Data protection and privacy in investigations
Helping develop data policy and investigation process.
Managing and protecting data is becoming increasingly important for business, particularly as regulators and consumers become more vigilant about how that data is processed.
This has created a raft of new challenges for corporates, particularly multinational organisations that must comply with a wide range of local data protection and privacy laws.
Data protection and privacy is also a major issue during investigations into corruption and white-collar crime, as well as cartel and tax offences.
Employee emails are often a main focus of these investigations, but access to them is heavily regulated by data protection and privacy law.
We regularly advise on structuring access to emails in major internal investigations, and we also help clients in developing and implementing internal policies for the use of email and other IT systems, including co-ordinating with works councils.
Global investigations
- Anti-bribery and corruption investigations
- Anti-money laundering
- Business and human rights
- Competition investigations
- Compliance investigations
- Data protection and privacy investigations
- Financial services investigations
- Sanctions
- Tax investigations and disputes
- White collar defense and corporate crime
- Workplace misconduct investigations
Our team

Georgia Dawson Senior Partner
Singapore, London

William Robinson Partner
London, Hong Kong

John Choong Partner
Hong Kong

Geoff Nicholas Consultant
London

Norbert Nolte Partner
Düsseldorf

Aaron Marcu Senior Counsel
New York

Eric B. Bruce US Head of disputes, litigation and arbitration, and global investigations
Washington, DC, New York

Dimitri Lecat Partner
Paris

Raquel Flórez Partner
Madrid

Ali Sallaway Partner
London

Dr. Martina de Lind van Wijngaarden Partner
Frankfurt am Main

Matthew Bruce Partner
London

Ben Morgan Partner
London

Sarah Parkes Partner
London

Bea Tormey Partner
London

Christopher Robinson Partner
London

Joaquin Terceño Partner
Tokyo, Singapore