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Leading companies worldwide turn to us for tech and data regulation, privacy, and cybersecurity advice. Our fully-integrated global practice covers everything from incident readiness and rapid response, data-driven deals and regulatory investigations to large-scale compliance projects and strategic or mass claims litigation.
Data, cybersecurity and tech regulation

Giving global leaders the edge in data, cybersecurity and tech regulation’s most complex challenges

We have more than 150 dedicated experts across Europe, the US, and Asia collaborating seamlessly as one global team. We bring together specialists to deliver integrated advice that stands up to multi-regulator scrutiny and navigates overlapping or even conflicting trends in data, privacy, cybersecurity, risk management, tech regulation and innovation.

For decades we’ve steered market-leading companies through their most sensitive and complex privacy and cybersecurity challenges. Our ranks include former prosecutors and regulators who bring insight and experience from government agencies to your side of the table.

We have advised on some of the largest global data breaches to date – from ransomware and state-sponsored attacks to insider threats and the exfiltration of hundreds of millions of records – and we’re recognised for handling the follow-on litigation that can arise in courts worldwide.

Clients trust us on strategic regulatory projects such as EU Digital Markets Act and EU Digital Services Act compliance, and online safety regulatory readiness, and we regularly lead on the most significant, data-driven deals that reshape industries.

Ranked among the global data elite, our lawyers regularly share the stage with regulators at leading data and tech conferences – keeping you ahead of what’s next.

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Meet the team
London

Rachael Annear

Global Co-Head of Data/Tech
New York

Timothy Howard

Global Co-Head of Data and Technology
Düsseldorf

Christoph Werkmeister

Global Co-Head of Data & Technology
London

Giles Pratt

Global Head of IP/Data Practice, Global Co-Head of AI
Washington, DC, Silicon Valley

Brock Dahl

Partner
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main

Theresa Ehlen

Partner
Hong Kong

Richard Bird

Partner
Amsterdam

Mark Egeler

Partner
Meet the team

Awards & recognition

Financial Times 2024

Most Digital Law Firm

Financial Times Awards Europe 2025

Innovative Lawyers

China Business Law Awards 2025

Data Protection and data privacy

Chambers Global 2025

Band 1 for Crisis Management

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