Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Privacy and Cybersecurity, European Data Protection and Privacy, Cybersecurity Incidents, AI and Emerging Technologies

Partner

Sarah Pearce is a partner with Hunton Andrews Kurth, and she handles a broad range of privacy and data security issues in the UK, across the EMEA region and globally. Sarah partners with clients to identify, evaluate and manage their global privacy and information security risks and compliance issues. Ranked by Chambers UK, she has 20 years of experience advising clients on privacy compliance, from developing cross-border data transfer strategies and conducting privacy impact assessments, to risk management associated with the collection and use of data. Sarah routinely advises clients on cybersecurity and data breach incident response, proactive preparedness, and associated regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings. With a background in commercial technology, Sarah also has a particular focus in advising on leading-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence and is currently advising clients looking to deploy the technology within their organizations as well as those developing their own AI tools. A thought leader in the field, Sarah is a frequent author and speaker at international conferences on related privacy and cybersecurity issues.

England and Wales (Solicitor)

LPC, The University of Law, Guildford, 1999 Maîtrise, Université Paris I: Panthéon Sorbonne, 1998 LLB, King’s College London, The Dickson Poon School of Law, 1998