Guadalupe Sampedro

I have significant experience of international data protection from both in-house and private practice perspective and I cover the full range of privacy and data protection advice.

My main area of expertise is FinTech and payments where I regularly advise leading global players in this sector.

I have experience in global project management and coordinating relevant expertise from different offices and across multiple jurisdictions.

Prior to joining Bird & Bird in 2017, I established the privacy team at PayPal in EMEA, built a global privacy programme and led the process to obtain new BCRs (controller and processor) following the separation from eBay.

I am a regular speaker on data protection issues at international events and I have also lectured on LLM and specialist courses in the past. I am a member of the Madrid Bar Association.

• Advised a global marketplace in the launching of a new payments business.
• Advised several global companies on controller and processor BCRs, including BCRs for a global telecom company having the Spanish DPA as lead authority.
• Advising on data protection issues related to blockchain platforms.
• Advised several leading payments providers on the implementation of GDPR and the interface with PSD2.
• Advised a global marketplace in the process of segregating the data related to their payments business from their marketplace data.

• Financial Services
• Privacy and Data Protection
• Technology & Communications