{"id":15621,"date":"2026-02-09T16:28:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bho-legal.com\/?page_id=15621"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:54:36","slug":"bonk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bho-legal.com\/en\/team-bho-2\/bonk\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Bonk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ui-row row\">\n <div   class=\"ui-column span4\"><div  class=\"ui--animation-in make--fx--fadein-ltr ui--pass clearfix\" data-fx=\"fx--fadein-ltr\" data-delay=\"400\" data-start-delay=\"0\"><div class=\"ui--box-widget\"><div  class=\"ui--content-box ui--box ui--content-item ui--animation ui-row\"><div class=\"ui--content-box-header\"><div class=\"ui--content-box-media effect--fade type--default clearfix\" style=\"padding-bottom: 75%;\"><a class=\"ui--content-box-link\" href=\"maito:michelle.bonk@bho-legal.com\"><div class=\"ui--content-box-image-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bho-legal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/less-flux\/2026\/02\/MB-klein-WS-570x428.webp\" class=\"ui--content-box-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><div class=\"ui--content-box-overlay\"><div class=\"ui--content-box-overlay-background\"><\/div><div class=\"center\"><span class=\"btn btn-grey ui--center-vertical\"><span class=\"ui--content-box-overlay-button-text\">Send email<\/span><span class=\"ui--content-box-overlay-button-icon\"><i class=\"ui--icon fontawesome-envelope\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><a class=\"ui--content-box-link\" href=\"maito:michelle.bonk@bho-legal.com\"><div class=\"ui--content-box-title ui--gradient ui--gradient-grey on--hover clearfix text-center\"><h4 class=\"ui--content-box-title-text\">Michelle Bonk<\/h4><h6 class=\"ui--content-box-title-caption\">Attorney-at-law | Senior Associate\r\nCertified Data Protection Officer (Bitkom)\r\n\r\n<\/h6><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ui--custom-menu-bar ui--gradient ui--gradient-grey hover-effect ui--box orientation-vertical ui--height-thin text-left clearfix\"><ul class=\"unstyled clearfix\"><li class=\"first-item ui--gradient-grey ui--icon-position-left\" title=\"\"><span><i class=\"ui--icon fontawesome-phone\"><\/i> +49  221 \/ 270 956 \u2013 278 <\/span><\/li><li class=\"ui--gradient-grey ui--icon-position-left\" title=\"\"><span><i class=\"ui--icon icomoon-print-3\"><\/i> +49  221 \/ 270 956 - 222 <\/span><\/li><li class=\"ui--gradient-grey ui--icon-position-left\" title=\"\"><a href=\"mailto: michelle.bonk@bho-legal.com\"><i class=\"ui--icon fontawesome-envelope\"><\/i> michelle.bonk@bho-legal.com <\/a><\/li><li class=\"last-item ui--gradient-grey ui--icon-position-left\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michelle-bonk-895669234\/\"><i class=\"ui--icon fontawesome-linkedin-sign\"><\/i> Michelle Bonk on LinkedIn <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div  class=\"ui--space clearfix\" style=\"height: 20px;\" data-responsive=\"{&quot;css&quot;:{&quot;height&quot;:{&quot;phone&quot;:null,&quot;tablet&quot;:null,&quot;widescreen&quot;:&quot;20px&quot;}}}\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> \n\n <div   class=\"ui-column span8\"><div  class=\"ui--animation-in make--fx--fadein-rtl ui--pass clearfix\" data-fx=\"fx--fadein-rtl\" data-delay=\"400\" data-start-delay=\"0\"><div  class=\"ui--icon-box position--left\"><div  class=\"ui--icon-box-content\"><div  class=\"ui--animation ui--icon-box-text text-justify\" data-fx=\"fx--no-effect\"><p><strong><span class=\"ui--animation ui--block\">Michelle Bonk is an associate at BHO Legal specializing in IT and data protection law. She studied law at the University of Bayreuth, focusing on markets in the digital world. Her seminar paper was on quality requirements for storage clouds. In 2017, she obtained a Certificate of Higher Education in English Law from the University of Birmingham. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ui--animation ui--block\">Ms. Bonk completed her legal training in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Rostock. Among other things, she worked at a boutique law firm specializing in media law\/competition and intellectual property in Hamburg and at a medium-sized law firm specializing in IT\/IP.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs a lawyer and certified data protection officer (Bitkom Academy), Michelle Bonk primarily advises clients in the field of IT and data protection law, with a particular focus on health data. Among other things, she wrote an expert opinion on the admissibility of a data processing model for processing patient data for research purposes without consent.