Safe across the world & expert local guides & knowing where you stand & maps not mazes & untangling the red tape & always on hand & opportunities not problems & that’s Privacy & Data Protection with Bird & Bird

Our top-ranked International Privacy & Data Protection Group advises organisations worldwide on matters as diverse as GDPR and other privacy compliance, data breaches, data transfer challenges and use of cookies and online tracking.

Backed by the long-standing expertise of leading data protection specialists, we can help you deliver on your global strategies and objectives while navigating the myriad local differences which complicate the data protection arena. 

Providing accurate, clear, pragmatic, business-focused legal advice, we do more than advise on the letter of the law. Drawing on many years’ experience of the ways in which organisations approach data protection compliance, our lawyers make practical suggestions that can add real value to your business.

If you'd like to know more about how we can help you, please get in touch with Heads of Group: Ruth Boardman in London and Ariane Mole in Paris.

Contacts

Ruth Boardman

Partner  |  UK

Ariane Mole

Partner  |  France

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Accolades

  • "They do a great job of being pragmatic and giving meaningful advice that we can implement," adding that "their work product is always excellent."

    Chambers Global, 2020

  • "The team deliver timely replies, they get to the point, and they offer risk-based advice rather than impracticable advice."

    Chambers UK, 2020

  • “Across the board, they're responsive, and they apply a good commercial lens to their advice”, note observers.

    Chambers UK, 2019

  • “Their service is very good, responsive and quick, which helps in hard times. They have a positive team that has profound knowledge on data protection and knows the market.”

    Chambers Global, 2019

  • Bird & Bird has “an excellent knowledge of data protection and good ideas of how to find the way through different jurisdictions' regulations.”

    Chambers Global, 2019

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