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Christopher Bakier

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Christopher specialises in advising on regulatory, data and commercial matters within the IT, public administrative sector, telecommunications, Life Sciences and Healthcare and in particular in the gambling / gaming industry.

He has experience working on a range of matters that include commercial market entries, resolving contractual and regulatory issues and risk minimizations, leading and undertaking practice area related corporate due diligence and responding to regulatory questions.

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Since 2021 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 – 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2017 – 2018 Legal Assistant, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
2016 – 2017 Judicial clerkship, Higher Regional Court of Vienna
2014 Legal assistant, Dr. Korab
2010 – 2016 Legal studies, University of Vienna
2005 – 2010 Studies, College for Electronic Data Processing and Organisation

Career

Since 2021 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 – 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2017 – 2018 Legal Assistant, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
2016 – 2017 Judicial clerkship, Higher Regional Court of Vienna
2014 Legal assistant, Dr. Korab

Education

2010 – 2016 Legal studies, University of Vienna
2005 – 2010 Studies, College for Electronic Data Processing and Organisation

Publications

"EU AI Act v UK AI Bill—between harmonisation and flexibility for investors in technology transactions?", The Company Lawyer, Issue 2, Thomas Reuters, 2026

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Awards

Legal 500 2026

Featured

Recommended lawyer - Data privacy and data protection: "Christopher Bakier impresses not only with his analytical acumen and negotiating skills, but also always maintains calm, perspective and a pragmatic approach to highly complex issues."

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Digital health

Case law – VfGH on the eImpfpass and central vaccination register

2 July 2026

by Christopher Bakier

International Life Sciences Newsletter - Life Sciences Legal Lens Vol. 2

EHDS implementation: preparing for health data access and reuse and what they should prepare before 2029

EHDS implementation has begun. For life sciences companies, the key issue is how controlled access to health data, secondary use, AI training and data protection governance will work in practice – and what should be prepared before 2029.

1 July 2026
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by Christopher Bakier

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International life sciences
International Life Sciences Newsletter - Life Sciences Legal Lens Vol 1

Ban on “social egg freezing” declared unconstitutional

A European Perspective #1 | AUSTRIA | The Austrian Constitutional Court holds that preventive egg retrieval without medical indication falls within the protection of Article 8 ECHR. A blanket prohibition is disproportionate; the legislature must introduce a new regulatory framework by 31 March 2027.

1 April 2026
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