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Ms Kristen Mathews
Work Department
Privacy + Data Security
Position
Partner
Career
Kristen is a partner in our Global Privacy + Data Security Group. For more than 20 years, her practice has focused on advising clients on the full spectrum of privacy and cybersecurity issues, including regulatory and compliance matters. An early leader in the privacy sphere, Kristen has established her broad global data privacy and cybersecurity practice by working with clients across a broad range of industries.
Kristen’s cybersecurity experience includes guiding clients on compliance with data privacy laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA); protecting data in critical transactional matters, such as M&A deals; and preventing, preparing for, and responding to cybersecurity breaches. She helps financial services and insurance businesses build and mature their cybersecurity programs. She also provides counsel on direct-marketing compliance and defense of claims, and online, telematics, and employee and workplace privacy.
Kristen built her experience in these areas over several years with a New York–based technology law firm and later as head of the privacy and cybersecurity practice group of another major global firm. Clients across the technology, financial, retail, consumer goods, health, insurance, media, education, auto, utilities, sports, and hospitality sectors benefit from Kristen’s experience with the most complex privacy and cybersecurity matters.
Kristen continues to be at the forefront of developments in privacy and cybersecurity as ever-changing issues affect businesses around the world.
Memberships
IAPP – International Association of Privacy Professionals
Education
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
(Hall of Fame)Morrison Foerster specializes in global privacy compliance advice, involving cross-border transfers of data, localizations of data and security issues concerning large-scale outsourcing transactions, as well as data breach class actions. Team head and New York-based Miriam Wugmeister
assists international companies with multinational compliance and data security incidents, often co-leading breach preparedness and incident responses to cyber-attacks with San Francisco-stationed Alex Iftimie. Regulatory and compliance matters for a range of clients in the media, retail and entertainment industries forms part of Kristen Mathews practice in New York, while Boston-based Julie O’Neill is the name for intersecting privacy and consumer protection law issues as well as privacy matters concerning cutting edge technology. Likewise, New York-based Marian Waldmann Agarwal advises clients on the impacts of existing and upcoming AI regulation and the Schrems II decision. Privacy litigator Tiffany Cheung, who works in the San Francisco office, defends various media and entertainment companies against BIPA and VPPA putative class actions. From the Los Angeles office Purvi Patel adds a dimension to the practice, defending clients against collection, use and disclosure of personal information claims. Washington DC-stationed Melissa Crespo offers a niche practice, routinely advising healthcare sector clients on privacy and cyber incident responses.
Lawyer Rankings
- Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) United States > Media, technology and telecoms
- Hall of Fame United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Government > Government contracts
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)