Latham & Watkins LLP

Robert Blamires leads strategic counseling and transactional work on cutting-edge regulatory compliance issues in the firm’s Privacy & Cyber and Data & Technology Transactions Practices. He works with some of the world’s largest and most cutting-edge companies and on some of the most complex, market-making transactions.

A seasoned leader, Robert draws on more than two decades of practice, and his multi-jurisdictional qualifications and experience, to guide US and international clients on data privacy, cyber, and related regulatory issues (covering both US federal/state and UK/EU data privacy laws), in the context of:

• • M&A, private equity, IPO, venture capital and other corporate and commercial transactions, including pivotal strategic decisions and structuring, highly bespoke diligence, drafting, and negotiation
  • Compliance strategies and implementation
  • Growth strategies, including international expansion and associated cross-border/multijurisdictional issues
  • Incident response, containment, and management

Robert helped grow the firm’s US Privacy & Cyber Group and leads US Transactional Privacy & Cyber. He also sits on the firm’s Technology and Security Committees, is Chair of the Working Group on AI, and is a member of the firm's AI Task Force.

As a prominent member of the data privacy and cybersecurity community, Robert regularly writes and speaks on privacy and cybersecurity, as well as on AI and other technology, and is an editor of the firm’s Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog.

He maintains multiple International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) certifications, including:

• • Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP)
  • Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP)
  • Privacy Law Specialist (PLS)
  • Certified Information Privacy Professional for Europe, US Private Sector, and US Government (CIPP/E, CIPP/US, and CIPP/G)
  • Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT)
  • Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)

Publications

• • “Oregon and Delaware Join the Surge of US States Enacting General Privacy Legislation,” Latham & Watkins, September 6, 2023
  • “EU-US Data Privacy Framework Goes Live: What Are the Practical Implications?,” Latham & Watkins, August 1, 2023
  • “Employee Data Increasingly in the Crosshairs of Data Privacy Enforcement,” Latham & Watkins, July 20, 2023
  • “California - Sectoral Privacy Overview,” OneTrust DataGuidance, July 1, 2023
  • “Indiana, Montana, and Tennessee Enact General Data Privacy Laws, Bringing the Total to Nine and Counting,” Latham & Watkins, May 23, 2023
  • “And Now There Are Six: Iowa Passes New Privacy Law,” Latham & Watkins, April 3, 2023
  • “Overview of the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Frameworks,” OneTrust DataGuidance, December 1, 2022
  • “Preparing for the New Data Privacy Landscape,” Latham & Watkins, November 7, 2022
  • “CCPA Will Now Fully Regulate Personnel and B2B Information,” Latham & Watkins, September 14, 2022
  • “Due Diligence: The Key Ingredient in Restaurant M&A,” Latham & Watkins, August 16, 2022
  • “Cyber Risk in Finance: A Q&A With Latham Partners,” Practical Law, March 2, 2022
  • “Massachusetts: Cybersecurity,” OneTrust DataGuidance, December 1, 2021

Presentations

• • “Vendor Procurement in the age of AI,” International Association of Privacy Professionals KnowledgeNet, March 2024
  • “An Insider’s Perspective: Global Privacy and Cyber Developments, Trends and Enforcement Strategies,” Latham & Watkins, London, March 2023
  • “The Future State of M&A: Dealmaking in the Golden Age of Cybercrime,” Aon M&A and Transaction Solutions Symposium, California, January 2023
  • “Developments in ESG: Opportunities for Privacy Governance,” The Rise of Privacy Technology Data Privacy Week Conference, January 2023
  • “I’m GDPR compliant: How do I manage US/GDPR privacy risks given the changing landscape?” Privacy Laws & Business 35th Annual Conference, Cambridge, July 2022
  • “Cyber is Coming to a Loan Near You,” Loan Syndications and Trading Association, October 2021
  • “Incorporating California’s New Data Privacy Regime into an International Compliance Program,” Privacy & Security Forum, October 2020