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

Other key lawyers

Louisa Chambers, James Longster, Sarah Robinson