Tim Hickman heads up both the local and global data, privacy and cybersecurity practices at White & Case LLP, leveraging this position to ‘coordinate efficiently with other countries’ colleagues’ and provide a seamless international approach to data mandates. The firm has core strengths across the advisory, regulatory, transactional and litigious spheres. John Timmons ‘always finds practical and commercially attractive solutions’, and regularly handles cybersecurity matters, including both compliance and breach response.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Demonstrate aptitude in their areas of speciality.'
  • 'Tim Hickman knows his stuff, seems to know every privacy law available.'
  • 'Tim Hickman knows the law and is commercially astute.'
  • 'W&C has depth and breadth of experience and is able to offer comprehensive advice on all data protection issues and investigations. They are also able to adequately resource complex or voluminous matters and so are very reliable.'
  • 'They do a lot of "work behind the scenes" so that the end advice is streamlined, polished and to the point.'
  • 'John Timmons is a fantastic partner to work with. John always finds practical and commercially attractive solutions. John is also very available and responsive whilst delivering polished and comprehensive advice.'
  • 'Working with Tim Hickman has been a pleasure, I'm continually impressed with his depth of knowledge and experience in handling complicated privacy compliance issues. One of the most significant advantages of working with Tim is his ability to coordinate efficiently with other countries' colleagues at W&C to deliver what we ask in a cost-effective approach.'
  • 'John Timmons has the great ability to understand the complexity and the particularities of the business and take them as part of the decision-making process, before providing his advice.'

Key clients

  • Meta
  • Nestlé
  • Vale
  • STC
  • AutoCruitment, LLC
  • Mercuri Urval
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Iberdrola
  • Avast

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tim Hickman

Other key lawyers

Rory Hishon, John Timmons, Jenna Rennie