Beata Völker Senior Associate
Qualifications
Lawyer, LL.M.
Areas of expertise
Special sector knowledge
- Technology
- Telecommunications
Languages
- German
- English
- Polish
- French
Brief biography
- Since 2025 Forvis Mazars
- 2023 - 2025 Osborne Clarke, Berlin and Munich
- 2019 - 2021 Legal clerkship in Berlin and Brandenburg, with placements including the Berlin Data Protection Commissioner and an international law firm in Tel Aviv
- 2018 - 2020 Research assistant at Gleiss Lutz, Berlin
- 2015 - 2018 Working student and junior legal counsel at smava GmbH, Berlin
- 2011 - 2012 ERASMUS exchange at the Université de Montpellier I
- 2009 - 2018 Studied German and Polish law (first law exam, integrated LL.B. and LL.M., and Magister in Polish law) at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Profile
Beata Völker has been working as a Senior Associate in the IP/IT/Data practice group since October 2025.
Before joining Forvis Mazars, she was an attorney at a renowned international law firm specializing in IT law, where she focused primarily on software contract law (particularly open-source software compliance) as well as EU cybersecurity and AI regulation.
At Forvis Mazars, she advises national and international clients in all areas of IP and IT law. She specializes in advising on intellectual property rights and drafting IT contracts, with a particular focus on the software and e-commerce sectors.
Beata Völker has a special connection to Poland: At the European University Viadrina, she earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in German and Polish Law, including an integrated Polish Magister of Law, which has given her a thorough understanding of both legal systems. She gained additional practical experience through her many years of work as an interpreter and technical translator, including in the context of international criminal law cooperation.
Participation in professional bodies of the profession and other functions
- Beata Völker is a permanent member of the BITKOM working groups on “Artificial Intelligence” and “Open Source,” as well as a member of the German-Polish Lawyers’ Association.
Publications
- Völker, Beata/Ipatov, Michael: Urheberrecht zwischen Innovation und Kontrolle: Herausforderungen durch KI‑Training (ITRB 2026, 90)
- Völker, Beata/Yousef, Sami/Helbig, Florian: Schluss mit Lock-in: Cloud Switching wird einfacher (IT-Business, online erschienen am: 16.04.2026)
- Schöttle, Hendrik/Völker, Beata: Anwendbarkeit der Text- und Data-Mining-Schranke bei KI-Trainingsdaten (KIR 1/2025)