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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Offices

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
2710 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park
California, 94025
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Christine Lyon

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+1 650 461 8209 Christine.lyon@freshfields.com View profile

Work Department

Data Privacy and Security

Position

Partner

Career

Chris helps companies develop privacy and data protection strategies for new products and services and privacy compliance programs for their customer and employee data, enabling them to leverage the value of their data while complying with evolving global privacy and data protection laws.

Working across a broad range of industries—including technology, consumer products, e-commerce, life sciences, retail, hospitality, social media and professional services—Chris assists clients in navigating privacy risks as they develop innovative new products, services and data-driven initiatives. Chris advises clients on building privacy protections into cutting-edge B2B and B2C offerings, including connected products and services (Internet of Things), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and marketing platforms. She conducts privacy assessments of new products and services, as well as company-wide data protection compliance reviews. She helps structure and negotiate the privacy aspects of M&A and other strategic transactions to both achieve compliance and manage data risks.

Chris works with clients to develop privacy programs that span multiple jurisdictions and data protection laws, such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including with respect to cross-border data transfers. She advises clients on workplace and employee privacy issues, such as employee monitoring. Chris has coordinated projects spanning privacy law requirements in dozens of countries, consolidating this information into practical, actionable advice for clients. She also advises on privacy-related issues arising from litigation and enforcement matters.

Chris frequently writes and speaks on the topics of the intersection of privacy and technology, and won the Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing. She is ranked among leading lawyers for Data Privacy and Security by Chambers USA and recommended for Cyber Law: Data Privacy and Protection by Legal 500 US. In 2022, she was shortlisted for Privacy & Data Protection Lawyer of the Year by Euromoney’s America Women in Business Law Awards.

Education

  • Stanford Law School
    • J.D., 1999
  • University of Iowa
    • B.A., 1996

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)

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Christine Lyon – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

The data privacy and security team at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP ‘is incredibly impressive’, particularly noted for its speed in dealing with complex data breaches along with ‘deep connections at multiple organizations‘. Team head Christine Lyon, based in Silicon Valley, works with clients in developing privacy and data protection strategies along with compliance programs. In New York, Timothy Howard is recommended for his ‘incredible reach‘ and ‘aggressive approach to problem solving‘: his practice focuses on cybersecurity, data breaches, and cryptocurrency fraud. Brock Dahl works across Washington DC and Silicon Valley and heads the firm’s US Fintech practice. Beth George and Megan Kayo joined the team in June 2023 from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Both based in Silicon Valley, George brings government experience to strategic risk and crisis management work, while Kayo regularly works with clients experiencing data breaches.

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