Bird & Bird‘s ’responsive and dynamic team’ is well regarded for its ability to handle issues such as global compliance, international transfers of data and the data protection aspects of cloud computing services. The unit’s expertise is frequently sought out by clients from regulated sectors such as banking, insurance and life sciences. Ariane Mole heads up the team and counts digital compliance issues, such as cookies, cyber security and e-health, among her practice strengths. Willy Mikalef‘s expertise covers assistance with CNIL dawn raids, GDPR audits and data transfer tools. Oriane Zubcevic frequently handles GDPR compliance audits, while Julie Verdure has specialist expertise pertaining the use of processors, including cloud providers.
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Testimonials
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‘A responsive and dynamic team, with in-depth knowledge of regulations. In addition, there are few firms specializing in data protection capable of working in an international environment, which represents a strength of Bird & Bird.’
‘Willy Mikalef, Julie Verdure and Ariane Mole are all excellent!’
‘The team is unique in that it has in-depth, multidisciplinary, diversified, pragmatic, educational and international expertise. The quality of the work is therefore excellent. In particular, the team uses unique innovative technologies to provide its advice.’
‘Ariane Mole and Willy Mikalef stand out for their experience and way of advising clients - no time is wasted, owing to their immediate understanding of the problems.'
Key clients
- Meta
- Euronext
- HubOne
- Doctolib
- Novocure
- LEEM
- IQVIA
- Cityscoot
- DPD Group - Geopost
- Shoebox
Work highlights
- Advised Meta on data protection and privacy regulatory matters concerning personal data processed within the metaverse under the GDPR, taking into account the future state of regulations.
- Assisted Euronext on data protection issues and successfully represented the client in litigation before the Conseil d’État (France's highest administrative court).
- Advised Doctolib, HubOne, Salesforce, Novocure, IQVIA, LEEM, Cityscoot, Equinix, Biosency, Shoebox, CWT (Carlson Wagonlit Travel), Huawei, and DPD Group (Geopost) on data protection matters.
Lawyers
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Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Willy Mikalef
Bird & BirdPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ariane Mole