Bates Wells

Data & Privacy

Eleanor is a Partner and our Head of Data & Privacy, having a plethora of experience in GDPR and privacy law. Before moving into private practice, Eleonor was the UK Government's lead lawyer in negotiations on the GDPR. Eleanor represented the UK in meetings in Brussels, drafted text for inclusion in the GDPR legislation, and worked with the European Commission, representatives from other EU Member States, regulators and stakeholders to develop the regime.

Since moving into private practice, Eleonor has advised clients on a wide range of privacy laws including tracking or monitoring of data subjects, collection, use and retention of personal data, data sharing, data protection in the context of commercial contracts, data breaches, international data transfers, and the impact of Brexit on data protection and the privacy aspects of emerging technologies.

Lecturer, the University of Law, 2003 Government Lawyer at Ministry of Justice, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for Exiting the European Union Director in Privacy team, Fieldfisher LLP 2018

Member of LexisNexis' panel of legal experts on Information Law, Public Law and EU Law Member of International Association of Privacy Professionals

Oxford University, BA, 1996 Called to the Bar in 1998