Travers Smith LLP‘s technology and commercial transactions team, helmed by Dan Reavill, advises a wide-ranging roster of notable clients on all aspects of their data protection compliance, including sharing arrangements and impact assessments. Cross-border data transfers are a particular area of expertise, and are regularly handled by experienced practitioner Louisa Chambers. James Longster and Sarah Robinson are singled out as ’experts in their field‘.
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- 'Travers Smith is extremely responsive, practical and well versed in the subject matter.'
- 'Both James Longster and Sarah Robinson are experts in their field and are fantastic to work with.'
Key clients
- NatWest Group plc
- Samsung Electronics UK Limited
- Pay.UK
- Ohme Operations UK Limited
- Groupon Inc
- JUSTICE
- Foley Hoag LLP / Google LLC
- Bain Capital LLC
- Euroclear
- John Whitgift Foundation
- MGN Pension Trustees Ltd (Mirror Group Newspapers)
- Thensia
- Fundsmith
- Helsing
- Pemberton Asset Management S.A.
Work highlights
- Conducting an independent investigation into bank account closures by Coutts on behalf of Natwest Group, with a focus on any potential breaches of UK data protection legislation.
- Advising Samsung on compliance issues presented by the data-sharing obligations under the new EU Data Act.
- Advising Pay.UK on the design and implementation of its new payments architecture.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Dan Reavill