Christian Unsinn

Angestellt, Managing Director & General Counsel, DDB Germany Group of Companies GmbH
Berlin, Germany

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Recht
Unternehmensführung
Rechtsberatung
Operations Management
Changemanagement
HR
Back-Office
Medienrecht
Arbeitsrecht
Vertragsrecht
Urheberrecht
Markenrecht
Wettbewerbsrecht
Influencerrecht
Leitung HR Management
Musikrecht
Persönlichkeitsrecht
HR Management
Compliance

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Christian Unsinn

  • Current 1 year and 11 months, since Jul 2024

    Managing Director & General Counsel

    The Beetles OMC GmbH (DDB Germany)

    The Beetles is a customized full-service agency for the Volkswagen brand.

  • Current 3 years and 9 months, since Sep 2022

    Managing Director & General Counsel

    DDB Germany Group of Companies GmbH

    Managing directors and the general counsel of the holding company of DDB Germany, responsible for human resources, legal services, and compliance matters. Former managing director and general counsel of a shared services center serving 20 agencies. Licensed German attorney specialized in intellectual property law and employment law. Mentioned in Legal 500's ranking of profiled general counsels in Germany in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023 and 2025.

  • Current 4 years and 2 months, since Apr 2022

    Managing Director & General Counsel

    adam&eveBerlin GmbH (DDB Europe)

    adam&eveBerlin is a creative agency and part of DDB Europe. adam&eve is considered one of the world's most renowned agencies for international creative accounts.

  • Current 4 years and 4 months, since Feb 2022

    Managing Director

    Heye GmbH (DDB Germany)

    Heye was founded in 1960 by Friedrich Wilhelm Heye. It was renamed Heye & Partner in 1972 and has been operating under the name Heye GmbH since 2012. In 1971, when McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Germany, Heye became the lead advertising agency for McDonald's Germany. In 2003, Heye developed the McDonald's campaign and slogan “I'm lovin' it”.

  • Current 20 years and 9 months, since Sep 2005

    Rechtsanwalt

    Kanzlei Christian Unsinn

    I offer legal advise to clients from the independent music industry, television celebrities and other creative professionals.

  • 5 years and 5 months, Feb 2019 - Jun 2024

    Managing Director & General Counsel

    Voltage OMC GmbH (DDB Germany)

    Voltage is a customized full-service agency for the Volkswagen brand.

  • 7 years and 4 months, May 2015 - Aug 2022

    Managing Director (COO) & General Counsel

    Lemon Group Services GmbH (DDB Germany)

    Managing director and general counsel of the shared services center of the German DDB group, which served 20 agencies in all back-office matters (including IT).

  • 9 years and 1 month, Dec 2009 - Dec 2018

    CEO

    Take It Back Records

    Vinyl record label, with 30 releases of hardcore punk bands from USA, Finland, Israel, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. Vinyl record label, with 30 releases of hardcore punk bands from USA, Finland, Israel, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and Germany.

  • 4 years and 5 months, Dec 2010 - Apr 2015

    General Counsel

    Doyle Dane Bernbach Group GmbH (DDB Germany)

    I consolidated legal services of initial 30 agencies of the German DDB group into one department, and led a team of three licensed lawyers. The legal department served all agencies in all legal matters, including focuses on legal clearance and contractual negotiations.

  • 5 years and 5 months, Jul 2005 - Nov 2010

    Legal Counsel

    Jung von Matt

    At the time, Jung von Matt was Germany's leading group of advertising agencies, and I was Jung von Matt's first in-house counsel and set up their initial legal department.

Sprachen

  • German

    C2 (Verhandlungssicher / Muttersprachlich)

  • English

    C1 (Fließend)

  • French

    A1-A2 (Grundkenntnisse)

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