Data protection and IT law for businesses
Sound advice on complex matters.Technical solutions for standard cases.
Dr. Thomas Helbing — specialist lawyer for IT law, founder, legal AI engineer, software developer
Recognition
One of Germany's best lawyers for IT and data protection law according to Handelsblatt — continuously from 2020 to today (2026).
Listed by Kanzleimonitor.de as a 'Leading lawyer for data protection and IT law' (2024–2026) and a 'Top 100 lawyer' in Germany (2024/25).
Focus
Industries
- Information technology (IT)
- Finance (banks & insurance)
- Automotive
- Other
Topics
- Cloud / SaaS
- Data protection management
- Other
Client size
- Small / startup
- SME
- Enterprise
Practice areas
- Data protection law
- Information technology / IT law
- Other
References
Leading German research institution
Advising a leading German research institution on data protection in research projects and employee data
Systemically important German bank (>4 million customers)
Comprehensive data protection advice to a systemically important German bank since 2010
Führender Dienstleister für Apotheken
Beratung eines führenden Dienstleisters für Apotheken zu den datenschutzrechtlichen Anforderungen bei der Verarbeitung von Kundendaten (Gesundheitsdaten mehrerer Millionen Kunden)
International provider of a health app (300 million users)
Data protection advice to a health-app provider with 300 million users on revising its privacy notices
Career
Honours and distinction
Two Bavarian state exams passed with distinction (double-digit scores each), doctorate in telecommunications law.
Trained at the top
Senior Associate at Hogan Lovells, a leading international law firm.
Data protection in practice
Head of Compliance Data Protection at a DAX 30 company and external (interim) data protection officer of an international automotive supplier.
Own law firm
Founder of HELBING Kanzlei für IT- und Datenschutzrecht.
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Questions and answers
Contact
Dr. Thomas Helbing
Kopernikusstr. 9
81679 Munich