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Christopher Bakier

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

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The European Health Data Space and the GDPR: striking the balance between innovation and rights

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Taylor Wessing advises wefox Austria on acquisition of VMK Versicherungsmakler

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