Dr. Carolin Monsees

Hamburg Germany

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Carolin Monsees is a specialist lawyer for information technology law in the Technology, Media & Telecoms practice group. She advises clients on national and international digitization projects, in particular on data protection law, IT contract and regulatory law (e.g. GDPR, AI Act, NIS-2, Data Act). As an expert in the field of litigation, she also represents clients in court and conducts negotiations with the relevant supervisory authorities.

Carolin advises clients calmly and routinely on the implementation of complex digitization projects as well as European and international data protection requirements. Due to her many years of experience in managing large-scale projects, she advises her clients “at the right altitude”, from the management/board of directors to the legal department to the specialist departments and IT departments. Carolin Monsees focuses on digitalization projects in the healthcare sector.

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CV

Since 2021 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2017 – 2021 (Senior) Associate, Taylor Wessing

2015 – 2017 Independent lawyer

Career

Since 2021 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2017 – 2021 (Senior) Associate, Taylor Wessing

2015 – 2017 Independent lawyer

Education

2015 – 2017 Ph.D. as scholar of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation

2013 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg

2013 Second state examination, Higher Regional Court Hamburg

Publications

A regulator’s view on the AI Act, Moderation Tech Me Up! Session #6, with Otto Sleeking and guest speaker Stefan Kulk

AI and Data Act: Europe‘s Newest Data Regulation Wava and its impact on US Businesses, Speech, Privacy+Security Forum Washington DC, Mai 2024

ECJ confirms consumer protection associations' capacity to sue for data protection infringements, TW Newsletter Technology April 2022, together with Stephanie Richter

Privacy Litigation: Legal recourse and applicable procedural law in data protection matters in Germany, Happy Birthday GDPR, Edition #30, May 2020

Access to Account: Kontoinformationsdienste in der Doppelregulierung, November 2018

Public Information in the Food Sector, dissertation (in German), October 2018

Memberships & Associations

Alumni of German Academic Scholarship Foundation

International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Deutscher Anwaltsverin (DAV)

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Experience

Development and implementation of a comprehensive digitalisation strategyq

A world leading manufacturer of industrial plants for the food & beverage industry on the company’s digitalisation strategy. The project included implementation of the strategy into the entire workflow, processes and contractual relationships with industrial customers, suppliers and aftermarket stakeholders.

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Dr. Carolin Monsees, CIPP/E