Head of Division Recht and Digital at the Bavarian Consumer Advice Centre and lawyer
Professional career
1993 – 2000 Law studies in Erlangen and Lausanne
2001 – 2003 Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg-Fürth
2004 – 2009 Independent lawyer
2009 – 2010 Consumer consultant at the Bavarian Consumer Advice Centre
Since 2011 Head of Legal and Digital Affairs (until 2022 Market and Law)
Priorities
Ms. Halm’s work focusesprimarily on economic and legal consumer protection and digital matters.
Topics therefore include, for example, questions about trade, crafts, traditional services and debt collection. In addition, Ms. Halm deals intensively with digital issues such as the platform economy, social networks and reviewmechanisms.
Ms. Halm is regularly active as an expert on consumer issues in committees and in public relations. It was also able to contribute to legislative procedures by issuing opinions or as an expert. As an author, she has published consumer-relevant texts, including: “Gambling and consumer protection – more interfaces than expected! ” (ZfWG 5/22), “Does the new debt collection law achieve the set goal? ” (BRAK 5/21), §§ 11ff. VSGB im Kommentar VSBG – Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz (Althammer, Meller-Hannich).
She was also responsible for the participation of the Bavarian Consumer Advice Centre in the federal project “Market Watchdog Digital World” funded by the BMJV. Here she has also participated as a team leader in several investigations. Among other things, the publications”Booking and comparison portals – the difficult search for the cheapest price”, “Counterfeiting in reviews – do online portals fight them effectively? “, “Platforms – Helpers in the Jungle of Service Offers: Between Benefit and Profit” or “Problem Areas in Intermediary Platforms – A Legal Evaluation of the Contractual Relationship “.
