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Band 4

FinTech Legal

Germany

3 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Brigitta Varadinek

FinTech

Practice Areas

Data Privacy, Digitalization in the banking area, FinTech’s, PSD2 and 3, FIDA, Payment, Open Banking, Open Finance, AI

Career

- Founding partner of lindenpartners Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälten (2006)

- 10 years associate and partner with Haarmann Hemmelrath und Partner.

- Free University of Berlin (Dr. jur.)

- Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris and University of Nice (Maîtrise en droit)

Professional Memberships

International Bar Association, FinTech Ladys Germany, LESI Licensing Executive Society, German Nordic Law Association

Personal

Brigitta advises our clients on traditional intellectual property issues, focusing on copyright, competition and trademark law. She has also been involved in digitalisation projects for many years, particularly in relation to data protection, IT and media law. Many clients also come from the start-up sector and seek legal support for their digital business models. In recent years, she has also provided expert opinions for the public sector, including two expert opinions for the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on the introduction of adaptive assistance systems in the context of Industry 2.0 and on big data technologies used by state and federal authorities using various Internet data sources.

Head of Pro Bono at lindenpartners (legal advice to refugees).

Board of a non-profit organisation for the integration of refugees, including the operation of an African restaurant to create jobs.

Long distance cycling f.ex. cross Africa.

Work Highlights

Legal consultancy in connection with FIDA for Wallis and Tesobe, both technical service provider providing banking interfaces for open banking, and in the future for open finance and eWallet.

Star Finanz (Technical service provider für all Saving Banks in Germany) Legal consultancy in connection with Sparkassen Innovation Hub – testing and evaluating new business models of FinTech’s with the aim of integrating them into the individual saving banks.

Clients

S-Communication GmbH, Star Finanz GmbH, Wallis GmbH, Tesobe GmbH, Raisin GmbH, Fincite GmbH

Industry Sector Expertise

Open Banking, Open Finance, AI, Payment, Data Privacy

Languages Spoken

German, English, French, Swedish

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FinTech Legal - Germany

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Brigitta Varadinek specialises in advising FinTechs on financial regulatory matters. Varadinek has expertise in payment platforms and digital banking, as well as data security and privacy.

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Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT)