processing hurts, ecolex 2020, 572
  • Held, Employee data protection in a German context - what needs to be considered?, Dako 2019/7

Prior Experience

  • 09/2019 - 11/2022, Associate, Vienna based international law firm
  • 04/2018 - 08/2019, Associate, Vienna based international law firm
  • 09/2017 - 03/2019, Associate, Vienna based boutique law firm
  • 02/2017 - 08/2017, Lawyer, Vienna based international law firm
  • 09/2016 - 02/2017, Clerkship, Higher Regional Court Vienna
  • Several Internships at international law firms and NGOs such as in Ghana, Israel, Maldives, China

Memberships

  • Vienna Bar Association

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