Merve Taner

About

I am a Legal Counsel at Erste Bank& part of the Product Advisory Legal team within the Legal Department, where I advise on various legal issues related to banking products, services, and operations - AI being one of the hottest topics I deal with on a daily business. As a former lawyer and I bring diverse perspectives and experiences to the team, as I have studied and worked in various countries and fields of law. With over eight years of work experience as a legal professional, I have developed core competencies in legal counseling, research, litigation, civil and corporate law, banking law, payment transaction law and AI. My mission is to provide effective and efficient legal solutions that support the strategic goals and values of Erste Bank, one of the leading financial institutions in Austria and Central and Eastern Europe.

Experience

• Publisher & Editor of ailex | Herausgeberin der ailex at MANZ Verlag
  May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  Herausgeberin Österreichs erster KI-Rechtszeitschrift Publisher and Editor of Austrias first Journal on AI-Law

• Head of Department AI & Business - Institut für digitale Transformation und Künstliche Intelligenz at Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität Wien
  Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  Departmentleitung für KI und Business

• Legal Counsel AI & Product Advisory at Erste Bank und Sparkasse
  May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  Legal Counsel @ Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG Abteilung Legal | Legal Department Team → Product Advisory Funktion → Product & AI Advisory

• Rechtsanwältin / Lawyer at Rohregger Rechtsanwalts GmbH & Co KG
  Oct 2022 - Jan 2023 · 4 mos

• Rechtsanwaltsanwärterin/ Associate at RPCK Rastegar Panchal
  Jan 2022 - Sep 2022 · 9 mos

  Litigation Real Estate M&A/Corporate