Partner

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

Expertise

Dr Franka Becker is a lawyer and strategic partner at the interface of law and technology. She advises high-growth tech companies and multinational companies on IT law, compliance, data privacy, and AI. drawing on experience as General Counsel and practicing lawyer.

As founder of PyleHound, she builds AI tools that make legal work smarter and more efficient. Combining entrepreneurial insight with legal expertise, she helps companies streamline workflows, protect innovation, and grow with confidence.

Franka Advises

  • Growth companies and founders in the tech space including AI and SaaS matters.
  • Globally operating businesses.
  • Company in the medical devices sector.
  • Agencies in the entertainment industry.

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 a lawyer and strategic partner at the interface of law and technology. She advises high-growth tech companies and multinational companies on IT law, compliance, data privacy, and AI. drawing on experience as General Counsel and practicing lawyer.

As founder of PyleHound, she builds AI tools that make legal work smarter and more efficient. Combining entrepreneurial insight with legal expertise, she helps companies streamline workflows, protect innovation, and grow with confidence.

Franka Advises

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  • Growth companies and founders in the tech space including AI and SaaS matters.
  • Globally operating businesses.
  • Company in the medical devices sector.
  • Agencies in the entertainment industry.

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).