Counsel

Sylle Schreyer-Bestmann, LL.M. (King's College London)

Rechtsanwältin

Languages

German
English

Social media

Sylle Schreyer-Bestmann advises German and international companies on all aspects of data protection, including the structuring of business models in compliance with data protection regulations, internal data protection and international data transfer as well as protecting employee data. She drafts contracts, represents her clients before regulatory bodies and advises on all compliance issues. Sylle’s practice also covers trademark law: She provides strategic advice to her clients, sets up effective systems to protect their trademarks on a national and international level, drafts trademark licence agreements as well as represents companies before authorities and courts. Furthermore, Sylle has special expertise advising event organisers in the sports and culture sector, in particular with respect to ticket sales and taking action against the secondary ticketing market.

Sylle joined CMS in 2001 and has been a counsel since 2012.

Awards & Recognitions

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Leading lawyer for data protection

Kanzleimonitor 2020, 2021
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Führende Anwältin Datenschutz

Kanzleimonitor 2021/2022

Publications

"Mobilitätsdaten - Treibstoff der Zukunft", juris, Betriebs-Berater (BB) 2024, 328-335
"Neue Daten für die Mobilität der Zukunft - Das geplante Mobilitätsdatengesetz – Stand, Herausforderungen und die große Frage: Was erwartet uns noch?", Mobility Impacts, 01.2024, 24
Mobility data - fuel of the future, Betriebs-Berater, Ausgabe 7/2024, 328
"Cloud Computing in Germany", Chapter 10 in "Cloud 3.0 Drafting and Negotiating Cloud Computing Agreements", ABA Publishing, Mai 2019, page 184 seqq (co-author K. Garbers-von Boehm)
Safe Harbor: Questions that arise in relation to data transfers to the U.S., Markenartikel 1-2/2016, page 60 seqq
Data Protection and Unfair Competition Law requirements on advertisement during 'inbound telephone calls' with consumers", PinG Privacy in Germany 2014, p. 258 seqq. (co-author: Dr Martin John)
"Google has to delete "Scientology" from its Autocomplete function", Update Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Kartellrecht Juli 2014
Keine Irreführung durch "Gefällt mir"-Klicks im Rahmen einer Gewinnspielteilnahme, Urteilsbesprechung für die GRUR-Prax, 5/2013
"Direktmarketing eines Vereins – Möglichkeiten und Grenzen", Stadionwelt Inside 2/2013
„Secondary Ticketing – was tun?“, Stadionwelt, Ratgeber Ticketing 2012
Likelyhood of confusion must be assessed in every language of the European Union, GRUR Prax 2012, 301
Likelyhood of confusion between "PUR-R" and "PUR-Die Initiative", GRUR-Prax 2012, 61
"Auf die harte Tour – Was Fußballvereine am Beispiel der Take That Tour lernen können", SPONSORs 6/2011
Die Macht der Ideen, Markenartikel 8/2010 2010, p. 100 seqq
Online-Ticketbörsen vor dem Aus?, SPONSORs 5/2010 2010, Co-Author: Katharina Garbers-von Boehm
Amendments to the Employees' Invention Act, Der Betrieb 42/2009 2009, p. 2266 seqq, Co-Author: Katharina Garbers-von Boehm
"Und wer muss zahlen" - Datenschutzrecht im Internet, Die Bußgeldvorschriften, K & R 2003, p. 496 seqq
"Patente - Keine Privilegien mehr für Professoren?" - Eine Chance auch für die Wirtschaft, Wirtschaft im Fluss, Verlag Recht und Wissenschaft, Heidelberg 2004
"Der Schwarzmarkt blüht" - Nicht autorisierter Ticketverkauf im Internet und das UWG, WRP 2005, p. 279 seqq

Memberships & Roles

German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
German Association for Data Protection and Data Security (GDD)

Lectures list

Is Compliance a Compliance Case? Compliance processes in the light of data protection law, 7. Cottbusser Medienrechtstage, June 20, 2014
"Nutzung von Social Media im HR-Bereich", Vortrag im Rahmen der Vorstellung der Studie "Datenschutz im Personalmanagement" der Bitkom/Kienbaum in Berlin, September 10, 2013
"Facebook & Co. im Unternehmen", 6. Mittelstandstag der IHK Berlin, October 26, 2012
"Data in the cloud", speech during tradefair BEL 2.0 in Berlin-Adlershof, April 26, 2012
"The hard way - What football clubs may learn from the "Take That" Tour", Sponsors Sports Venue Summit 2011, Munich
"Online-Ticketplatforms near the end? - Recent judgements regarding Secondary Ticketing", Sponsors Sports Venue Summit 2010, Munich
"The penalty provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act", Speech during the workshop on internet crimes of the Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus, April 10, 2003 "Patente - no privileges for professors", Speech concerning the abolition of the privilege for university professors in the Employee Invention Act, Forum "Wirtschaft im Fluss", Berlin, June 16, 2004

Education

2001: Admitted as a lawyer
2001: Second state examination in law
Work experience with an international commercial law firm in New York
1998 - 2000: Trainee lawyer at Berlin Higher Regional Court
1997 - 1998: LL.M. at King’s College London, graduation in 1998
1996: First state examination in law
1991 - 1996: Law studies at Humboldt University Berlin

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property Litigation Competition Law (Unfair Competition Act – UWG) In-Court and Out-of-Court Representation Trademark Law

sectors

TMC - Technology, Media & Communications Data Protection Law & IT Security Law Media Law

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