Clients in the financial sector regularly instruct Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner on data subject access requests, cross-border compliance projects, and the data privacy aspects of divestments and acquisitions. The ‘efficient and exceptional’ Kate Brimsted leads the team and has a broad practice with an emphasis on UK and EU GDPR matters, while Geraldine Scali is recommended for her ‘masterful’ knowledge of regulatory matters and authorities.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The team provides a pragmatic approach to dealing with Data Privacy and Cyber security matters and collaborates effectively with industry experts to deliver an effective service to their customers. Key strengths relate to Data Privacy GDPR consulting and advisory services and interpretation of the regulation and best to navigate it both within the UK and abroad.’
‘Kate Brimsted is knowledgeable about her subject matter expertise and approachable when consulting with clients. She provides a fair, prompt and measured response to client requests and brings in appropriate external partners when appropriate to address broader client needs in the intersection of data privacy and cybersecurity.’
‘Excellent team that is particularly dialed in on regulators' mindset, which is so key in this field. Overall, a fantastic team that provides top-notch service and advice.’
‘Geraldine Scali is a great partner. She is enthusiastic, very adept at finding creative paths forward, is not shy about giving a strong opinion, even if it is not the opinion we were hoping for, and is masterful at synching her advice with the mindset our regulators are coming from. We love Geraldine and are so glad she's in our corner.’
‘Kate Brimsted is efficient and exceptional when it comes to communicating status of projects.’
Key clients
- eToro
- Heathrow Airport
- London Stock Exchange Group
- MarketCast
- Tesco
- URW (owners of Westfield)
- Royal College of Midwives
- Estee Lauder
- Worcester Warriors Rugby Club administrators (Begbies Traynor)
- Lumen Technologies
- Dragonfly Eye Limited
- AI Software LLC (Capacity)
- Ness USA Inc
- The Foschini Group Limited
Work highlights
- Advised AI Software, LLC (recently renamed Capacity), in connection with the acquisition by Capacity of Textel CX Inc. (Textel), a technology company that enables businesses to provide automated customer service support via text message.
- Advised Dragonfly Eye Ltd (Dragonfly), a leading geopolitical and security intelligence provider, on its sale to FiscalNote Holdings, Inc., a major AI-driven enterprise SaaS technology provider of global policy and market intelligence.
- Advising Lumen Technologies on the $1.8 billion proposed divestiture of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business including its terrestrial and subsea networks, data centres and network equipment in the region, to London-headquartered Colt Technology Services (Colt).
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Kate Brimsted