Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection

• Assisting a wide range of clients, including technology service providers, multinational conglomerates, energy companies, financial services, life science companies and manufacturers, with the development and implementation of privacy and data protection programmes, policies and procedures.
• Advising companies across multiple industry sectors on navigating personal data breaches and cyber incidents, including on related reporting obligations in the UK and EU.
• Advising clients developing and deploying new technologies on compliance with cybersecurity, privacy and data protection laws in the UK and EU.
• Advising entities involved in cross-border investigations in relation to transfer and disclosure of personal data and information.
• Assisting clients in the assessment of cybersecurity, privacy and data protection risks in relation to investing in UK and EU companies.
• Assisting a variety of clients, including consumer-focused firms, on implementing compliance with EU cookie laws.
• Assisting numerous clients with data sharing arrangements with supplier/vendor and other partners in compliance with European cybersecurity and privacy laws.
• Advising a wide range of clients in relation to navigating cross-border personal data transfers post Schrems II.
• Advising a leading sovereign wealth fund and major global investor with a substantial portfolio including energy, fintech, agritech, healthcare and life sciences, on privacy and cyber issues in establishing a Big Data company and developing AI tools and systems.
• Advising one of Europe’s largest non-performing loan services on complex personal data matters across multiple jurisdictions in its sale of a material portion of its investment portfolio for more than €1 billion, and on its subsequent investment partnership, agreeing to invest up to €1 billion annually in consumer unsecured non-performing loans.
• Advising a leading global asset manager on privacy and cyber matters in its acquisition of a merchant services technology company facilitating secure electronic transactions and providing point of sale payment terminals, payment SaaS and related services, for a total consideration based on a fair enterprise value of approx. €2.3 billion.
• Assisting a leading multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company with cross-border privacy and AI regulatory issues.
• Advising the health-focused arm of an international investment business on privacy and cyber matters in its acquisition of the finished dosage form business of a leading European pharma firm.
• Advising a U.S.-headquartered networking device supplier with global sales subsidiaries in relation to intricate personal data matters in an investigation.
• Advising a SaaS company valued at $2.6 billion that provides self-optimising WiFi services and network control for communication service providers and their subscribers, including personal households and small businesses, on developing a personal data compliance programme.
• Advising a leading investment fund on privacy and cybersecurity matters in relation to its $9.35 billion investment with a partner in a hyperscale data centre campus in the EU to serve a growing demand from major tech and artificial intelligence companies.
• Assisting a global cryptocurrency platform and Bitcoin mining company on privacy issues in relation to operational matters and subsequent litigation.
• Advising a leading contract development and manufacturing organisation specialised in cell and cell-mediated gene therapies in relation to personal data compliance issues
• Assisting a world leader in memory products and technology solutions on personal data and cyber issues in the sale of its peripherals gaming division for $425 million.
• Advising a leading global private equity house on privacy and cyber issues in its €800 million strategic investment, together with a partner in a leading European online solutions provider.

International Disputes: Arbitration and Litigation

• Acted for a Scandinavian energy company in a high stakes dispute in the Middle East.
• Acted for an oil and gas independent in a hard-fought “bet the company” international arbitration, obtaining an arbitral award in favour of the company as well as rarely granted special relief in support of the arbitration from the English Court.
• Acted in highly technical litigation concerning the drilling of an exploratory well off the coast of West Africa.
• Represented a CIS telecom company concerning a $861 million litigation in the Isle of Man involving allegations of fraud and misappropriation of assets.
• Acted for PJSC Tatneft, Russia’s fifth biggest oil company, in a $380 million complex fraud claim against four Ukrainian high-net-worth individuals, including successfully obtaining a worldwide freezing injunction.
• Acted for the Renova Group, a leading business group with diverse investments, in a hotly contested $1 billion commercial litigation in the energy sector, defeating two separate appeals to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Court of Appeal.
• Advised a major energy company in relation to a dispute with a European state concerning discrimination and expropriation of a $2.65 billion inward investment in the energy sector, including advice as to proposed bilateral investment treaty (BIT) arbitration proceedings.
• Advised a global investment fund regarding disputes in relation to its exit from several investment vehicles holding extractive industries assets in Central Africa.
• Acted for VimpelCom, a telecoms company, in successfully defending a commercial court injunction (and related ad hoc arbitration), which would have prevented its $20 billion acquisition of Wind Telecom; the successful defence allowed for the completion of a transformative acquisition for the client, making it the sixth biggest mobile telecom company in the world.
• Acted for a Central American energy company in one of the biggest oil and gas related cases concerning the upgrade of the world’s largest production platform.