The Hogan Lovells data privacy and cybersecurity team offers clients a one-stop shop for all areas of data protection and cybersecurity compliance, with advice spanning from the acquisition of personal data, to protection issues arising from online data capture. The scale of the group’s work continues to increase, evidenced by a highlight for the team in 2024 which was the largest tech transformation project in Hong Kong. Mark Parsons oversees the practice, and counts high profile clients including the Hong Kong Exchange among his varied client base. Additional key team members include Tommy Liu who provides ‘very technical and commercially-minded advice’ for clients in a variety of sectors, including TMT and financial services, and concentrates on strategic transaction structuring and complex contractual arrangements.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The team are our go-to lawyers for all data privacy compliance matters in Greater China and across Asia-Pacific. They understand their clients and the markets well and the quality of their advice is truly top-notch.'
‘Tommy Liu is able to provide very technical and commercially-minded advice. He has an in-depth understanding of the latest developments and a strong knowledge of our business. Always delivers prompt and effective advice. ’
‘Mark Parsons is very knowledgeable and experienced in the areas of data privacy, cyber security and technology and outsourcing. He understands complex commercial dynamic and is able to work with large project teams well. He's been advising on many banking industry initiatives so his market insight is invaluable. Pricing is competitive, partly because of his deep experience which helps to keep the advice/work focused and efficient.’
Key clients
- Beijing Kuaishou Technology Co., Ltd. (“Kwai”)
- The Hong Kong Association of Banks
- HSBC
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
- FTI Consulting
- USANA Health Science Inc.
- China International Capital Corporation
- Mox Bank
- Hong Kong Jockey Club
Work highlights
- Advised MPFA/eMPF Platform Company Limited on the terms of service that eMPF PC will be engaged by pension trustees and the operating rules for the platform, as well as various ancillary commercial and regulatory issues.
- Advising a European-headquartered global corporate travel agency business on data protection aspects of the “zero-day” vulnerability exploit of the secure file transfer application (called MOVEit) impacting its vendor, Progress Software.
- Advising ZEEKR on its regulatory and compliance issues and have assisted them in the drafting and reviewing agreements in EU, U.S and globally.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mark Parsons