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Romain Perray

Romain Perray

France 2026

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Practice Areas

Romain has extensive experience in data privacy and data protection law, and lectures on these subjects in Master of Law classes at the University of Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne, the University of Paris-II Panthéon-Assas and the University of Paris V Cité.

He advises on the full range of data protection and data security for clients in life sciences, automotive, ad techs, insurance, e-commerce, leisure, social networks and even the public sector, especially in the context of smart cities projects. Romain is the EU head of the Firm’s Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice Group.

His experience extends to cross-border transfers of data (including global intragroup data transfers framework agreements), joint data controllers and/or data processor agreements, the formulation of privacy and/or cookies policies, and the use of personal data for marketing purposes, including through profiling techniques, notably in a Big Data context.

Romain has also conducted numerous privacy impact assessments (notably in case of pseudonymization or anonymization) as well international data protection audits in order to ensure compliance with both EU and domestic data protection requirements, more specifically those resulting from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). He assists clients on data breaches and on data subjects’ rights issues.

Romain is also a regular contributor to leading legal publications such as LexisNexis and Lamy Editions for which he is the author of two significant manuals on, respectively, data protection and video monitoring issues.

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TMT: Data Protection - France

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Individual Editorial

Romain Perray assists multinational clients with GDPR compliance, as well as other regulatory advice. He joined Bird & Bird in March 2026.

Editorial individuel

Romain Perray assiste des clients internationaux dans le cadre de la conformité RGPD, ainsi que d’autres conseils réglementaires. Il a rejoint Bird & Bird en Mars 2026.

Strengths

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  • Romain Perray is an expert; he understands decision-making practicality, the authorities responsible for the sector, and he has extensive experience.

    TMT: Data ProtectionChambers France
  • Romain is always available and attentive.

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  • Romain Perray is a fantastic lawyer; he is a voice that is recognised in the market, so when he defends us people listen and regulators respect him. We love working with him.

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  • Romain Perray est un expert; il comprend les aspects pratiques de la prise de décision, les autorités responsables du secteur et il possède une vaste expérience.

    TMT: Data ProtectionChambers France
  • Romain est un avocat exceptionnel ; il est reconnu sur le marché, et lorsqu’il nous défend, on l’écoute et les autorités de réglementation le respectent. Nous adorons travailler avec lui.

    TMT: Data ProtectionChambers France
  • Romain est toujours disponible et attentif.
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