Carol Umhoefer > DLA Piper LLP (US) > Miami, United States > Lawyer Profile
DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
200 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD
SUITE 2500
MIAMI, FL 33131-5341
FLORDIA
United States
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Carol Umhoefer
Work Department
Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity; Intellectual Property and Technology; Regulatory and Government Affairs; Financial Services; Life Sciences; Consumer Goods, Food and Retail; Insurance; Technology
Position
Partner; Co-chair, EMEA Data Protection, Privacy and Security Group
Career
Carol Umhoefer’s practice encompasses information technology and regulatory compliance. She has extensive experience advising clients on international and multi-jurisdictional privacy compliance and cyber issues, including data protection, privacy rights, cyber security and breach notification, document retention, and encryption regulations.
As a member of the Paris bar and having practiced for more than 20 years in France, Carol has experience with respect to GDPR, EU ePrivacy, and EU e-commerce requirements.
She also has extensive experience advising on multinational privacy assessments and compliance programs. She regularly conducts privacy impact assessments and privacy-by-design reviews on a variety of products and technology solutions. Carol advises clients on privacy issues in connection with the deployment of blockchain and related services, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
Carol advises clients with data protection issues arising in a variety of regulatory compliance and investigations scenarios, in particular with consumer protection issues, and pharmaceuticals and medical devices, as well as OFAC and DoJ. She regularly advises on global and regional whistleblowing hotline and e-discovery projects.
Carol’s practice encompasses a broad range of sectors, including pharmaceutical, medical device, and medtech companies; financial services and fintech companies; professional services; online and traditional retailers; and many technology providers in both the B2B and B2C channels.
She is certified as a Foreign Legal Consultant by the Florida Supreme Court, in addition to being admitted in New York and Paris, France.
Languages
English, French
Memberships
International Association of Privacy Professionals
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School; B.A., University of Wisconsin
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
(Leading lawyers)Providing high-level data protection advice in relation to acquisitions in the fintech space and assisting major energy sector clients on cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure are key features of the full spectrum cyber law practice at DLA Piper LLP (US)
. Team head in San Diego Andrew B Serwin
works alongside Philadelphia-based Ron Plesco on managing multiple cybersecurity work streams following a global data breach. Miami-stationed Carol Umhoefer focuses on setting up and implementing global compliance programs, assessing data flows, usages, collections and storages. The practice has continued to develop, following the arrival of cross-border data flows and finance expert James Sullivan, in April 2022, in Washington DC, and global privacy programs specialist counsel, and in August 2022, New York’s John Gevertz, both of whom worked at the International Trade Administration (ITA) at the US Department of Commerce.
Lawyer Rankings
- Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) United States > Media, technology and telecoms
- Leading lawyers 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)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense