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Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity

Hogan Lovells International LLP

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Hogan Lovells International LLP‘s privacy and cybersecurity team consists of ’true data protection practitioners‘ and has ’extensive knowledge of the law‘, with significant transatlantic capabilities. The team has particular strength across the tech, e-commerce, life sciences, and financial services sectors, advising international household names on high-profile and critical contentious and non-contentious issues, including emerging areas including biometrics and AI. The highly rated and ’hugely knowledgeable‘ Eduardo Ustaran oversees the practice and is adept at handling both advisory work and litigation, having extensive experience representing major multinational corporations in regulatory investigations, enforcement proceedings, and high-profile litigation. Nicola Fulford is the key name for international data transfers, privacy policies, and compliance strategies.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Good strength in depth and international support available.’

  • ‘Eduardo Ustaran is hugely knowledgable and has a great presence with senior client representatives.’

  • ‘The team are true data protection practitioners who not only have extensive knowledge of the law but are able to apply it in a pragmatic and commercial way. They are also very responsive and great to work with.’

  • ‘We deeply enjoy working with Eduardo Ustaran and his team. Eduardo is one of the most professional lawyers in privacy and data protection. He brings a very pragmatic point of view, and helps us assess the regulatory field and the risks involved. We worked with different privacy pros over the years, but Eduardo is definitely one of the best ones.’

  • ‘We work with Eduardo Ustaran and his team in the UK. All are very responsive, are true professionals in their expertise, and truly understand our business.’

Key clients

  • Wix
  • Salesforce
  • AmerisourceBergen Corporation
  • Verizon
  • BDO
  • Sotheby’s
  • NCS Pearson

Work highlights

  • Advised Salesforce.com on a broad range of compliance and commercial issues relating to privacy and cybersecurity, including its strategy to comply with Schrems II and the implementation of Processor Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) in the EU and the UK.
  • Advising BDO, the fifth largest accounting network globally, on the adoption, authorisation and implementation of BCR, including managing the approval process and engaging with regulatory authorities.
  • Assisted NCS Pearson, a US-based company that develops and markets enterprise application software, with cutting-edge strategic and operational advisory work, including the use of biometrics, AI and the worldwide roll out of palm vein technology.

Lawyers

Hall of Fame

The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.

Eduardo Ustaran

Hall of fameHogan Lovells US LLP

As co-director of the global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice of Hogan Lovells, Eduardo Ustaran is internationally recognised in privacy and data protection law. He is a dually qualified English Solicitor and Spanish Abogado based in London. Eduardo is also the author of The Future of Privacy (DataGuidance, 2013), a ground-breaking book where he anticipates the key elements that organisations and privacy professionals will need to tackle to comply with the regulatory framework of the future. Eduardo advises some of the world's leading companies on the adoption of global privacy strategies and is closely involved in the development of the new EU data protection framework.

Leading individuals

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Eduardo Ustaran

Other key lawyers

Nicola Fulford

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