Herbert Smith Freehills LLP‘s inter-departmental, cross-sector team is valued by clients for providing assistance which is ’valuable both technically and commercially‘. Miriam Everett acts as the firm’s global head of data and privacy, while Andrew Moir oversees the global cybersecurity and data security piece. Christine Young takes the lead on employment-related data protection issues. The firm’s expertise covers matters ranging from strategic regulatory compliance, through contentious and non-contentious data subject rights requests, responses to regulatory complaints and investigations, and incident response.
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Testimonials
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- 'HSF is our main go-to firm for data privacy-related matters. Their legal advice has proven to be valuable both technically and commercially. They have been able to capture our risk appetite and ways of working and are able to create a business friendly output.'
- 'What stands out for me is HSF's ability to translate legal requirements into actual workable plans.'
- 'HSF has a broad and diverse team with the ability to call upon experts from different fields and regions.'
- 'We have valued the collaborative nature of our relationship with HSF, working as a team to review often complex matters.'
- 'The team provide clear and consistent advice, on time and know our business well so tailor their advice to our needs and our risk appetite.'
- 'Siân McKinley has clout, gravitas and oodles of technical skill.'
- 'Duc Tran is brilliant to work with. He provides concise and to the point advice - it has meant that data protection terms which might otherwise be contentious and take a lot of negotiation time away from in-house teams are generally agreed by our counterparties with minimal changes.'
Key clients
- UK Finance
- Hays plc
- e-Mersion Media
- KodyPay Limited
- Willis Towers Watson
- KPMG
- bp
- Invesco
- GenesisCare
- British American Tobacco
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Miriam Everett, Andrew Moir, Christine Young