England - London • Risk advisory
Harbottle & Lewis LLP
With significant industry focus on the marketing, adtech, and digital media sectors, Harbottle & Lewis LLP is regularly instructed on mandates relating to the data aspects of advertising campaigns, data breaches, and compliance issues. The team is jointly led by Anita Bapat, who takes point on data protection and privacy matters, and Emma Wright, who leads on the cybersecurity front. Also in the core team is Sacha Wilson, who is recommended for adtech vendor arrangements and digital marketing projects.
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Testimonials
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‘A talented, diverse, down to earth, solution focused and knowledgeable team.’
‘Anita Bapat is a pleasure to work with.’
‘Expertise and current knowledge are hugely beneficial. Consistently thoughtful about the risks to our business and how to balance good practice with the realities of our business model. Always has an option and solution no matter what we throw at them. Calm, thoughtful and totally positive to deal with.’
‘Anita Bapat is brilliant; practical, knowledgable and wonderful.’
‘You expect knowledge and expertise what adds value is practical insights and pleasant working manner.’
‘Sacha Wilson and Anita Babat both combine a depth of knowledge of the field with practical application and a realisation of what will work within companies. Yet they do not shy away from explaining the regulatory or legislative reality. They're also fun to work with.’
Key clients
- The Ozone Project
- Havas Media Group
- Equal Experts
- Knight Frank
- Shein
- De Beers Group
- Princess Yachts Limited
- SEGA
- MyBuilder (part of the HomeAdvisor group)
Work highlights
- Advising the Ozone Project, a cutting-edge digital advertising platform owned by major news publishers, including the Guardian, News UK and the Telegraph, on a number of data privacy matters including advising on policies and vendor contracts from a data privacy perspective.
- Advising SEGA on data protection for the first time on strategically important data protection and technology and projects.
- Assisted De Beers with the launch of their Tracr platform (which is the world's only distributed diamond blockchain that starts at the source and provides tamper-proof source assurance at scale) as they launch to various participants on the supply chain; assisted with data protection advice in relation to making the Tracr Platform available to consumers.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Anita Bapat, Emma Wright