Bird & Bird, Data Protection | Chambers Global Profile

About

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With over 100 specialist data protection lawyers across Europe, we have an expansive and dedicated data protection team in Europe. We handle some of the biggest and most high-profile data protection projects in the market. Most of our work is cross-border and multi-jurisdictional. We excel at managing complex projects across multiple regions with a seamless one-firm approach, enabling us to work efficiently and on demanding schedules.

We have outstanding sector-specific expertise in advertising, financial services, pharma, health, luxury goods, sport, technology and communications. Clients for whom data protection is a business-critical issue choose us as their advisers which solidifies our leading European expertise.

Chambers Review

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Data Protection - Europe-wide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Bird & Bird boasts a highly esteemed data protection offering across Europe with particular strength in the UK and Italy, as well as Germany, France and Spain. The firm is popular with global companies for data retention obligations and privacy investigations. It also assists with data transfer and cloud security matters. It is particularly active for clients in the automotive, technology, financial and consumer goods sectors, advising on GDPR implementation and compliance with new regulations. Bird & Bird also handles data protection matters relating to digitalisation, including artificial intelligence matters.

Notable practitioners

Ruth Boardman in London and Ariane Mole in Paris co-lead the firm's data protection practice.

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Strengths

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They combine high technical expertise with a pragmatic and efficient approach, as evidenced by their management of multi-jurisdictional and highly sensitive data protection matters.