At Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, a change in leadership recently saw Steven Farmer promoted to co-chair of the firm’s global cybersecurity, data protection and privacy team, as well as leader of the UK and EU taskforce. The group is particularly well regarded for its data transfer expertise. Other areas of focus include digital health-related AI work, regulatory advice, and breach response.

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  • ‘Responsive team with deep expertise.’

Key clients

  • G.Network Communications
  • Morgan Stanley
  • PNC Bank
  • State Street Bank
  • Institute of International Finance
  • Victaulic
  • HM Electronics
  • Ntrepid
  • Cantina
  • Ingenio
  • Equities First
  • Carrot Fertility
  • Zedge
  • General Atomics
  • Boundless Learning
  • Juniper Square

Work highlights

  • Advised Everi on its $6.2bn merger with International Game Technology’s Global Gaming and Play Digital Business to create a global gaming and fintech enterprise.
  • Advising Victaulic on its global privacy compliance programme on an ongoing basis.
  • Advising HM Electronics on the privacy implications of various AI product roll-outs.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Steven Farmer

Other key lawyers

Scott Morton