Ms Sarah Tedstone > Fieldfisher > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Fieldfisher
RIVERBANK HOUSE
2 SWAN LANE
LONDON
EC4R 3TT
England
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Work Department

Privacy and Data

Position

Partner

Career

Sarah acts for a wide variety of clients including in the health and life sciences, public, charity, pensions, technology, insurance, travel, retail and regulatory sectors. She has extensive experience in privacy law matters, including in relation to the GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, global privacy laws, e-privacy, freedom of information, network and information systems, AI and marketing compliance. Sarah has handled many global cyber security incident responses involving multiple regulators and jurisdictions and privacy and cybersecurity laws. Her advice has included:

  • the creation of binding corporate rules for global organisations;
  • complex data mapping and advice for household names;
  • data protection compliance modelling for complex global life science organisations;
  • future data protection strategy planning for global retailers;
  • creation of policies for household brands; and
  • technical advice for public sector, regulatory, financial and professional bodies.

Sarah regularly reviews website and contract compliance, privacy policies and procedures and provide practical and topical training to clients at all levels including as an invited expert speaker at global conferences. She is known for translating dry, complex subjects for my clients into what they need.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity

At Fieldfisher, Hazel Grant helms the technology and data practice, with a workload spanning compliance projects, international data transfers, binding corporate rules, data audits, and breach response. The group has wide-ranging sector expertise, and assists major names from fields as diverse as technology, financial services, retail and life sciences. Nuria Pastor is regularly instructed to act as an external data protection officer, while Renzo Marchini is a go-to contact for disputes relating to data. Summer 2023 was a time of growth at partner level for the team, with the promotion of Kirsten Whitfield, shortly followed by the arrival of Sarah Tedstone from Shoosmiths LLP.