Christian Kirchberger Senior Counsel
Qualifications
Lawyer
Areas of expertise
Industries
- Technology & Telecommunications
Languages
- German
- English
Brief Biography
- Since April 2024: Forvis Mazars, IT and Digital Business, Data Protection, Cologne
- 2022 – 2024: C&A Mode, Senior Legal Counsel (IT Law) and Data Protection Officer for the German entities, Düsseldorf
- 2021 – 2022: IT law firm, Bonn
- 2004 – 2020: QSC AG (mid-sized provider of a broad portfolio of ICT services with its own network), In-house Counsel (IT Law), Cologne
- 2000 – 2004: UUNet / MCIWorldCom (world’s largest internet carrier and telecommunications service provider), Legal Counsel (IT Law), Dortmund
- 1999 – 2000: Notary and law firm, Unna
- 1993 – 1999: Freelance consultant for the Treuhandanstalt and Treuhand Liegenschaftsgesellschaft; Attorney-at-Law, Erfurt, Berlin, Halle/Saale, Leipzig
- 1990 – 1993: Legal traineeship (Referendariat), Essen and Oslo
- 1983 – 1989: Law studies, Münster
Profile
Christian Kirchberger has been a Senior Counsel at Forvis Mazars since April 2024, advising and representing national and international clients in the fields of IT law, data law, and data protection law. He has been a practicing attorney since 1993 and spent 20 years working for companies in the IT, internet, and telecommunications sectors. His practice focuses on IT law, IT contract law, and data protection law. At Forvis Mazars, Christian Kirchberger is the designated point of contact for EU regulations (cybersecurity law, AI, data economy law).