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title: "Philipp Brandt (EN) — Compound Law"
description: "Philipp Brandt advises at Compound Law on insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property and unfair competition, and data protection law."
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![Philipp Brandt](https://compound.law/assets/images/team/philippbrandt.webp)

# Philipp Brandt

Partner

Berlin Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer Berlin)

[Connect on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipp-brandt-81b446a/)

Philipp Brandt advises companies and their management when the stakes are high: in a crisis, when protecting brands and know-how, and after data protection incidents. He has practised business law for more than 20 years and serves as a managing director himself, so he sees his clients’ questions from the perspective of those who decide and are liable.

He began his career alongside a former Freshfields partner. He later co-founded BaumgartenBrandt with a lawyer from KPMG. With offices in Berlin and Bangkok, the firm advised mid-sized companies on cross-border business and market entry into Asia.

As a court-appointed insolvency administrator, he handles regular and insolvency plan proceedings. He advises managing directors from the first crisis assessment through restructuring proceedings under the StaRUG to protective shield and plan proceedings.

As a certified specialist in intellectual property law, he represents clients in trademark, unfair competition and copyright disputes and advises on trade secrets and licence agreements, regularly for companies in IT, film and media. He supports industrial companies on distribution and commercial law.

In data protection law, he has led proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union and the German Federal Labour Court. He represents companies on data breaches, regulatory fine proceedings, and GDPR access and damages claims, and has published more than 25 articles on the subject, including in ZD, EuZA and NZA.

Philipp Brandt teaches business law at IU International University of Applied Sciences and is a member of GRUR and the Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS). He built two free online tools, an insolvency and a data protection risk calculator, which give companies an initial legal assessment.

## Expertise

- Restructuring and insolvency law (crisis advice for management, protective shield and insolvency plan proceedings, insolvency administration)
- Intellectual property (trademarks, unfair competition, copyright, trade secrets, licence agreements)
- Data protection law (data breaches, regulatory fine proceedings, access and damages claims)
- Distribution and commercial law (distribution agreements, acquisition and sale of industrial plants)

## Industry Focus

Companies in crisisIndustrial companiesITE-commerceFilm and mediaAI

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