Sonia Cissé

Sonia leads the Technology, Commercial and Privacy team at Linklaters in Paris. Her expertise encompasses the entire spectrum of technology and privacy law, with particular emphasis on data protection, cyber security, complex commercial agreements, e-commerce, and telecommunications. She has advised leading companies across a wide range of industries on various international data protection initiatives, including GDPR compliance efforts and complex procurement.

In addition to her practice, Sonia teaches at the University of Dauphine in Paris, where she is a lecturer in the Data Protection Officer Program. She is also involved in pioneering Data Protection Officer certification programs in Africa, lecturing for the Data Protection Officer Certificates at the University of Dauphine in Tunis, Tunisia.

Sonia has been seconded at various times at BNP Paribas and Engie IT.

Sonia serves as an Innovation Partner at Linklaters in Paris and is a member of the firm's Generative Steering Group.

Committed to DEI, Sonia is also one of the two representatives of Europe at Linklaters’ Black Diversity Council.

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