Bird & Bird's dedicated team advises on a wide range of cybersecurity and data protection matters, from transactions, crisis management, data breaches and regulatory and internal investigations to disputes and incident-related preventions and responses. The department is co-led by privacy, data protection and security specialist Adriano D’Ottavio and Debora Stella, who brings extensive experience in data protection and IT issues.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Bird & Bird's data protection team constantly informs its client about any relevant legal news.’

  • ‘Adriano D'Ottavio is always able to assist clients with all data protection issues.'

Key clients

  • Datafalls
  • FlixBus Italia
  • Lastminute.com

Work highlights

  • Advising Datafalls on an ongoing basis with regards to privacy and data protection matters.
  • Advising FlixBus Italia on an ongoing basis on privacy and data protection matters.
  • Regularly advises Lastminute.com Group on the implementation of marketing activities in several jurisdictions, including handling data transfers and data sharing within the group.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Adriano D’Ottavio, Debora Stella