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.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘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.’
Key clients
- Air New Zealand
- Foodstuffs North Island
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.