Jennie Nilsson > DLA Piper Sweden > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper Sweden
Sveavägen 4
111 57 Stockholm
Sweden

Work Department

Life Sciences, Data Protection

Position

Jennie Nilsson specializes in Data Privacy and Information Security. She heads DLA Piper’s Digital, Data & Cyber practice group in Sweden.

Before joining DLA Piper, she was the head of Data Privacy at another international law firm in Stockholm, and served as an in-house legal counsel at an international audit and consultancy firm. She has also served as a law clerk.

Jennie provides advice relating to all GDPR/privacy and information security-related matters, such as data transfer arrangements, personal data breaches, cross-border data privacy compliance projects, patient data considerations, advertising/marketing, the NIS Directive and AI/Data Governance.

Career

Partner, Head of Data Privacy and Information Security, DLA Piper Sweden KB (2021)
Senior Associate, Head of Data Privacy and IT, Baker McKenzie Sweden (2017   – 2021)
Legal Counsel, PwC Sweden (2011-2017)
Associate, Wistrand Advokatbyrå (2007-2011)
Law clerk, Stockholm District Court (2008 – 2009)

Languages

English, Swedish

Memberships

Member of the Swedish Bar Association

Education

LL.M., Gothenburg University

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Data privacy and data protection

(Next Generation Partners)

Jennie NilssonDLA Piper Sweden

DLA Piper Sweden’s digital, data and cyber team has broad experience in domestic and cross-border matters, which includes representing clients before the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection. Practice head Jennie Nilsson’s varied practice covers GDPR management projects, data transfers, data subject rights issues, personal data mandates, and litigation.

Sweden > IT and telecoms

DLA Piper Sweden‘s team acts within the firm’s broader network to advise on IT matters in multiple jurisdictions, often for clients in the manufacturing, media, telecoms, and retail sectors. The group also has established strength in representing companies from the automotive and financial sectors in work. Practice head Anna Jussil Broms handles outsourcing, systems procurement, and distribution and e-commerce issues. Gustav Lundin specialises in assisting with large-scale IT projects. Jennie Nilsson is singled out for her contributions.

Sweden > Healthcare and life sciences

DLA Piper Sweden leverages its international network to advise its broad client base on pricing and reimbursement issues. Practice head Fredrika Allard is noted for her specialism in regulation governing the marketing of pharmaceuticals and collaborations between health professionals within the pharma industry, while competition specialist Erik Brändt Öfverholm has deep knowledge of domestic merger control mandates. Jennie Nilsson leads the firm’s digital, data and cyber group, regularly handling GDPR management projects and issues concerning transparency obligations and intra-group data transfers between companies.