"For data protection matters, Helmut Liebel is our number one contact, with exceptional knowledge of the IT industry. Having studied IT, Helmut brings a unique technical understanding to his legal work that is unmatched in Austria. His attention to detail is invaluable."
Legal500, 2024
"Helmut Liebl is an excellent and ambitious young IP attorney whom we can recommend to anyone."
Legal500, 2024
"He is our number one contact, with exceptional knowledge and experience in the IT industry. Having studied information technology, Helmut brings a unique technical understanding and background to his legal work that is unmatched on the Austrian market."
Legal500, 2024
"meticulous and innovative - he understands his clients’ business goals. His level of expertise and engagement is impressive, and his insightful and results-oriented approach is truly valuable.”
World Trademark Review, 2023
"energetic commitment to excellence, ability to manage complex matters with composure, and astuteness for intellectual property law in general."
Legal500, 2023
"Despite his wide-ranging expertise, he is always able to distill concepts to their most critical and present solutions that are easily implemented. He is our number one resource for data protection and is an indispensable business asset to every company."
Legal500, 2023
"Few attorneys are as well-versed in data protection law as Helmut Liebel. His knowledge of the application of this area of law is constantly increasing and keeping pace with new developments and requirements."
Legal500, 2023
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Dr. Helmut Liebel advises on IT and data protection law, intellectual property law (copyright, trademark, design, and patent law), unfair competition (UWG), and distribution law.

Helmut Liebel graduated from the HTL Wiener Neustadt for computer science, and subsequently studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna and at the Santa Clara University School of Law, California, USA.

  • Liebel/Kröpfl, Die Lehre aus jö-Bonusclub & Co: Datenschutz ist Chefsache, In: derstandard.at, 05.08.2021
  • Liebel/Kerschbaumer-Gugu, Schadenersatzklagen wegen Datenschutzverletzungen als neue Herausforderung. In: JUVE (September/Oktober 2020), S. 68-69
  • Zellhofer/Liebel, Die Ruhe vor dem Sturm bei Datenschutzstrafen, In: derstandard.at, 16.09.2019
  • Liebel, Kindersicherung: Minderjährigenschutz nach der DSGVO, In: computerwelt.at, 12.04.2018
  • Liebel, Der Datenschutzbeauftragte, In: wienerzeitung.at, 28.02.2018
  • Liebel, Wie Kinder sicher surfen, In: wienerzeitung.at, 25.01.2018
  • Liebel, Wohin die Daten fließen: Datentransfer ins Ausland, In: wienerzeitung.at, 23.11.2017
  • Liebel, Die Rollenverteilung im neuen Datenschutzrecht, In: wienerzeitung.at, 26.10.2017
  • Liebel, Meine Daten, meine Betroffenenrechte, In: wienerzeitung.at, 28.09.2017
  • Liebel, Einwilligung und Koppelungsverbot im Datenschutz, In: wienerzeitung.at, 27.07.2017
  • Liebel, Heute schon eingewilligt?, In: wienerzeitung.at, 29.06.2017
  • Liebel, Der Vertrieb von gebrauchter Software aus urheberrechtlicher Perspektive, Dissertation, Universität Wien 2012
  • Zellhofer/Liebel, Cloud Computing und Datenschutz – Zeit für klare Sicht, ecolex 2012, 88
  • Zellhofer/Liebel, Vorsicht bei Werbung auf Facebook, Die Presse 18.04.2011
  • Blaha/Marko/Zellhofer/Liebel, Rechtsfragen des Cloud Computing, Vertragsrecht – Datenschutz – Risiken und Haftung, Medien und Recht 2011
  • Kusznier/Liebel, Direktwerbung in Sozialen Netzwerken, ecolex 2011, 831.
  • Legal500, 2024: Ranked Lawyer – Data Privacy & Data Protection
  • Legal500, 2024: Ranked Lawyer – TMT
  • Legal500, 2024: Ranked Lawyer – Intellectual Property
  • World Trademark Review, 2023: Ranked Lawyer – Intellectual Property
  • Legal500, 2023: Ranked Lawyer – TMT
  • Legal500, 2023: Ranked Lawyer – Intellectual Property
  • Legal500, 2023: Ranked Lawyer – Data Privacy & Data Protection
  • Legal500, 2022: Ranked Lawyer – TMT
  • Legal500, 2022: Ranked Lawyer – Intellectual Property
  • Legal500, 2022: Ranked Lawyer – Data Privacy & Data Protection
  • World Trademark Review, 2022: Ranked Lawyer – Intellectual Property
  • Legal500, 2021: Ranked Lawyer – TMT
  • Legal500, 2021: Ranked Lawyer – Intellectual Property
  • Legal500, 2021: Ranked Lawyer – Data Privacy & Data Protection
  • World Trademark Review, 2021: Ranked Lawyer – Intellectual Property
  • Legal500, 2020: Ranked Lawyer – Data Privacy & Data Protection
  • World Trademark Review, 2020: Ranked Lawyer – Intellectual Property