Julia Kaufmann

Julia Kaufmann, Partner, Osborne Clarke, advises both national and international companies on all legal matters relating to information technology, data licensing and data privacy law, cyber security, AI, ecommerce, marketing, and digital transformation. She focuses on the industry sectors Technology, Media and Communications as well as Life Sciences & Healthcare.

Julia has strong expertise with multi-jurisdictional privacy and data protection as well as ecommerce compliance projects. Furthermore, Julia has a focus on privacy law compliance and legal challenges with AI in the Life Science and Health Care Sector.

She has been assisting numerous multi-national companies with global data protection compliance programs, M&A-related privacy due diligence and integration, global digital marketing strategies, implementation of IT tools with AI components, investigations by data protection authorities, internal investigations, and legal requirements for the distribution of digital content and services. 

Julia studied law in Munich at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and obtained her LL.M. degree from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She was admitted to the German bar in 2007 and to the New York bar as Attorney-at-Law in 2009. Before joining Osborne Clarke, Julia was a partner at an international law firm headquartered in the US.

She is named “Name of Next Generation” in data protection by Legal 500 in 2024 and ranked among “Best Lawyers” for data protection and “Best Lawyers” for information technology by Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers in 2021 through 2024.

In 2022, Julia was named as one of only three German women in the second edition of Women in Data. Women in Data focuses on women who are at the forefront of legislation, regulation and technology.

In addition, Julia has been named one of 565 BTI Client Service All-Stars 2022, where clients identify lawyers who stand above all the others in delivering the absolute best in client service.