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Our data and cyber experience
Marriott on the international response to the Starwood database security incident.
A West Coast tech platform on various strategic data matters, including on anonymization and data retention strategies; on its litigation strategy relating to data exports following the Schrems II decision; and on disclosure of data to tax authorities.
London Stock Exchange Group on key investments and acquisitions to expand its information services data and analytics offering.
Including: its acquisition of The Yield Book, a fixed income analytics platform, and Citi Fixed Income Indices, an index business comprising a family of fixed income indices; its investment in Nivaura Ltd, a fintech company offering digital platform solutions for end-to-end automation for issuance and administration of debt, equity and structured notes; and its acquisition of Refinitiv, a global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure.
Various platform and tech companies on complex preliminary antitrust investigations focusing on the collection and use of data and how data is shared with third parties.
Volkswagen AG on the continuous implementation of GDPR requirements and on various digital projects concerning vehicle data, connected and autonomous driving, privacy-by -design, and data commercialisation.
A consumer technology company on requests for information from authorities regarding the disclosure of communication data in more than 30 countries and on the writing of terms of use and the design of new products.
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Brock Dahl Partner
Washington, DC, Silicon Valley
Menachem Kaplan Partner
New York
Giles Pratt Partner
London
Rachael Annear Partner
London
Norbert Nolte Partner
Düsseldorf
Dr. Christoph Werkmeister Partner
Düsseldorf
Dr. Theresa Ehlen Partner
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Jérôme Philippe Partner
Paris, Brussels
Sharon Malhi Partner, Antitrust Competition and Trade
London, Dublin
Richard Bird Partner
Hong Kong
Satya Staes Polet Partner
Brussels