Clients of Goodwin ‘get white glove service from highly intelligent professionals’, with services ranging from transaction-related advice and incident preparedness assistance, to defence of class actions and regulatory enforcement actions. Gretchen Scott, who was one of the forces behind the establishment of the privacy and cybersecurity department, is instructed by a broad roster of notable names, and has extensive expertise in both UK and EU data issues.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is very knowledgeable, pragmatic, professional, business minded. And also great to work with!’

  • ‘The individuals I've worked with are able to understand the situation very fast, and provide a solution-orientated approach.'

  • ‘The team led by Gretchen Scott work well together. Deal with instructions promptly and reliably.’

  • ‘Gretchen Scott is extremely knowledgeable in this field and our go-to on GDPR. She is commercial and delivers advice in a manageable, succinct way. I highly recommend her.’

  • ‘When you work with Gretchen Scott and her team you know you are going to get white glove service from highly intelligent professionals. They also understand that immediate response and turnaround are imperative to our business and act accordingly.’

  • ‘Gretchen Scott is one of the best we have worked with globally. Always professional and provides excellent advice on all of our company's options in cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is a dynamic field, ever changing and she stays on top of it.’

Key clients

  • Transmit Security, Inc.
  • Luka, Inc. (“Replika”)
  • Inflection AI, Inc.
  • Hivemapper Inc.
  • Whoop, Inc.
  • Allurion Technologies, Inc.
  • Kidentify Pte Ltd (“k-ID”)
  • Accel
  • Loop Global Inc.
  • OpenstageIT Limited
  • Wayfair LLC (“Wayfair”)
  • Brilliant Worldwide, Inc.
  • Meta Platforms, Inc.
  • HubSpot, Inc.
  • Medidata Solutions, Inc.
  • Paperless Inc. (Paperless Post)
  • Eqlipse Technologies
  • Partiful Co.

Work highlights

  • Advising Meta on the development of an EU-wide Code of Conduct for GDPR compliance.
  • Advised Luka on addressing data privacy concerns raised by The Italian Data Protection Authority following its urgent order to block AI-powered companion chatbot Replika.
  • Advised Inflection AI on GDPR and CCPA compliance status and AI regulatory considerations associated with the processing of personal data prior to the launch of its personal assistant chatbot.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Gretchen Scott

Other key lawyers

Curtis McCluskey, Josephine Jay