Mag. Stefan Panic

Stefan Panic is an IPT lawyer with more than 15 years of broad experience advising Austrian and multinational clients and specializing in data protection, IT and eCommerce, as well as telecommunications law.

Beyond his specializations, Stefan also provides advice in matters of general civil and commercial law as well as public (administrative) law. He also advises on legal matters related to block-chain technology, artificial intelligence and cyber security.

Stefan has advised in numerous GDPR implementation projects and continuously advises clients on various GDPR issues, including data breaches, has an extensive experience in data protection proceedings before the Austrian Data Protection Authority, and regularly speaks and writes on various data protection topics.

Stefan has also completed a number of secondments with Austrian and multinational clients and has in this way gained valuable experience working as an in-house lawyer.

Selected representations

• Comprehensive advising and representation of a leading petrochemical company in respect to drafting and negotiating licence agreements and other contracts (virtual secondment)*
• Continuous advising and representation of one of the leading communications services and networks providers in Austria in the field of data protection*
• Supporting and advising a leading Austrian construction company with an international footprint in connection with the implementation of NIS2 requirements*
• Supporting and advising an Austrian company with an international footprint in connection with a data breach in 35 jurisdictions*
• Continuous advice in the field of satellite law*
• Advising a major IT consultant business on a number of IT outsourcing projects*
• Advising a major Austrian bank on Austrian data protection issues in the course of pre-trial discovery in the USA*
• Advising on compliance measures regarding data protection for a leading consultancy company, including setting up complex data applications such as whistleblowing hotline or data loss prevention systems*
• Advising on compliance measures regarding data protection in Austria for a leading global pharmaceutical company, especially in connection with the setting up of a whistleblowing hotline*
• Advising an international bottling company and an international wholesale company on GDPR compliance implementation*
• Advising a plant manufacturing company on their software setup, including the use of open source software*
• Advising an international IT consultancy company in respect to drafting and negotiations of IT and outsourcing agreements with various clients (secondment)*

* Advice prior to joining bpv Huegel

Publications and Lectures

• 2024: „KI-Recht praktisch erklärt“, the guide to AI-Act and other relevant regulation (together with Fabian Herbst)
• February 2020, “Changes in the regulation for image processing” (together with Benedikt Wolf)
• December 2018, “Cookie Walls / Paywalls Hybrids are permissible?”, assessment of aDPA decision on cookie walls in Austria (together with Miroslav Jakubek)
• December 2018, “Austria: “Cookie Walls Paywalls” hybrids are permissible?”, assessment of a DPA decision on cookie walls (together with Miroslav Jakubek)
• November 2018, “Correlation between the GDPR and Bitcoin Blockchain” (together with Miroslav Jakubek)
• January 2018, “Data protection for personal data of legal entities in Austria under the GDPR”?
• May 2017, Austria: draft GDPR implementation act
• July 2016, “Data Protection Rules with USA” (diepresse.com)

SEMINARS (selection)

• Continuously since 2024: co-lecturer at the training course “AI manager” and series of lectures on AI Act (Austrian Standards)
• 21 June 2024, NIS-2: Neustart der Cyberregulierung für Unternehmen
• 13 March 2024, Business Breakfast, DLA Piper, “Cybercrime Recap”
• 19 October 2023, Business Breakfast, DLA Piper “Data Breach/Cyber-Attack”
• June 2019, DGRI Three Countries Summit – “Smart Factory / Data Lakes – Case Study” (co-lecturer)
• May 2019, Austrian IT Law Day – “Data protection requirements for means of communication in a company”
• February 2018, Forum for the medical products traders, Chamber of Commerce ofUpper Austria – “The new EU General Data Protection Regulation”
• May 2017, World IP Day 2017, Austria Wirtschafts Service – “Big Data – Challenge for the economy”

Memberships
Vienna Bar Association

Rankings | Awards
Recommended for Data Privacy and Data Protection in Austria, Legal 500 EMEA, 2023,2024 and 2025

CV
University of Vienna, Mag. iur., 2009

Languages
German, English, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian