Australasia - New Zealand

DLA Piper New Zealand

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DLA Piper New Zealand‘s team is increasingly mandated to design customer-facing data protection policies. It is also well-versed in advising on enforcement, government contracting, and SEC disclosure issues. Auckland-based practice head Nick Valentine is regularly called upon to advise on data privacy aspects of tech transactions. Also in the Auckland office, senior associate Edward Eisdell-Moore is involved in GDPR matters, particularly assisting New Zealand businesses on their application of GDPR.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘DLA Piper has a strong NZ data protection and cyber security team. They do good work for quality, big NZ and international clients across all aspects of the sector.’

  • ‘Nick Valentine is a leading data protection and IT and cyber security lawyer in NZ. He is very technically strong, he keeps up with trends, and he's easy to work with.’

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Key clients

  • Air New Zealand
  • Foodstuffs North Island

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Work highlights

  • Reviewing Levi Strauss & Co’s privacy and data handling practices, policies and procedures in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan and China.
  • Advising Foodstuffs on its ongoing engagement with UK data science company, dunnhumby, as part of Foodstuffs' project to better leverage customer data.

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