Mohamed Afhim
Senior Consultant
With his expertise, Mohamed supports medium-sized companies and corporations in data and data protection law.
Speciality
- Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) and Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854)
- Swiss data protection law (RevDSG)
- Whistleblower Protection Directive (EU) 2019/1937
- European consumer law in e-commerce (Digital Content Directive (EU) 2019/770, Omnibus Directive (EU) 2019/2161, Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU, E-Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC)
- General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679)
- ePrivacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC)
- Data protection and data law in international groups of companies and companies
- Data protection management systems and data protection auditing
- Cross-border data transfers and groups of internal data transfer agreements
- Data due diligences in corporate transactions
- Interfaces to employment, competition, antitrust and contract law
Professional experience
Mohamed has many years of professional experience from working for two internationally oriented commercial law firms as well as from his entrepreneurial practice. His work focuses on legal advice on large-scale projects in the area of European data law with particular reference to group structures.
The core tasks include building sustainable compliance structures, in particular in accordance with GDPR, Data Act and AIAct. This includes in particular the design and implementation of internal control mechanisms, the preparation of organizational guidelines, the implementation of comprehensive audits and the review of compliance with legal requirements.
In addition, there is extensive experience in carrying out data law due diligences as part of corporate transactions.
The advice also regularly covers interfaces between data law and other areas of law, in particular consumer law as well as employment law, unfair competition law, antitrust law and contract law.
Education
Currently studying for a Master's degree in Law Informatics (LL. M.) (University of Passau, Germany)
LL. M. - Degree course in European Business Law (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)
Licensed as a lawyer by the Berlin Bar Association (Germany)
Second state law examination in Germany.
Study visit to the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer as part of a supplementary degree in administrative science.
First state law examination in Germany.
Law studies (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany)
Law studies (year abroad) (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Languages
- German
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Arabic
