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Cavan Fabris
Work Department
Commercial & Technology
Position
Lead Partner for data protection & privacy, cybersecurity and telecoms at Deloitte Legal.
Cavan more than 25 years of industry, government and legal experience. Cavan oversees the delivery of pragmatic, business-focused legal solutions across all aspects of privacy compliance, from interpretation of new laws through to the implementation of compliance programmes, enabling data transfers and dealing with data breaches or enforcement actions by authorities.
Cavan combines his legal expertise in these areas with the technical knowledge from Deloitte’s specialist cyber risk practice, as well as more broadly across the firm’s extensive multidisciplinary network.
Career
- Economic and Commercial Diplomat, 2012-2017
- Legal Counsel, Apple, 2010-2012
- Senior Legal Counsel, Halebury, 2017-2018
- Director EY Law, 2018-2022
- Partner, Deloitte Legal, 2022
Education
- LLM, University of Bristol (Merit)
- JD, Penn State University
- PGCert, EU Law, Penn State University
- BA, American University, School of International Service
- CIPM – IAPP
- Top Secret Security Clearance – US Department of State
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
Deloitte Legal combines IT expertise with industry knowledge of emerging technologies, such as AI, robotics, quantum computing, behavioural advertising, blockchain and cryptocurrencies. The firm is also experienced in issues relating to the metaverse, IoT and big data. Specialist technology lawyer Andrew Joint leads on matters pertaining to AI, automation and cloud technologies, and co-leads the team alongside data privacy and cyber security expert Cavan Fabris. Paul Hinton advises financial services companies on IT projects, while Paul O’Hare is well-versed in software distribution and reseller arrangements. Calum Murray covers contractual and regulatory aspects of digital services.
London > Industry focus > TMT
Deloitte Legal offers strong knowledge of tech law and handles TMT projects across the space. On the tech side, the team focuses on transformational areas such as big data, adtech, digital health, crypto, robotics and biometrics. Andrew Joint is well-versed in tech contracting and advisory matters and co-heads the team with Cavan Fabris who focuses on cybersecurity matters. Calum Murray covers the regulatory aspects of digital services. Paul Hinton regularly acts for financial services companies with support from Paul O’Hare. Andy Moseby left the firm in May 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
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- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Employment > Employee share schemes
Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- Industry focus > TMT
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Transport > Travel
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer