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Dr. Franziska Brinkmann, M.A.
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Franziska is a member of the Practice Area Technology, Media & Communications. She advises technology companies such as search engines, hosting and content providers, intermediary services as well as electronic communications services on liability issues, disclosure matters as well as regulatory requirements, and represents them before civil and administrative courts. She specializes in media, data protection and telecommunications law.

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Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2022 Graduate Research Assistant at Center of Applied Legal Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2022 Admitted to the Bar
2022 Second State Examination, Baden-Wuerttemberg
2020 - 2022 Legal Clerkship at Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe
2020 PhD, University of Freiburg
2018 Master of Arts in Art History, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2016 First State Examination, Baden-Wuerttemberg
2014 Bachelor of Arts in Art History, University of Freiburg
2010 - 2016 Studies of Law, Art History and History, University of Freiburg

Career

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2022 Graduate Research Assistant at Center of Applied Legal Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Education

2022 Admitted to the Bar
2022 Second State Examination, Baden-Wuerttemberg
2020 - 2022 Legal Clerkship at Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe
2020 PhD, University of Freiburg
2018 Master of Arts in Art History, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2016 First State Examination, Baden-Wuerttemberg
2014 Bachelor of Arts in Art History, University of Freiburg
2010 - 2016 Studies of Law, Art History and History, University of Freiburg

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