Practice Areas
Karin been working since 1996 with business law, with emphasis in the areas of Intellectual Property (including Legal Marketing and Innovation and Research and Development), Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Digital Law, International Contracts, Arbitration, Mediation, Negotiation (ADRs), Compliance, Artificial Intelligence, NFTs.
She is an arbitrator, mediator, and domain name panelist in various institutions.
She is regularly hired for providing legal opinions and technical assistance in litigation proceedings.
Fellow in international commercial arbitration at the CIArb - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (FCIArb)
She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
Director of the Mediation Chamber of the Dispute Resolution Center of ABPI (Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property) CMed - CSD-ABPI.
International experience having worked at Baker & McKenzie offices in Frankfurt (1996) and Düsseldorf (2000), Germany.
She is a Vertrauensanwältin (Trusted Attorney) at the Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (Austrian Chamber of Commerce) in São Paulo.
Professor of commercial law, contracts, intellectual property, privacy, ADRs and Compliance at Facamp - Faculdades Campinas in Undergraduate, Graduate Lato and Stricto Sensu programs. Guest professor at various institutions, such as: Insper (Executive Education), California Western School of Law (CWSL) and ESA-OAB.
Career
Currently principal in her own law firm, Klempp Advogados.
Karin started her carrer in Baker & McKenzie Germany, soon after concluding her Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Cologne. After 14 years at Baker McKenzie, where she became a partner, she left for pursuing academic activities (Ph.D.) and joined different international law firms as partner responsible for developing the digital law practice.
With the experience, she received several appointments as arbitrator and mediator and decided to make an strategic move to her own practice.
Professional Memberships
CBAr (Brazilian Arbitration Committee) - Co-Coordinator of the Intellectual Property, Arbitration and Mediation Study Group (2013 to 2019 and 2023 - present)
CIArb - Fellow
ICC Brazil - International Chamber of Commerce - member of the Arbitration and Mediation and Intellectual Property Committees (2015-2018)
IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) - member.
CIArb (Chartered Institute for Arbitrators) - member and fellow.
ABAPI (Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents) - Council member (2015 - 2018)
ABPI (Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property) - Coordinator of the Technology Transfer and Franchising Commission (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011)
ABPI - CSD (Dispute Resolution Center) - Board member - Director of the Mediation Chamber (2023 - present), arbitrator and domain name specialist
ASPI (São Paulo Association of Intellectual Property) - Director (2010-2017)
