Ariane is one of the leading lawyers in personal data protection law in France and across Europe and is Joint Head of our International Data Protection Group.

Member of the Paris Bar since 1995, she worked previously for 7 years as a lawyer within the Legal Department of the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) where she was mostly involved in international matters before becoming an expert to the DG XIII of the European Union Commission where she took part in the drafting of the 1995 Directive on Personal Data Protection.

Ariane Mole advises French and international clients, whether companies or public services, on all aspects of personal data protection and privacy : she has developed a specific expertise in international data transfers and international businesses, monitoring at work, and data protection issues in various sectors such as health, banking and credit activities. She also assists her clients with their relationships with the CNIL and with other national or local Data Protection Authorities.

In coordination with the London office of Bird & Bird, Ariane manages the “Data Protection Practice Group” of Bird & Bird on a worldwide basis.

She is a frequent speaker at Data Protection related conferences and the host of many training seminars. She is also a regular contributor to newspapers and specialist legal magazines.

Ariane was admitted in 2008 as Legal expert to the EuroPriSe project launched by the E.U. Commission (European Privacy Seal - http://www.european-privacy-seal.eu). Thus she can offer EuroPriSe assessments to manufacturers and vendors of IT products and IT-based services, in order to obtain EuroPriSe privacy certification at European level.