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn addition, Ms. Bonk led data protection impact assessments for the public sector in the course of the introduction of cloud software solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"ui--divider ui--animation clearfix ui--divider-solid-line\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;  background-color: #aaaaaa !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"ui-row row\">\n <div   class=\"ui-column span6\"><h4 id=\"custom-title-h4-1\" class=\"ui--animation \" style=\"\">Education:<\/h4><ul class=\"ui--list list-bull parent-1\"><li class=\"child-1 total-4 ui--animation\"><strong>2023<\/strong> <br \/>\r\nAdmission to the bar<\/li><li class=\"child-2 total-4 ui--animation\"><strong>2023<\/strong> <br \/>\r\nSecond State Examination in Law<\/li><li class=\"child-3 total-4 ui--animation\"><strong>2021<\/strong> <br \/>\r\nFirst State Examination in Law<\/li><li class=\"child-4 total-4 ui--animation\"><strong>2017<\/strong> <br \/>\r\nCertificate of Higher Education in English Law, University of Birmingham<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div> \n\n <div   class=\"ui-column span6\"><h4 id=\"custom-title-h4-2\" class=\"ui--animation \" style=\"\">Work experience:<\/h4><ul class=\"ui--list list-bull parent-2\"><li class=\"child-1 total-4 ui--animation\"><strong>Present<\/strong>  <br \/>\r\nAttorney-at-law in the law firm BHO Legal PartG mbB<\/li><li class=\"child-2 total-4 ui--animation\"><strong>2023 - 2025<\/strong> <br \/>\r\nAttorney-at-law at MARAIT Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, boutique law firm specializing in IT law (formerly JENTZSCH IT Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH<\/li><li class=\"child-3 total-4 ui--animation\"><strong>2021 - 2023<\/strong> <br \/>\r\nLegal trainee at FPS Partnerschaftsgesellschaft von Rechtsanw\u00e4lten mbB, Hamburg, specializing in IT\/IP, and at Fechner Rechtsanw\u00e4lte PartmbB, spe-cialist lawyers for industrial property rights<\/li><li class=\"child-4 total-4 ui--animation\"><strong>2017 - 2022<\/strong> <br \/>\r\nSecondary employment (with interruptions) JENTZSCH IT Rechtsan-waltsgesellschaft mbH<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div> \n\n<\/div> \n<div  class=\"ui--divider ui--animation clearfix ui--divider-solid-line\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;  background-color: #aaaaaa !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"ui-row row\">\n <div   class=\"ui-column span6\"><h4 id=\"custom-title-h4-3\" class=\"ui--animation \" style=\"\">Legal expertise:<\/h4><ul class=\"ui--list list-bull parent-3\"><li class=\"child-1 total-2 ui--animation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bho-legal.com\/en\/expertise\/legal-expertise-3\/it-law\/\" target=\"\">IT-law<\/a><\/li><li class=\"child-2 total-2 ui--animation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bho-legal.com\/en\/expertise\/legal-expertise-3\/data-protection-law\/\" target=\"\">Data protection law<\/a><\/li>  <\/ul><\/div> \n\n <div   class=\"ui-column span6\"><h4 id=\"custom-title-h4-4\" class=\"ui--animation \" style=\"\">Languages:<\/h4><ul class=\"ui--list list-bull parent-4\"><li class=\"child-1 total-2 ui--animation\">German<\/li><li class=\"child-2 total-2 ui--animation\">English<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div> \n\n<\/div> \n<div  class=\"ui--divider ui--animation clearfix ui--divider-solid-line\"><\/div><h4 id=\"custom-title-h4-5\" class=\"ui--animation \" style=\"\">Memberships:<\/h4><ul class=\"ui--list list-bull parent-5\"><li class=\"child-1 total-3 ui--animation\">Working Group on IT Law (davit)<\/li><li class=\"child-2 total-3 ui--animation\">DAV\/HAV<\/li><li class=\"child-3 total-3 ui--animation\">Forum for Young Lawyers<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div><\/div> \n\n<\/div> \n<div  class=\"ui--space clearfix\" style=\"height: 30px;\" data-responsive=\"{&quot;css&quot;:{&quot;height&quot;:{&quot;phone&quot;:null,&quot;tablet&quot;:null,&quot;widescreen&quot;:&quot;30px&quot;}}}\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Send emailMichelle BonkAttorney-at-law | Senior Associate Certified Data Protection Officer (Bitkom) +49 221 \/ 270 956 \u2013 278 +49 221 \/ 270 956 &#8211; 222 michelle.bonk@bho-legal.com Michelle Bonk on LinkedIn Michelle Bonk is an associate at BHO Legal specializing in IT and data protection law. 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