Dr. Benjamin Dankert is a lawyer at BROST CLAßEN. He advises companies, public authorities, associations, individuals and public figures on all aspects of media law.

Dr. Benjamin Dankert studied law and history at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and the University of Nottingham. He earned his doctorate at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen with a thesis on reporting privileges under the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors in the Media (JMStV) and the protection of human dignity in the media.

During his doctoral studies, Dr. Benjamin Dankert worked for an international commercial law firm and for the Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Minors (now the Federal Agency for the Protection of Children and Young Persons in the Media), among others.

During his legal traineeship, Dr. Benjamin Dankert completed placements with the press chamber of the Regional Court of Cologne, the German Consulate General in Houston (USA), a media law boutique and the legal department of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland.

Dr. Benjamin Dankert initially worked as a lawyer in the “Intellectual Property and Technology” practice group of an international commercial law firm in Hamburg and then in the legal department of the State Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia (Landesanstalt für Medien NRW). As part of European Union twinning projects with Ukraine and in North Macedonia, Dr. Benjamin Dankert advised the respective media regulatory authorities on matters including the implementation of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the regulation of influencers.

Dr. Benjamin Dankert regularly gives lectures and publishes on media law topics. He is a co-author of the Nomos Handkommentar on the German Youth Protection Act (Jugendschutzgesetz), in which he comments on the provisions governing the indexing procedure. Dr. Benjamin Dankert has served as an examiner and expert for the Voluntary Self-Regulation of Television (FSF) and USK.online.