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Georg Röhsner

Managing Partner
Head of Data Privacy and Technology / Head of Litigation

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Languages: German, English

Being a litigator for more than 30 years now, Georg leads the Litigation team and is head of Data Privacy and Technology, while also advising companies on all issues of cybersecurity.

Having started as a real estate lawyer more than 30 years ago, Georg developed extensive practice in all kinds of litigation, with a special focus on real estate and construction litigation. Being the head of Litigation in the Vienna Eversheds Sutherland office, he also tries to help his clients to avoid litigation through preventive measures, especially by thoroughly drafted contracts and well-prepared transactions.

In this context Georg advises large Austrian based construction companies as well as global acting facility management companies or leading car rental companies in relation to all their disputes in Austria. Georg protects the interests of his clients in all kinds of media litigation, including proceedings for Austrian radio and television companies, as well as in proceedings regarding product liability and product recall.

Georg also leads our Technology, Media, Data and Cyber practice in Austria and carries out both contentious and non-contentious work for national and international clients. In particular, he has developed an extensive practice in all kinds of broadcasting law, data protection and cybersecurity. Most recently, he has increasingly advised companies on defending against cyberattacks.

His publications in journals in this field have been widely acknowledged.

Since 2012 Georg acts as the Managing Partner of Eversheds Sutherland in Austria.

Georg’s recent client experience includes:

  • advising a global provider of critical infrastructure in connection with a massive cyber-attack and the notification-duties all over Europe triggered in this context
  • acting for various clients, including a leading Austrian restaurant group, one of Vienna´s most famous event locations and market-leading car rental company, in negotiations and litigation proceedings with their landlords regarding the implications of COVID-19
  • representing a global facility management company in all their litigation proceedings in Austria
  • advising a joint venture of major Austrian TV-companies in setting up innovative methods of viewing rate measurements
  • acquiring various licenses in Austria for private radio stations and satellite TV
  • representing property developers in litigation proceedings of all kinds
  • assisting a US headquartered IT company on privacy issues regarding health data
  • advising a world leading E-commerce company on data privacy and regulatory questions
  • advising various national and international clients on new developments regarding cookie-setting on websites
  • various articles in magazines and daily newspapers
  • various presentations on data protections issues (external and in-house)
  • The Legal 500 EMEA Leading Firm 2022
  • The Legal 500 EMEA Recommended Lawyer 2022
  • his Data Protection team is ranked in Legal 500, 2021
  • Ranked in Chambers Europe - Leading Individual 2014, 2015
  • The Legal 500 EMEA Leading Individual 2014
  • The Legal 500 EMEA Leading Firm 2020

 

  • Managing Partner, Eversheds Sutherland (Austria)
  • Board Member of Eversheds Sutherland Europe Ltd.
  • Diploma in Law (Doctor iuris) University Vienna
  • Member of the Austrian Bar since 1993
Georg Röhsner

Managing Partner

Head of Data Privacy and Technology / Head of Litigation

Georg Röhsner

Managing Partner

Head of Data Privacy and Technology / Head of Litigation

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