Dr Henrik Hanssen
Henrik Hanssen is an expert for data, data privacy, AI, IT, cybersecurity, e-commerce and digital media law. He advises national and international companies on regulatory challenges in the digital sector and represents his clients in contract negotiations, proceedings with regulators and in court proceedings.
He brings extensive experience in the creation of practicable solutions to challenges under regulations such as the GDPR, the EU Data Act and EU AI Act, whether it is the evaluation of new products, coordinating regulatory compliance implementation projects, the drafting of policies, notices, agreements and other legal texts, in-house trainings or contentious matters.
Due to several secondments, including with a leading global cloud computing provider, Henrik has special expertise in the tech industry and the field of cloud computing, and is familiar with the work and view of an in-house counsel.
Prior to his career as attorney, Henrik studied law in Kiel with a focus on IP and antitrust law. While working as a research and teaching assistant at the University of Kiel and as paralegal a local law firm, he received a Ph.D. for his dissertation in the fields of IP and unfair competition law. During his legal clerkship he worked, inter alia, for the economic department of the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., and for an international law firm in Hamburg.