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Bird & Bird

Data Protection

Global Guide 2026 : Europe-wide

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Bird & Bird

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.

 

Industries (10)

  • Automotive
  • Aviation & Aerospace
  • Defence & Security
  • Financial Services
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Media
  • Entertainment & Sport
  • Retail & Consumer
  • Technology & Communications

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.

    Data Protection respondentGlobal

  • Bird & Bird has very deep expertise, particularly at the intersection of data protection and AI, and excellent client service and responsiveness.

    Data Protection respondentGlobal

  • Bird & Bird has a very strong understanding of our business and services and a very good sense for what is happening in the industry and what relevant regulators expect.

    Data Protection respondentGlobal

Members

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  • Ruth Boardman

  • Jeremy Tan

  • Simon Assion

  • Miriam Ballhausen

  • Tobias Bräutigam

  • Vojtěch Chloupek

  • Alex Dixie

  • Adriano D'Ottavio

  • James Gong

  • Balint Halasz

  • Sven-Erik Heun

  • Deirdre Kilroy

  • Izabela Kowalczuk-Pakuła

  • Mattias Lindberg

  • Michael Madsen

  • Ariane Mole

  • Anna Morgan

  • Joaquin Muñoz

  • Fabian Niemann

  • Jorg-Alexander Paul

  • Henriette Picot

  • Lennart Schuessler

  • Wilfred Steenbruggen

  • Debora Stella

  • Benoit Van Asbroeck

  • Berend Van Der Eijk

  • Gabriel Voisin

  • Emma Drake

  • Willy Mikalef

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