Michael Kern is an associate in the Brussels office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on privacy and cybersecurity.
Michael advises on all aspects surrounding privacy and cybersecurity issues, both contentious and non-contentious matters. He helps clients to successfully implement privacy compliance, respond to data breaches, assess data privacy and security risks, design privacy compliance programs, negotiate data processing agreements, and integrate complex multi-jurisdictional data transfers and outsourcing agreements. Michael also regularly advises clients on all privacy aspects of corporate transactions.
Michael represents a broad range of clients, from emerging companies to global market leaders, in a range of data-driven and other industries such as technology, media, automotive, financial institutions, healthcare, and insurance. He also advises companies on the upcoming EU regulations that are part of the European Union’s digital strategy; such as the Artificial Intelligence Act, Digital Services Act, Data Act, Data Governance Act, and the Network Information Security Directive 2.
Prior to joining the firm, Michael worked in the privacy and cybersecurity practice group of Schoenherr (Vienna).
Michael is a native speaker of German and fluent in English and Italian.
Michael Kern is an associate in the Brussels office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on privacy and cybersecurity.
Michael advises on all aspects surrounding privacy and cybersecurity issues, both contentious and non-contentious matters. He helps clients to successfully implement privacy compliance, respond to data breaches, assess data privacy and security risks, design privacy compliance programs, negotiate data processing agreements, and integrate complex multi-jurisdictional data transfers and outsourcing agreements. Michael also regularly advises clients on all privacy aspects of corporate transactions.
Michael represents a broad range of clients, from emerging companies to global market leaders, in a range of data-driven and other industries such as technology, media, automotive, financial institutions, healthcare, and insurance. He also advises companies on the upcoming EU regulations that are part of the European Union’s digital strategy; such as the Artificial Intelligence Act, Digital Services Act, Data Act, Data Governance Act, and the Network Information Security Directive 2.
Prior to joining the firm, Michael worked in the privacy and cybersecurity practice group of Schoenherr (Vienna).
Michael is a native speaker of German and fluent in English and Italian.
- LL.M., International Business Law, Queen Mary University London, 2019With Distinction
- B.A., Romance Philology, University of Vienna, 2018
With Merits
- Master of Laws, University of Vienna, 2015
- Vienna Bar
- Brussels Bar E-List
- LL.M., International Business Law, Queen Mary University London, 2019With Distinction
- B.A., Romance Philology, University of Vienna, 2018
With Merits
- Master of Laws, University of Vienna, 2015
- Vienna Bar
- Brussels Bar E-List
Select Publications
- “Checklist: Overview of the layered regulatory regime of the Digital Services Act - Applicability of DSA obligations by type and size of intermediary services,” Ecolex (in German) 214, 2024
- “Automated decision-making under Art 22 GDPR for systems that merely support decision-making, such as scoring,” Ecolex (in German) 191, 2024
- “The new EU-US Data Privacy Framework as legal basis for data transfers to the USA,” Ecolex (in German) 982, 2023
- “On the relationship between the lawfulness of data processing and accountability under the GDPR,” Ecolex (in German) 626, 2023
- “On the right to receive a “copy” under Art 15 (3) GDPR,” Ecolex (in German) 546, 2023
- “Sending newsletters following an insolvency-related business transfer,” Ecolex (in German) 349, 2023
- Co-author, “Monitoring provisions, recording and retention obligations, treatment of confidential information,” Austrian Practitioner's Handbook on Foreign Direct Investment (in German) 193-213, 2022
- “Why the Rome I Regulation Has No Mandatory Application When Determining the Substantive Law in International Commercial Arbitration,” 4 Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management 482-502, 2020
- Co-author, “Applicable Law in Arbitral Proceedings,”Austrian Practitioner's Handbook on Arbitration and ADR (in German) 117-193, 2021
- Co-author, “Regulatory Monitoring Provisions in the Context of Foreign Direct Investment,” Austrian Practitioner's Handbook on Foreign Direct Investment (in German) 193-213, 2022
Select Publications
- “Checklist: Overview of the layered regulatory regime of the Digital Services Act - Applicability of DSA obligations by type and size of intermediary services,” Ecolex (in German) 214, 2024
- “Automated decision-making under Art 22 GDPR for systems that merely support decision-making, such as scoring,” Ecolex (in German) 191, 2024
- “The new EU-US Data Privacy Framework as legal basis for data transfers to the USA,” Ecolex (in German) 982, 2023
- “On the relationship between the lawfulness of data processing and accountability under the GDPR,” Ecolex (in German) 626, 2023
- “On the right to receive a “copy” under Art 15 (3) GDPR,” Ecolex (in German) 546, 2023
- “Sending newsletters following an insolvency-related business transfer,” Ecolex (in German) 349, 2023
- Co-author, “Monitoring provisions, recording and retention obligations, treatment of confidential information,” Austrian Practitioner's Handbook on Foreign Direct Investment (in German) 193-213, 2022
- “Why the Rome I Regulation Has No Mandatory Application When Determining the Substantive Law in International Commercial Arbitration,” 4 Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management 482-502, 2020
- Co-author, “Applicable Law in Arbitral Proceedings,”Austrian Practitioner's Handbook on Arbitration and ADR (in German) 117-193, 2021
- Co-author, “Regulatory Monitoring Provisions in the Context of Foreign Direct Investment,” Austrian Practitioner's Handbook on Foreign Direct Investment (in German) 193-213, 2022
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