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IT Law, Data Privacy & Security, Compliance and Interim Counsel

Expertise

Dr Franka Becker is both a lawyer and a business partner with a passion for entrepreneurship. She supports start-ups and scale-ups with a personal focus of interest on the dynamic tech landscape. With a comprehensive background in technology and a versatile skill set, she guides companies through their growth journey.

Franka has experience in legal counselling both as a lawyer and as General Counsel/Head of Legal Department and as Data Protection Officer.

Franka Advises

  • Tech start-ups and scale-ups
  • AI companies
  • SaaS companies
  • Company in the medical devices sector
  • Agencies in the entertainment area

Career History

Previous Law firms

  • 12/2021-today: JustWatch GmbH, General Counsel and Data Privacy Officer
  • 05/2020-12/2021: FrieslandCampina Germany GmbH, Syndicus Attorney/Legal Counsel DACH, responsible for data protection in the DACH region
  • 04/2020-12/2021: Law Firm drbecker.digital, Founder and Lawyer
  • 05/2019-04/2020: SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte, Associate
  • 07/2017-04/2019: RWT Anwaltskanzlei GmbH, Lawyer

Memberships

  • Lawyers for Future
  • Weisser Ring e.V.
  • German Institute for Legal Departments and Corporate Lawyers

Education

  • Doctorate: Saarland University, 2020
  • Second legal state examination (bar exam): Tübingen, 2017
  • First legal state examination: Tübingen, 2014

Other

  • Publication: The data protection classification of Blockchains- the permissibility of data processing in open blockchain systems, 09/2020, Shaker Publishing.
  • Podcast: Legal Quarter

 

 

 

Franka is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

Expertise

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Dr Franka Becker is both a lawyer and a business partner with a passion for entrepreneurship. She supports start-ups and scale-ups with a personal focus of interest on the dynamic tech landscape. With a comprehensive background in technology and a versatile skill set, she guides companies through their growth journey.

Franka has experience in legal counselling both as a lawyer and as General Counsel/Head of Legal Department and as Data Protection Officer.

Franka Advises

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  • Tech start-ups and scale-ups
  • AI companies
  • SaaS companies
  • Company in the medical devices sector
  • Agencies in the entertainment area

Career History

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Previous Law firms

  • 12/2021-today: JustWatch GmbH, General Counsel and Data Privacy Officer
  • 05/2020-12/2021: FrieslandCampina Germany GmbH, Syndicus Attorney/Legal Counsel DACH, responsible for data protection in the DACH region
  • 04/2020-12/2021: Law Firm drbecker.digital, Founder and Lawyer
  • 05/2019-04/2020: SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte, Associate
  • 07/2017-04/2019: RWT Anwaltskanzlei GmbH, Lawyer

Memberships

  • Lawyers for Future
  • Weisser Ring e.V.
  • German Institute for Legal Departments and Corporate Lawyers

Education

  • Doctorate: Saarland University, 2020
  • Second legal state examination (bar exam): Tübingen, 2017
  • First legal state examination: Tübingen, 2014

Other

  • Publication: The data protection classification of Blockchains- the permissibility of data processing in open blockchain systems, 09/2020, Shaker Publishing.
  • Podcast: Legal Quarter

 

 

 

Franka is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).