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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP advises clients across the finance, electronics, and tech sectors on the full range of data privacy, protection, and cybersecurity matters, with notable strength in the drafting of binding corporate rules, data transfer agreements, and EU and UK GDPR compliance. Rafi Azim-Khan oversees the team and splits his time between London and Silicon Valley, while Steven Farmer, noted for his ‘in-depth understanding of complex privacy issues,’ advises start-ups and leading tech multinationals on global compliance issues.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Rafi Azim-Khan is my key contact, and he always takes care of what we need. Even in suddenly urgent situations, he works night and day, across time zones, to deliver.’

  • ‘The team has a deep understanding of the various privacy and data protection rules both in the UK and EU. They are well connected with individual regulators from whom they can obtain informal guidance, which is quite useful.’

  • ‘Steven Farmer is the person I principally work with. His judgement is sound and his advice is practical. I value his knowledge and his responsiveness. First rate in all regards.’

  • ‘The Pillsbury team was extremely knowledgeable and responsive in assisting our company with establishing a UK presence and understanding our data protection and privacy obligations.’

  • ‘Pillsbury has as a team of highly skilled attorneys who have extensive knowledge of European data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), LED and ePrivacy Directive.'

  • ‘As someone who has worked closely with Steven Farmer, I can attest to his exceptional professionalism and out-of-the-box thinking as well as in-depth understanding of complex privacy issues.'

  • ‘We have been working with this team for many years. They are consistent, responsive and able to provide practical advice and guidance for our business. They helped us create a global privacy policies that covers close to 30 countries, and it is digestible and comprehensive all at the same time.’

  • ‘Steven Farmer is our main partner contact. Steve does an excellent job of taking the legal requirements and making them approachable.’

Key clients

  • G.Network Communications
  • CSC
  • LEAP
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Bass Pro
  • PNC Bank
  • State Street Bank
  • Institute of International Finance
  • Victaulic
  • HM Electronics
  • Ntrepid

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Rafi Azim-Khan

Other key lawyers

Steven Farmer